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the poetry business

One of the most vital and vitalising literature organisations in the country Welcome to The Poetry Business We publish books, pamphlets, audio and eBooks under the smith|doorstop imprint; edit a literary magazine, The North; and run Writing Days, masterclasses, residential courses, and a Writing School for published poets. We also run the annual Book & Pamphlet Competition. Our poets have won or been shortlisted for almost every major poetry prize, including the Forward Prize on 11 occasions and 10 Poetry Book Society awards, and smith|doorstop Books was awarded Michael Marks Publishers Award in both 2012 and 2017. The Poetry Business is a publisher and writer development agency with a strong reputation for discovering, developing and publishing outstanding new poets. One of the most vital and vitalising literature organisations in the country Andrew Motion Our poets have won, been shortlisted for or highly commended in almost every major poetry prize, including the Forward Prize, the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, the National Poetry Competition, and in both 2012 and 2017 The Poetry Business won the Michael Marks Award for Pamphlet Publishers. The publisher isn’t just churning out exciting pamphlets, it’s also consolidating its role as a major support network for poets from all over the country…and is developing its stellar work to bring poetry to more people online, via energetic blogging, audio downloads, live Q&As and so on. Judge’s comments from the 2017 Michael Marks Awards Over the last three decades we have nurtured the writing and developed the careers of hundreds of poets. Our teaching, mentoring and editorial work is widely regarded as the benchmark in writer development provision.

nottingham poetry exchange

Live reading at Nottingham Contemporary. Free, no booking required. More information here. Join us for the launch of Lila Matsumoto’s Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water, with readings/performances from Lila and Sam Buchan-Watts, whose collection Path Through Wood was recently published. Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water, a Winter 2021 Poetry Book Society Recommendation, brings together five discrete sequences of poems and poem-stories. Moving through different voices and times, landscapes and interiors, Lila Matsumoto’s new collection offers a sense of the world as an observed tableau, inviting the reader to participate in a creation of a strange yet familiar world full of ordinary-extraordinary moments.

the poetry school

Poetry School is a national arts organisation providing inspiring tuition and opportunities for poets and poetry audiences. We were founded in 1997 by poets Mimi Khalvati, Jane Duran and Pascale Petit. Since our earliest days, our courses and activities have encouraged poets and poetry to flourish.

nottingham poetry festival

Featuring a plethora of local and national Poets

poetry translation centre

The Poetry Translation Centre gives the best contemporary poems from Africa, Asia and Latin America a new life in the English language, working with diaspora communities for whom poetry is of great importance.Build Your Own Chapbook Bundle Populate your bookshelf with some awesome bilingual poetry titles from a huge range of poets writing in a variety of languages!

growing poetry

We inspire poets to flourish creatively, releasing themselves from the barriers that they have unknowingly put in place. We are experts at scaring away the dreaded mythical “writers block,” of putting a pause on procrastination and sparking early career writers to fight past the inevitable rejections and keep putting words on the page – and to have fun whilst doing so!

the poetry archive

Become a member of The Poetry Archive and listen to your favourite poems. Join as a Free Member or unlock more treasures as an Explorer or Collector.

the poetry company

Poetry is our business. We have the talent and innovation you need to move your project from conception, through design, into production. We know what it takes to build a digital product, how to do it well and how to make the most of your investment in technology.

lote tree poetry

Poetry from the Muslim World

poetry in wood