Helen Farish, shortlisted with her collection The Penny Dropping (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 Farish and her collection. This includes specially produced videos of Farish reading from The Penny Dropping, and talking about both the composition of the poems and the themes they explore.

Download the Reader’s Notes on The Penny Dropping, which include a selection of poems from the collection, 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 searching review, specially commissioned from John Field.

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