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POETRY BOOK SOCIETY NEW WEBSITES

The new websites are currently under development and will be shortly replace this one and the Poetry Bookshop Online - please bear with us as we put the finishing touches to these websites. We thank you for your patience and are very much looking forward to unveiling the new sites which promise to provide a more informative and efficient service to our members and customers.

The Judges for the 2010 Old Possum's Children's Poetry Competition have been announced.

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The Judges for the 2010 T S Eliot Prize have been announced.

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Ali Smith, Chair of Judges for the 2009 Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets, delivered a wonderful speech at the award ceremony. An abriged version was published in The Guardian Review on Saturday.

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The two winners of the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets were announced at a Readings and Award Ceremony on 16th June at the British Library.

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The Poetry Trust invites submissions from publishers or individual poets for the prestigious Aldeburgh First Collection Prize.

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The 2009 T S Eliot Prize has been awarded to Philip Gross' The Water Table (click here to buy now) , published by Bloodaxe. Chair of judges Simon Armitage called it "a book of great clarity and concentration".
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We are delighted to be able to offer a recording of the T S Eliot Prize shortlisted poets reading from their work.

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Join the PBS today and claim your free hardback edition of Answering Back, edited by Carol Ann Duffy, (worth £12.99) plus two £10 book vouchers, as well as the latest edition of our quarterly magazine, the Bulletin.

 

 
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