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.

15th January 2020 27th September 2021

Meet the Judge: Luke Kennard

"Reading for a competition is similar to browsing a bookshop, except hopefully more thorough. I suppose I look for the poems that surprise me, trouble me, challenge or console me; the ones I wish I’d written ..."...

16th December 2019 9th November 2023

‘A beautiful endeavour’: Hilary Menos on Poetry Pamphlets

A poetry pamphlet is a beautiful endeavour; it is a larger canvas than a single poem, and easier to sustain than a full collection. As a writer, it allows you to approach a thing...

14th November 2019 27th September 2021

Entering the Competition: advice from 2019 Book & Pamphlet Competition Winner Emma Simon

Emma Simon was selected by Neil Astley, Michael Schmidt and Amy Wack as one of our 2019 International Book & ...

8th November 2019 27th September 2021

Putting together an entry for the 2020 International Book & Pamphlet Competition

With just less than 4 months to go until the 2020 International Book & Pamphlet Competition deadline, here are some ...

26th September 2019 27th September 2021

‘On Poetry’ by Jonathan Davidson

Since publishing my poetry memoir On Poetry (2018) I’ve had various private, unrecorded conversations about how the poetry world presents itself, and ...

1st January 2019 27th September 2021

Meet the Judges: Neil Astley

I’ve always thought that The Poetry Business Book & Pamphlet competition is especially valuable in making it possible for any ...

16th November 2017 27th September 2021

Nanjing: A Walk to the Supermarket

I walked to the supermarket in Nanjing this morning to pick up some groceries....