Archive – Twenty Years Ago in The North
Join us as we head back twenty years into our archives of The North to revisit some of the features ...
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.
Video – Lydia Harris
Lydia Harris reads two poems from her 2023 International Book & Pamphlet Competition Highly Commended collection. About Lydia Harris Lydia ...
Video – River Wolton: ’19th January’ from Year
River Wolton reads her poem ’19th January’ from her 2022 collection Year. In River Wolton’s Year, the intention to write ...
Coming Soon: Digital Residencies with The Writing Squad
Starting in February, a group of exciting young writers will be producing digital content for The Poetry Business, including blog ...
Video – Lauren O’Donovan
Lauren O’Donovan reads two poems from her 2023 International Book & Pamphlet Competition Highly Commended collection. About Lauren O’Donovan Lauren ...
Video – Clementine Burnley
Clementine Burnley reads two poems from her 2023 International Book & Pamphlet Competition Highly Commended collection. About Clementine Burnley Born ...
The Winners of the 2023 International Book & Pamphlet Competition
Congratulations to the winners – Doreen Gurrey for her collection, A Coalition of Cheetahs and Laurie Bolger for her collection, ...
Our 2024 competitions are open!
We are now accepting entries for our two poetry competitions: the International Book and Pamphlet Competition, open to all poets ...
27th October, Millennium Gallery: Danae Wellington, Silé Sibanda & Warda Yassin
Join us at Millennium Gallery in Sheffield on Friday 27th October at 6pm to celebrate the publication of Spit Out ...
Gboyega Odubanjo
We are shocked and saddened by the news of the death of Gboyega Odubanjo. Our thoughts are with his family ...
Clay sculpture in response to Jane Routh’s ‘Wind and woods’
Watch Karishma Sangtani's response to Jane Routh's poem 'Wind and woods', from Listening to the Night...
Amanda Dalton’s ‘Notes on Water’: Poetic Review and Response
As I was putting the references for this review/essay/response together, I noticed a common theme in each of the poems I’d picked. Death, renewal, heritage. Lots of these poems encompass much more than just...