Imogen Wade
We are delighted to showcase four poems from Imogen’s pamphlet Fire Safety which was runner up in the 2023 New ...
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.
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...
Video – River Wolton: ’8th July’ from Year
River Wolton reads her poem ‘8th July’ from her 2022 collection Year. In River Wolton’s Year, the intention to write ...
Geoff Hattersley: 1956 – 2024
We were shocked and saddened to hear that Geoff Hattersley has died. He was 68. Geoff was a truly remarkable ...
Video – River Wolton: ’13th June’ from Year
River Wolton reads her poem ’13th June’ from her 2022 collection Year. In River Wolton’s Year, the intention to write ...
The Miners’ Strike: Programme of workshops and events
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike, The Poetry Business is working with Sarah Wimbush and the National Coal Mining Museum ...
John Lyons: Carnivalesque
The first major retrospective exhibition of Caribbean British artist and poet John Lyons is taking place at the Whitworth in ...
Yvonne Green: 1957 – 2024
We are sorry to say that the poet and translator Yvonne Green has died. Yvonne was important to The Poetry Business, as an outstanding ...
Video – River Wolton: ’26th May’ from Year
River Wolton reads her poem ’26th May’ from her 2022 collection Year. In River Wolton’s Year, the intention to write ...
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 ...