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2019 Costa Poetry Award Shortlist
We're delighted to see two recent PBS recommendations Jay Bernard and Mary Jean Chan on the 2019 Costa Poetry Award...
MEET THE ARTIST: WINTER BULLETIN
We're delighted to reveal that our Winter Bulletin cover artist will be the poet Angela T Carr. Angela's mindful i...
TRANSLATION THURSDAY: JAPAN FOCUS
THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTHLast week, I followed the poet Bashō to Japan for a spot of momijigari - autumnal ma...
POEM OF THE DAY: FOR THE FLOODED
Today's poem of the day is dedicated to all those who are flooded in the UK today. This extract from a longer sequ...
NEW ISHION HUTCHINSON PAMPHLET ESSAY
We're delighted to hear that our friends at NCLA have published this powerful pamphlet on Frederick Douglass, wr...
TOP HALLOWEEN POETRY FOR 2019
The evocative power of poetry is well-suited to the uncanny, the macabre, the gothic, and the unnerving. This year th...
CIARAN CARSON OBITUARY
We were saddened to hear about the death of the poet Ciaran Carson, who came to the Newcastle Poetry Festival last ye...
ANNOUNCING THE WINTER PAMPHLET CHOICE
We're delighted to announce our Winter 2019 Pamphlet Choice will be And They Are Covered in Gold Light by Amy Ac...
FORWARD PRIZE WINNERS
The Forward Prizes were announced last night at the Southbank centre to a packed audience in the Queen Elizabeth Hal...
RAYMOND ANTROBUS' SHELFIE
We loved this Waterstone's Shelfie video featuring recent PBS Choice Raymond Antrobus discussing his favourite poetry...
T S ELIOT PRIZE SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
Our friends at the T S Eliot Foundation have announced the prestigious T S Eliot shortlist! We're delighted to see s...
ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU'S WATERSTONES SHELFIE
We were delighted to hear our PBS Wild Card Selector Anthony Anaxagorou give a shout-out to the Poetry Book Society i...