Katrina Porteous, shortlisted with her collection Rhizodont (Bloodaxe Books, 2024), is the featured poet in this week’s Eliot Prize e-newsletter.

The newsletter tells you about the wide range of content we have just published to help you get to know Katrina and her work. This includes specially produced videos of the poet reading from Rhizodont and talking about the collection.

Download the Reader’s Notes on Rhizodont, which include a selection of the poems, plus reviews, reading suggestions, and a writing prompt or two for those inspired to respond creatively. The aim of the Readers’ Notes is to inspire deeper readings of the book, individually or shared with friends, book groups or writing workshops.

We have also published a perceptive review, commissioned from John Field, offering powerful insights into the work. Katrina has also made a brilliant contribution to the Poetry School’s Writer’s Notes project, in which she talks about her writing practice. The series helps professional poets and creative writing students develop their practice by sharing the writing approaches of some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices.

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