Video – River Wolton: ’9th September’ from Year
River Wolton reads her poem ‘9th September’ from her 2022 collection Year. In River Wolton’s Year, the intention to write ...
PB Online
A new Digital Poet-in-Residence will occupy the Poets Room each month, posting exciting and inspiring material including blog posts, audio downloads, interviews with poets, suggested reading and downloadable writing prompts. Brand new material will be uploaded regularly to help you to keep active and engaged with your writing.
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 – ...
Video – River Wolton: ’2nd August’ from Year
River Wolton reads her poem ‘2nd August’ from her 2022 collection Year. In River Wolton’s Year, the intention to write ...
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The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next DoorBy Helen Mort First, she came to borrow sugar. Sunday afternoonsshe’d cadge a pint of milk, sometimes ...
The alternative life of Byron Wordsworth
I’d spent a morning trying to pull my second-year notes on the Romantic poets into order: a largely pointless pursuit. ...
In the Artist’s Gaze – the Poetics of Life Modelling
(Alternative Selves numbers 3 and 14!) I’ve been a portrait and life model for several months now, and am still ...
Alternative Selves – Jigsaw Prompts
Tayiba writes: Jenny and I centred our residency around an idea we’ve been calling ‘alternative selves’. It’s essentially the idea ...
Our Poets in Residence for April 2024
Our Digital Poets in Residence this month have been Tayiba Sulaiman and Jenny Danes. They have centred their residency around ...
Teach Yourself Mapmaking – A personal response by Tallulah Howarth
This collection is strongly rooted in place, and in a historical legacy of Routh’s own family tree that runs throughout, ...
Kolme:Tre – A personal response by Ruby Lawrence
Silver Birch trees in winter, especially when they are numerous, remind me of frost-covered cobwebs. They are undeniably rooted in ...
Creative multidisciplinarity
Tallulah Howarth and Ruby Lawrence in conversation, discussing their approach to creative multidisciplinarity....
Poet in Residence
Tayiba Sulaiman
The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next DoorBy Helen Mort First, she came to borrow sugar. Sunday afternoonsshe’d cadge a pint of milk, sometimes ...
The alternative life of Byron Wordsworth
I’d spent a morning trying to pull my second-year notes on the Romantic poets into order: a largely pointless pursuit. ...
Alternative Selves – Jigsaw Prompts
Tayiba writes: Jenny and I centred our residency around an idea we’ve been calling ‘alternative selves’. It’s essentially the idea ...
Further Articles
Video – River Wolton: ’2nd August’ from Year
River Wolton reads her poem ‘2nd August’ from her 2022 collection Year. In River Wolton’s Year, the intention to write ...
Issue 70 of The North is here!
We asked for your favourite poems from the last 69 issues. Thank you to everyone who sent in their choices. Here's a selection of your suggestions......
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 ...
Downland: Paintings by Anna Dillon, Poems by Jonathan Davidson
Downland is a unique collaboration celebrating the landscape of the North Wessex Downs as seen through the eyes of artist Anna ...
SEVEN WORPLE POETS
We are delighted to present a sample of poems from recent collections by Clare Best, Elizabeth Cook, John Freeman, Diana Hendry and Michael McKimm, and a preview from forthcoming collections by Andy Brown and...