‘For last year’s words belong to last year’s language / And next year’s words await another voice. – T. S. Eliot, ‘Little Gidding’
The T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings, held annually in January, are one of the poetry world’s biggest and most exciting occasions. Bringing together ten seasoned and newly emerging writers in the magnificent surroundings of Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, the Readings offer a thrilling and uplifting experience of contemporary poetry.
The T. S. Eliot Prize 2022 Shortlist Readings will take place on Sunday 15 January 2023 at 7pm as part of Southbank Centre’s literature programme, and will be expertly hosted, as ever, by Ian McMillan. The Readings will be British Sign Language interpreted throughout and are simultaneously live-streamed.
Book here to enjoy the live experience of seeing and hearing the poets in the celebrated Royal Festival Hall. If you are unable to attend in person, be sure to reserve the best seat in your own home and book the livestream.
Tickets £12 / £15 | BSL interpreted | Simultaneous live-stream £7.50. *Booking fees apply online (£3.50) and over the phone (£4). There are no booking fees for in-person bookings, Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles.
Royal Festival Hall photo by Belinda Lawley
T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist 2022
Judges: Jean Sprackland (Chair), Hannah Lowe and Roger RobinsonFiona Benson, Ephemeron (Cape Poetry)
Jemma Borg, Wilder (Pavilion/Liverpool University Press)
Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Quiet (Faber & Faber)
Philip Gross, The Thirteenth Angel (Bloodaxe Books)
Anthony Joseph, Sonnets for Albert (Bloomsbury Poetry)
Zaffar Kunial, England’s Green (Faber & Faber)
Mark Pajak, Slide (Cape Poetry)
James Conor Patterson, bandit country (Picador Poetry)
Denise Saul, The Room Between Us (Pavilion/Liverpool University Press)
Yomi Ṣode, Manorism (Penguin Poetry)
