| International Book & Pamphlet Competition 2025 Winners’ Launch Saturday 4 October, 2pm Jerwood Centre, Wordsworth Grasmere, Grasmere, Cumbria, LA22 9SH Join The Poetry Business and competition judge Kim Moore at Wordsworth Grasmere to celebrate the winners of the 2025 International Book & Pamphlet Competition. The winners Ian Harker and Annina Zheng-Hardy will be reading poems from their prize-winning pamphlets, alongside the competition runners-up, Sally Baker and Ilse Pedler. More Details |
| Ilkley Literature Festival: The Poems: 40 Years in the North, with Ian Harker Saturday 18 October, 3.30pm Hear some of the 40 best poems of the last 40 years, gathered from The North, the UK’s inspirational poetry magazine produced by The Poetry Business. Editors Ann and Peter Sansom will read from and discuss this remarkable anthology, featuring poems by Simon Armitage, David Constantine, Ian McMillan, Kim Moore, Helen Mort, Shash Trevett and more. You’ll also hear from Leeds-based writer Ian Harker, one of Word Up North’s 2024 New Northern Poets, as he launches his prize-winning collection, Gain Access. More Details |
| Off The Shelf Festival of Words: The Poems: 40 Years in the North, with Beth Davies Friday 24 October, 6pm University of Sheffield Drama Studio Hear some of the forty best poems of the last forty years, gathered from The North, the UK’s inspirational poetry magazine produced by Sheffield’s The Poetry Business. The North’s first issue included work by two future Poet Laureates and over four decades it has continued to publish many wonderful writers. Ann and Peter Sansom from The Poetry Business and guests will read poems from this enriching anthology. They will be joined by Beth Davies, Sheffield’s own Poet Laureate, who will read from her prize-winning New Poets List pamphlet published by The Poetry Business. More Details |
| Leeds launch of Ian Harker’s Gain Access, with guest Tom Weir Saturday 25 October, 2pm The Leeds Library, 18 Commercial St, Leeds LS1 6AL Hear poems from Leeds-based writer Ian Harker, one of Word Up North’s 2024 New Northern Poets, as he launches his pamphlet, Gain Access, one of the winners of the 2025 International Book & Pamphlet Competition. Ian will be joined by special guest poet Tom Weir. More Details |