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Jennifer Lee Tsai

Melete

Publication Date: 01 May 2026

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Jennifer Lee Tsai’s first full-length poetry book is a compelling narrative exploring family history, intergenerational trauma, love, loss, migration and belonging from the perspective of a second-generation British Chinese identity. Melete interweaves dual cultures and heritages, moving from China and Hong Kong to Liverpool. The mythic structure of the book relates to the three...

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Tishani Doshi

Egrets, While War

Publication Date: 01 May 2026

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Patricia Smith

The Intentions of Thunder

Publication Date: 01 May 2026

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J.H. Prynne

Poems

Publication Date: 23 Apr 2015

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Peter Didsbury

Scenes from a Long Sleep

Publication Date: 01 Apr 2026

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Neil Astley

Rita Ann Higgins

Polly Clark

John McCullough

Lily Blacksell

Cathy Galvin

Penelope Shuttle

Jane Hirshfield

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News & Publicity

Patricia Smith's The Intentions of Thunder reviewed in The Guardian

Patricia Smith's retrospective The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems reviewed in The Guardian's Saturday magazine of 2 May 2026.

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Patricia Smith wins the National Book Award for Poetry 2025

Patricia Smith wins the National Book Award for Poetry 2025 for her retrospective The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems (Scribner; USA) - published in the...

Poetry Events

Bloodaxe poets at Cork International Poetry Festival 2026

Bloodaxe poets appearing at Cork International Poetry Festival (12-16 May) include Niall Campbell, Polly Clark, Menna Elfyn, Sylva Fischerová, Cathy Galvin, Jennifer...

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Launch reading by Tishani Doshi, Patricia Smith and Jennifer Lee Tsai

Tishani Doshi, Patricia Smith and Jennifer Lee Tsai will join us for our May online launch event on 19 May at 7pm BST. Watch live or later on YouTube.