Griffin Poetry Prize
@griffinpoetry
The world’s largest international poetry prize for a single book of poetry written in, or translated in English
✨ Save the date! Next week, Karen Leeder, our 2025 #GriffinPoetryPrize-winning translator, will be in conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama (@duanalla). 📺 Watch the live premiere of this exclusive interview on Wednesday, July 30, at 12:00 PM ET on our YouTube channel:…
“Rachael Boast’s formal dexterity, her metaphysical reach, the clarity of her language and music make 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙢'𝙨 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 a collection of true lyric poetry, at its finest," remarked the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize judges. From the archives, we present Rachael Boast at…
“If we cooperate with the act of listening and with the patterns of sound, and sound patterns inherent in language, as a poet, as a practitioner, you end up saying things you didn’t know you were thinking. And if you cooperate with that way of writing, it’s not about what you…
Congratulations to past #GriffinPoetryPrize winner and current trustee, Karen Solie! The UK edition of her collection, 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧, is shortlisted for the @ForwardPrizes for Best Collection of Poetry! Our 2019 finalist, @RaymondAntrobus, is also shortlisted in the…
This week, we feature a poem by British poet Rachael Boast, whose collection 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙢'𝙨 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 was praised by the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize judges for “its intense lyricism, its metaphysical warmth and precision.” Although her poems “do not depict life in any…
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton, Book Riot
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🏆 Poet Kim Hyesoon has made history as the first Asian recipient of the 2025 International Literature Award presented by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Germany. Her award-winning poetry collection, Autobiography of Death (Autobiographie des Todes), was published in…
✨Tune in now! Our 2025 Lifetime Recognition Recipient @MargaretAtwood is in conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama (@duanalla). youtube.com/watch?v=RTisqo…
✨Tomorrow! Our 2025 Lifetime Recognition Recipient @MargaretAtwood will be in conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama (@duanalla). 📷 Watch the live premiere of this exclusive interview on Wednesday, July 16, at 12:00 PM ET on our YouTube channel. youtube.com/watch?v=RTisqo…
This week, savour "Blackberries" by Margaret Atwood on our website: buff.ly/t7Opttf Before becoming one of the world’s most beloved novelists, Atwood was, and remains, a brilliant poet. "Blackberries" is from her 2020 poetry collection 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 (Penguin Random House…
✨ Save the date! Next week, our 2025 Lifetime Recognition Recipient @MargaretAtwood will be in conversation with @padraigotuama. 📺 Watch the live premiere of this exclusive interview on Wednesday, July 16, at 12:00 PM ET on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/RTisqoA6Hy0?si… 🎙️…
“Poets and cave painters then will rule Holding fast our simple tools.” Today we’re rewinding to 2019, when Sarah Tolmie took the stage to read her "wickedly funny" and "intimate" poems from 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 (McGill-Queen’s University Press), as the Griffin Poetry…