The Poetry Business at 40: Bookseller interview with Ann and Peter Sansom
Many thanks to The Bookseller and to Tim Relf for this wonderful interview with Ann and Peter as we reflect ...
TPB Blog
The Staff Room is the Poetry Business’ shared staff blog, where members of the team will write about new projects, publications, events, workshops, our competitions and our favourite new poetry books and magazines. The blog will also feature guest posts from our authors and members of The Poetry Business Writing School.
Ledbury Poetry Festival 2025
Archiving The Body: Yousif M. Qasmiyeh & Shash Trevett Sunday 29th June, 12pmBurgage Hall, Herefordshire, HR8 1DS The body holds memory, ...
Featured Title: National Theatre by John McAuliffe
‘For all the amiable good humour of the voice of these poems, they never stray far from the things that ...
Out now: Caroline Bracken and Jen Feroze
We are delighted to be publishing the two winning pamphlets from our 2024 International Book & Pamphlet Competition, both of ...
A Foreign Country by Nigel Pantling: Online launch (Sunday 13 July)
Join us for a fascinating evening of poetry with Nigel Pantling, who will be reading from his new collection A Foreign Country, which was published in April 2025. Nigel will read from the new collection, and...
The North is open for submissions!
We are now accepting submissions for The North 71 until the end of February. You can send us up to ...
2025 Online Workshops
Digital poetry workshops are back for 2025! If you’re looking to write more poems in the new year, why not ...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Wishing you all a happy and peaceful festive season and a great start to 2025. We’re very excited about what ...
The 2025 International Book & Pamphlet Competition is Now OPEN
The Poetry Business is delighted to announce that the 39th International Book & Pamphlet Competition, judged by Kim Moore, is now ...
Launch of the COAL anthology @ NCMME
Saturday 9 November 2024, 2pm -
The National Coal Mining Museum for England...
October 2024 events
Safia Khan, Inua Ellams and Imtiaz Dharker Thursday 10 October, 6pmThe Diamond, The University of Sheffield, 32 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield S3 ...
The Best of The North (and free ebooks!)
As the The North nears its 40th anniversary, we are asking readers to choose a favourite poem (or 7) from the ...