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WILL HARRIS
Here's a sneak preview from Will Harris' write-up. Read the full interview with Will Harris in the PBS Spring Bulletin.
MEET THE SPRING CHOICE
Will Harris is a writer of mixed Anglo-Indonesian heritage, born and based in London. He has worked in schools, led w...
SPRING CHOICE: RENDANG
In RENDANG, Will Harris complicates and experiments with the lyric in a way that urges it forward. With an unflinchi...
RODDY LUMSDEN OBITUARY
We were saddened to hear that the poet Roddy Lumsden passed away on Friday 10th January 2020, aged 53. Speaking at th...
ROGER ROBINSON WINS T S ELIOT PRIZE
British-Trinidadian poet Roger Robinson has been awarded the T S Eliot Prize for A Portable Paradise, published by i...
MEET THE NEW SELECTORS
New Year, new PBS Selectors! We're excited to finally reveal our new PBS Selectors who will be joining us this yea...
MAKE 2020 YOUR YEAR OF POETRY
Make 2020 your year of poetry! Join the PBS today for a whole year of poetry parcels featuring the very best new boo...
MARY JEAN CHAN WINS THE COSTA PRIZE
We're delighted that recent PBS Recommendation Mary Jean Chan has been awarded the Costa Book Award in the poetry cat...
T S ELIOT PRIZES THIS SUNDAY
All ten shortlisted poets will be taking part in the fabulous T. S. Eliot Prize Readings at 7pm on Sunday 12th Jan...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION: RUNNER-UP WENDY ORR
Last but certainly not least, Malika writes that runner-up Wendy Orr's found poem A Parliament of Members 'captured p...
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION: RUNNER-UP JS WATTS
Malika comments that she was 'compelled by taunt, controlled verse paragraphs' in runner-up JS Watt's The Undertaker'...
BOXING DAY BLUES? TREAT YOURSELF TO POETRY!
Didn't get enough poetry this Christmas? Santa didn't get your letter, so why not join the PBS for a whole year of po...