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July news: shorturl.at/RkCCz #VidyanRavinthiran & @NiallCPoetry shortlisted for @ForwardPrizes; @pascalepoet on @bbcpoetryplease; #FleurAdcock's Dragon Talk on @BBCRadio4 #AGoodRead; @CommaJane & #KayceeHill receive @Soc_of_Authors awards; & much more!
'a considerable, harrowing achievement.' – Phoebe Walker, @TheTLS, on Helen Farish's @tseliotprize 2024 shortlisted fourth collection The Penny Dropping. the-tls.com/literature/poe…
"In an age of binge-watching and scrolling, the choice to spend one’s time engaging with a book per day has become increasingly rare—making such a movement more unique than ever.” —Laura Buccieri The #sealeychallenge starts next week! lithub.com/the-sealey-cha…
Now on our Vimeo: a new compilation video for our Versus Versus anthology, featuring 23 of the contributing poets reading their work: vimeo.com/1102502312 Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets, edited by Rachael Boast - bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/ve…
A terrific Countrywide Bogs Special @RTECountryWide @RTERadio1 Sat 19 July. Delighted to contribute a poem inspired by bog restoration in Wicklow mountains @NPWSIreland @BloodaxeBooks rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…
Don't miss our Summer Showcase TOMORROW on 22nd July, 7-8pm on Youtube. Members can watch for free, email [email protected]. Non-members can book a ticket here > poetrybooks.co.uk/products/summe…
From her Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize-winning collection Perfect Blue. Stunning book. You can (and should!) buy it here: bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/pe…
Posting this exemplary poem by an exemplary poet, Kona Macphee, is something I love to do every few years or so. The smallness of it—but the immensity. Utterly beautiful poem-making.
A 90-minute masterclass for our Raising Voices Project and for Give Peat A Chance. mklitfest.org/digginginthedi… @BetaRish @YorksWildlife @NineArchesPress @BloodaxeBooks #givepeatachance #rishiadastidar #calebparkin #jessmookherjee #clareshaw
Lovely to be on the list with some great poets.
The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers! 🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
🎤 ANNOUNCING: Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 @southbankcentre 📅 Sun 26 Oct | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre 20 poets. 4 prizes. 1 unforgettable night of poetry! Tickets 🎟️: buff.ly/bQZucQ9 #ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive
Revealing the Forward Prizes for Poetry and our special bundle offer. Huge congratulations to all the shortlisted poets and publishers! PBS Members can enjoy all 10 books for only £82.50 and free UK postage using your member discount code > mailchi.mp/poetrybooksoci……
Many congratulations to all the poets on the shortlist for this year's Forward Prize for Best Collection, especially to @NiallCPoetry and Vidyan Ravinthiran, shortlisted for their third poetry collections The Island in the Sound and Avidyā. @ForwardPrizes #ForwardPrizes
The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers! 🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
We're delighted to announce that Niall Campbell and Vidyan Ravinthiran have been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2025 for their third poetry collections The Island in the Sound and #Avidyā. Many congratulations both! #ForwardPrizes bloodaxebooks.com/news?articleid…
Many congratulations to the 2025 @RSLiterature Fellows, including poet Gillian Allnutt, whose tenth collection #Lode was published by @BloodaxeBooks in May.
We are thrilled to introduce our 2025 Fellows and Honorary Fellows, inducted into the Royal Society of Literature this evening. Please join us in celebration of each Fellow’s extraordinary achievement and valuable contributions to literature 👏
Excellent choice. I regularly have first-year undergraduates discuss ‘A Rose Tree’ from this very fine collection: a poem that is at once simple and complex.
The late Fleur Adcock's 2010 poetry collection #DragonTalk will be discussed on A Good Read today, 14 July, chosen by host @HarriettSG. Harriett is joined by Desiree Akhavan & @rosiewilby. Tune in to @BBCRadio4 📻 at 3pm, or listen later via @BBCSounds. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
#Books #OnDemand A Good Read BBC Radio 4 ALL FOURS by Miranda July, chosen by @akhavandesiree UNTRUE by Wednesday Martin, chosen by @rosiewilby DRAGON TALK by Fleur Adcock, chosen by @HarriettSG bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
'Many poems also recall genre painting in their precise ordinariness.' Phoebe Walker (@PhoebeLPWalker): A painful past relationship charted through poetry the-tls.com/literature/poe…