The T. S. Eliot Prize, which former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has described as “the Prize most poets want to win”, is an annual prize for the best new poetry collection published in the UK or Ireland.
Clare Pollard – The New Diversity
Fresh from reading a record 176 submissions, T. S. Eliot Prize judge Clare Pollard celebrates the boom in poetry By most measures, this is a good year for poetry. As life moves increasingly online, poetry…
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from Pascale Petit’s Fauverie, published by Seren. Fauverie was shortlisted for the 2014 T. S. Eliot Prize. You can hear Pascale reading from this collection here. ‘Portrait of…
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from Ruth Padel’s Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth, published by Chatto & Windus. Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth was shortlisted for the 2014 T….
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from Michael Longley’s The Stairwell, published by Cape. The Stairwell was shortlisted for the 2014 T. S. Eliot Prize. You can hear Michael reading from this collection here….
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from David Harsent’s Fire Songs, published by Faber. Fire Songs won the 2014 T. S. Eliot Prize. You can hear David reading from his collection here. ‘Icefield’ A…