Next Writing Day: Saturday 20 February 2010
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Latest titles from Smith/Doorstop:
New Pamphlet from Simon Armitage
February 2010 will see the launch of a new Smith/Doorstop pamphlet, Simon Armitage's 'The Motorway Service Station as a Destination in its Own Right'. Check back here for an update when it becomes available.
Simon Armitage was born in 1963 in Marsden, Yorkshire, and is a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has published ten collections of poetry including Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid (Faber & Faber) and his translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. His awards include one of the first Forward Prizes, The Sunday Times Young Author of the Year, a Lannan Award, and an Ivor Novello Award for his song-writing in the BAFTA-winning film Feltham Sings. He is a also a playwright, novelist, regular broadcaster. His most recent prose memoir was, Gig – the Life and Times of a Rock-Star Fantasist (Penguin).
'The front man of his generation…The most imaginative and prolific poet now writing.' — Poetry Review
'Armitage’s skill is to reach beyond the prosaic for deeper mysteries…(he) speaks with an utter lack of sentimentality or pomposity of the transcendent mysteries that lie beyond the ordinary moment.' — The Times
The 2009 Competition
The 2009 competition winners will be announced in Spring 2010. If you would like email notification, complete the form here.
For notification by post, send an SAE to The Poetry Business, Bank Street Arts, 32-40 Bank Street, Sheffield S1 2DS.
Poetry Business gift vouchers
Get a gift voucher to exchange for any Poetry Business product or service (bought directly from us) – including books, pamphlets, Writing Days, competition entry, and subscriptions to The North.
Vouchers are available in any denomination of £5 up to £500 – so they range from a pamphlet to a place on a residential course.
The Rules of 100 Things
You are a reporter.
Think of something you've seen today. Describe what you saw. Remember the details that only a witness would know. Don't comment. Don't judge.
Put Your Favourite Place on the Poetry Map
The East Riding Library Service has teamed up with The South Bank Centre, London, on their new literary project called GPS (Global Poetry System!) which is designed to map the whereabouts of poetry in the UK’s landscapes and cityscapes.
