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John Challis

The Green Parcel

Publication Date: 25 Jun 2026

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Longlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2026 The rural terrain of John Challis’s second collection provides a new lens for exploring history, class and work, our relationship to the natural world, and cycles of growth and decay. Much of his debut collection The Resurrectionists concerned working lives in the city: his father a London cabbie, his grandfather a market...

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Frank Ormsby

The Tumbling Paddy

Publication Date: 25 Jun 2026

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Lawrence Sail

Double Takes

Publication Date: 25 Jun 2026

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Tishani Doshi

Egrets, While War

Publication Date: 21 May 2026

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Jennifer Lee Tsai

Melete

Publication Date: 21 May 2026

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Neil Astley

Patricia Smith

John McCullough

Lily Blacksell

Rita Ann Higgins

Cathy Galvin

Penelope Shuttle

Jennifer Lee Tsai

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News & Publicity

Roshni Gallagher's Even the Trees: Books from Scotland poem feature

Three poems from Roshni Gallagher's debut featured online in Books from Scotland ahead of publication on 17 September. Even the Trees is shortlisted for the Forward...

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Ruth Fainlight Profile in the Financial Times

Profile of poet Ruth Fainlight featured in the FT Weekend's magazine of 22 March 2025; BBC Radio 4 interview in Mariella Frostrup's series on Sylvia Plath, 28 July 2026.

Poetry Events

Jessica Traynor Readings

Jessica Traynor's joint online launch for New Arcana is on YouTube.

Poetry Events

Launch reading with Clementine Ewokolo Burnley, Nadine El-Enany, Roshni Gallagher & Joanna Lowry

Join Bloodaxe for this launch event for the winners of the James Berry Poetry Prize and the Mslexia Women's Pamphlet Competition. Live on YouTube Tues 29 Sept, 7pm BST.