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 ...
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.
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 ...
Online launch with Alan Payne and Shash Trevett
Join us for an amazing evening of poetry will two highly talented and respected poets. Hosted by Poetry Business co-directors ...
Luke Worthy
From a jellyfish like a ‘tumour of salt and sand’ to a meditation on Putin’s penis and toxic masculinity – ...
Imogen Wade
We are delighted to showcase four poems from Imogen’s pamphlet Fire Safety which was runner up in the 2023 New ...
Our 2024 competition winners!
We are delighted to announce the winners of our two annual poetry competitions! Click the links below to find out ...
Geoff Hattersley: 1956 – 2024
We were shocked and saddened to hear that Geoff Hattersley has died. He was 68. Geoff was a truly remarkable ...