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.
T. S. Eliot Prize goes to Roger Robinson’s scathing polemic and meditation on love
Roger Robinson has won the 2019 T. S. Eliot Prize with his searing collection A Portable Paradise, published by Peepal Tree Press. After months of reading and deliberation, Judges John Burnside, Sarah Howe and Nick…
T. S. Eliot and the London Library
It worked in The Waste Land. But it made work in the British Museum nearly impossible for a young T. S. Eliot. For no sooner had he settled at his desk each Saturday afternoon than,…
The T. S. Eliot Prize – A 2019 Retrospective
This year sees the 27th T. S. Eliot Prize being awarded, and the roster of past winners includes some very well-known poets alongside some less known authors that demand further attention. To refresh the memory…
In it for the Long Haul by Clare Pollard
Times are dark, but the poets are singing. 2019 has been another strong year for poetry. Thematically, poetry is increasingly, necessarily political. Brecht asked in 1938: What kind of times are they, when A talk…
T. S. Eliot Prize 2019 – Shortlist Announced
2019 T. S. ELIOT PRIZE SHORTLISTS ‘SOME OF THE FINEST AND MOST FEARLESS POETS WORKING TODAY’ Judges John Burnside (Chair), Sarah Howe and Nick Makoha have chosen the 2019 T. S. Eliot Prize…