The T. S. Eliot Prize is delighted to be part of the wonderful Push the Boat Out Festival, Edinburgh, 12–15 November 2026, supporting the reading by Karen Solie and Sarah Howe, followed by questions from and conversation with Theresa Muñoz.
The event will be held in The Pleasance – Upper Hall on Saturday 14 November, from 3pm. Book tickets from the Push the Boat Out website (£11.55/£13.67 including the booking fee).
Karen Solie is the winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025 for her collection Wellwater (Picador Poetry) and was shortlisted for The Caiplie Caves in 2019. Sarah Howe, newly announced as the winner of this year’s Forward Prize for Best Collection for Foretokens (also Eliot Prize 2025 shortlisted), won the Eliot Prize 2015 for her debut collection Loop of Jade (Chatto & Windus).
Explore the Push the Boat Out Festival website for full details of this year’s excellent programme, which also features Anthony Joseph, Joelle Taylor, Kim Moore, Nick Makoha, and other Eliot poets!
