Wandering & Writing : What I’ve Learnt
2022 will mark a decade since I first moved to Manchester from Wigan. I came foruniversity, stayed for work, and ...
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.
Writing the Spaces Between: Writing Prompt Series
Our February Digital Poet-In-Residence, Elizabeth Gibson provides some resplendent writing prompts to encourage and inspire… Hi, this is Elizabeth with ...
The North 68 — Guest Edited by Andrew McMillan & Stephanie Sy-Quia
lighted to announce that Issue 68 of the North (Summer 2022) will be guest-edited by Andrew McMillan and Stephanie Sy-Quia. Andrew and Stephanie will be overseeing the contents of the issue - selecting poems,...
Shadows and Sky: Elizabeth Gibson & Jasmine Gray in Collaboration
Hello! I’m Elizabeth, and I am really excited to be the Digital Poet-in-Residence for February. I will be documenting and ...
February Digital Poet-in-Residence: Elizabeth Gibson
As part of our ‘Apart Together’ digital project, The Poetry Business has partnered up with The Writing Squad to host ...
Diagnosing the Dead: A Collage Poem
For my final post, I wanted to revisit the last 12 months of The Writing Squad’s residencies with The Poetry ...
Writing Prompt
Last year, I kept a poetics diary which I scribbled in every time I researched, wrote or edited any piece of work......
Open Your Mouth
When I first realised my writing had adopted a new taste, I was visiting my mother in her new home......
Putting Together a Competition Collection: Top Tips from our Previous Winners
With less than two months to go until the deadlines for our 2022 International Book & Pamphlet Competition and New ...
January Digital Poet-in-Residence: Jasmine Gray
Jasmine Gray is our Digital Poet-In-Residence for January....