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Join our global poetry community today and discover the world of contemporary poetry. The Poetry Book Society was founded by TS Eliot to share the joy of poetry. We truly believe poetry has the power to transform lives, uplift and inspire. Our members enjoy a year of thoughtful and thought-provoking poetry books, curated by experts and delivered straight to their door, alongside our lively quarterly poetry magazine and 25% off all poetry books on our website. Let's make this your year of poetry: a chance to read deeply and see the world anew.
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Join the Poetry Book Society today and we'll send you a beautiful welcome pack containing our Autumn Choice and Bulletin magazine, before your first mailing in Winter. Plus a £10 gift book voucher and 25% off books all year.
THE AUTUMN 2024 SELECTIONS
POETRY NEWS
REVEALING THE WINTER SELECTIONS
Meet Lorcán Black
ANNOUNCING THE FORWARD PRIZE SHORTLIST
POEMS WE LOVE...
BOOK SALE
EMILY BERRY
JASON ALLEN PAISANT
PBS Events
DURHAM BOOK FESTIVAL
Friday 11th October at the Gala Theatre, 6-7pm. Tickets £12/£10 (Livestream £5)
Join us to celebrate one of the nation’s best-loved poets, Jackie Kay, with her PBS Recommended collection, May Day: a chorus of protest songs tracing her childhood in Glasgow, the women’s rights and gay liberation campaigns of the 1980s to the Black Lives Matter movement of the present day. In this special event produced in partnership with the Poetry Book Society, emerging poet Romalyn Ante will read from her PBS recommended collection AGIMAT. Chaired by poet and PBS Selector, Jo Clement.
NCLA PBS SHOWCASE
Thursday 21st November at the Culture Lab, 7pm. Free.
Join us at 7pm at the Culture Lab at Newcastle University for our Autumn PBS Showcase in partnership with NCLA, featuring Romalyn Ante and Roy McFarlane on the 21st November at Newcastle University. Book your free ticket here.
THE PBS PODCAST
