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JERWOOD COMPTON POETRY FELLOWS 2019 ANNOUNCED
The three recipients of the 2019/2020 Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships have been announced: Hafsah Aneela Bashir, ...
JOY HARJO FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN US POET LAUREATE
Joy Harjo, a member of the Muskogee Creek nation, has become the United States' first Native American Poet Laureat...
POET ROBIN ROBERTSON WINS £25,000 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE
Robin Robertson has been awarded the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, the first Scot and poet winner in ...
ANDREW MCMILLAN LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE
Once again, our selectors have proven themselves gifted at spotting the best new collections! Recommended in Autumn ...
JAY G YING WINS POETRY BUSINESS PRIZE
We're delighted to see our recent student poetry prize-winner Jay G Ying has been chosen as one of the winners for th...
NEW BESPOKE VERSE & NATIONAL POETRY DAY COMPETITION
Are you a hidden poet? According to the government’s Taking Part survey, 3.8% of the population write poetry – that’s...
LAUNCH OF THE WOMEN'S POETRY PRIZES 2019
We're delighted to announce that submissions to the Women's Poetry Competition and Pamphlet Competition are now op...
AUTUMN SELECTIONS
We're so excited to announce our PBS Autumn 2019 Selections which will be mailed out to members in late August....
TRANSLATION THURSDAY: POETS FROM FINLAND
Happy Translation Thursday to all our translation fans!
To continue our journey across the world through poetry, toda...
ALEN MESKOVIC AND FARUK SEHIC ARE COMING TO LONDON
Interesting news for fans of translation! Bosnian authors Alen Mešković and Faruk Šehić are coming to London on 6th a...
VLOGGER IN RESIDENCE INTERVIEW
PBS Vlogger in Residence Jen Campbell has just launched her debut poetry collection with Bloodaxe.
The Girl Aquarium...