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The Faber Poetry Podcast is a twice-monthly podcast bringing together some of the most exciting voices from the world of poetry, curated, produced and presented by poets Rachael Allen and Ja...

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Bonus episode: Isabelle Baafi and Sarah Howe

A special bonus episode of the Faber Poetry Podcast, taken from our audio vaults to celebrate this week's announcement of the 2025 T. S. Eli...

76:32Jan 19, 2026

Bonus episode: Edwina Attlee & Ange Mlinko

In this bonus episode of the Faber Poetry Podcast, Rachael and Jack welcome guests Edwina Attlee and Ange Mlinko to the studio to discuss ar...

73:45Mar 21, 2025

S3 Ep5: Ishion Hutchinson & Oluwaseun Olayiwola + Emilia Clarke

Oh what a night. . . In this special episode, recorded live at the London Review Bookshop, Rachael and Jack are joined by Ishion Hutchinson...

67:52Dec 11, 2023

S3 Ep4: Lucy Mercer & Maggie Millner

In this episode, Jack and Rachael talk couplets, nutlets and cats in poems, among many other things, with Lucy Mercer in the studio and Magg...

73:38Oct 13, 2023

S3 Ep3: Raymond Antrobus & Victoria Adukwei Bulley

In this episode, Jack and Rachael are joined by award-winning poets Raymond Antrobus and Victoria Adukwei Bulley in the studio, where they c...

69:46Sep 22, 2023

S3 Ep2: Camille Ralphs & Stephanie Sy-Quia

In this episode, Jack and Rachael discuss religion in poetry and the buried histories found within words with Camille Ralphs and Stephanie S...

62:26Sep 8, 2023

S3 Ep1: S3 Ep 1: Anthony Anaxagorou & Nick Laird

AND we’re back! In the first episode of the third season, Rachael and Jack welcome guests Anthony Anaxagorou and Nick Laird to the studio to...

59:29Aug 25, 2023

S3: Faber Poetry Podcast Season 3 (trailer)

Rachael Allen and Jack Underwood are back for a third season, with an unmissable mix of studio guests, audio postcards from around the world...

1:38Aug 14, 2023

S2 Ep6: Episode 12: Daljit Nagra & Nisha Ramayya

We can’t believe we’ve come to the end of our second series [sad face]... In this extended final episode, Jack and Rachael have fun chatting...

71:35Nov 7, 2019

S2 Ep5: Episode 11: Ilya Kaminsky & Sophie Robinson

In the penultimate episode of the second series, Ilya Kaminsky and Sophie Robinson join Jack and Rachael in the studio to discuss, among oth...

60:36Oct 18, 2019

S2 Ep4: Episode 10: Rae Armantrout & Don Paterson

Two acclaimed award-winners join Rachael and Jack in the studio in our fourth episode of the second series: the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ameri...

55:53Sep 27, 2019

S2 Ep3: Episode 9: Fiona Benson & Julia Copus

In this week’s episode, award-winning poets Fiona Benson and Julia Copus join Rachael and Jack in the studio and there are audio postcards f...

55:27Aug 23, 2019

S2 Ep2: Episode 8: Mary Jean Chan & Rebecca Tamás

In episode two of the new series, Rachael and Jack are joined in the studio by Mary Jean Chan and Rebecca Tamás to chat about recurring them...

52:28Aug 1, 2019

S2 Ep1: Episode 7 (series 2): Joe Dunthorne & Will Harris

Woo hoo we’re back! In the first episode of the new series, Rachael and Jack discuss typewriters, ‘poety’ backpacks, ruffles and codpieces (...

50:21Jul 18, 2019

S1 Ep7: Faber Poetry Podcast at Crossing Border Festival *LIVE EPISODE*

We recently took the Faber Poetry Podcast to The Hague for a special event at the Crossing Border Festival . In this live recording, Rachael...

62:43Dec 5, 2018

S1 Ep6: Episode 6: Edward Doegar & Ishion Hutchinson

In the final episode of our first series, Rachael and Jack are joined in the studio by Edward Doegar and Ishion Hutchinson, who discuss the...

41:34Jul 30, 2018

S1 Ep5: Episode 5: Holly Pester & Sam Riviere

In the penultimate episode of our first series, Rachael and Jack are joined in the studio by Holly Pester and Sam Riviere, plus a pat of but...

55:24Jul 6, 2018

S1 Ep4: Episode 4: Wayne Holloway-Smith & Maurice Riordan

In this episode, Rachael and Jack talk fatherhood, the lyric I and the magical sound of a garden pond with their guests Wayne Holloway-Smith...

48:46Jun 14, 2018

S1 Ep3: Episode 3: Richard Scott & Jane Yeh

In the third episode, Rachael and Jack chat in the studio with Richard Scott and Jane Yeh, discussing, among other things, the importance of...

46:59May 23, 2018

S1 Ep2: Episode 2: Sophie Collins & Emily Critchley

Rachael and Jack have Sophie Collins and Emily Critchley in the studio to discuss, among other things, female authorship, having a lightbulb...

43:59May 8, 2018