{"id":8989,"date":"2013-07-01T15:53:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T14:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tse.spyrosntanos.com\/?p=8989"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:50:37","slug":"t-s-eliot-prize-20th-anniversary-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/t-s-eliot-prize-20th-anniversary-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"T. S. Eliot Prize 20th Anniversary Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This article on the T. S. Eliot Prize was first published on the <\/i>Poetry Book Society<\/i><\/a> website in 2013.<\/i><\/p>\n

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This autumn the Poetry Book Society will be organising a ten-venue national tour, funded by Arts Council England, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the T. S. Eliot Prize. At each venue three of the world-class poets who have been shortlisted in recent years will be reading their work, alongside a well-known local poet where possible.<\/p>\n

The T. S. Eliot Prize has grown substantially from its beginnings and the annual Readings in the Royal Festival Hall are the largest poetry event of the year, now garnering audiences of up to 2,000 people, live news broadcasts and widespread coverage in the national press. The Prize, one of the world\u2019s top poetry awards, will travel outside London for the first time.<\/p>\n

The tour will visit a wide range of venues all over the country, stopping at Portsmouth, Winchester, Oldham, Halifax, Ludlow, Glasgow, Norwich, Liverpool, Durham and Sheffield. To learn more about who’s reading on this remarkable countrywide tour and to check dates and book tickets see below. We’ll be covering the tour on our Facebook and Twitter pages, so be sure to like and follow us for all the latest!<\/p>\n

Tour dates<\/h2>\n

17 September, David Russell Theatre, Portsmouth Grammar School<\/p>\n

George Szirtes, Penelope Shuttle, Tim Liardet & Maggie Sawkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

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18 September, Discovery Centre, Winchester<\/p>\n

David Harsent, Annie Freud, Daljit Nagra & Stephen Boyce<\/strong><\/p>\n

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19 September, Oldham Library<\/p>\n

Jen Hadfield, Jane Draycott, Maggie Sawkins & TBC\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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25 September, Square Chapel, Halifax<\/p>\n

John Burnside, Christopher Reid, Fiona Sampson & Zaffar Kunial\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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27 September, Ludlow Assembly Rooms<\/p>\n

Philip Gross, Gillian Clarke, Frances Leviston & Luke Kennard<\/strong><\/p>\n

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30 September, Mitchell Library Main Hall, Glasgow<\/p>\n

Don Paterson, Kathleen Jamie, Robert Crawford & William Letford<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3 October, Millennium Library, Norwich, The Curve Auditorium<\/p>\n

George Szirtes, Sean Borodale, Moniza Alvi & Helen Ivory<\/strong><\/p>\n

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11 October, The Bluecoat, Liverpool<\/p>\n

George Szirtes, Maura Dooley, Sam Willetts & Andrew McMillan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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12 October, Durham Book Festival, Durham Town Hall<\/p>\n

Philip Gross, Sin\u00e9ad Morrissey & Deryn Rees-Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n

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15 October, Long Gallery, Millennium Galleries, Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield<\/p>\n

Sean O’Brien, Paul Farley, Esther Morgan & Helen Mort<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This article has been republished to provide a fuller picture of the T. S. Eliot Prize history. The Poetry Book Society ran the T. S. Eliot Prize until 2016, when the T. S. Eliot Foundation took over the Prize, the estate having supported it since its inception.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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