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The Poetry Society

The Poetry Society was founded in 1909 to promote "a more general recognition and appreciation of poetry". Since then, it has grown into one of Britain's most dynamic arts organisations, rep...

Episodes

20 of 155 episodes

'Glow' by Coral Rumble: The Look North More Often Project 2025

Each year for our Look North More Often project, The Poetry Society commissions a new children’s poem celebrating the Christmas tree in Traf...

00:09:21Dec 19, 2025

Fawzia Muradali Kane: Then & Now

Fawzia Muradali Kane: Then & Now by The Poetry Society

00:04:41Oct 6, 2025

Mary Jean Chan on 'Play'

Mary Jean Chan on 'Play' by The Poetry Society

00:01:14Oct 6, 2025

Katie Griffiths: Then & Now

Katie Griffiths: Then & Now by The Poetry Society

00:06:32Oct 6, 2025

Mark Fiddes: Then & Now

Mark Fiddes: Then & Now by The Poetry Society

00:05:21Sep 11, 2025

Marvin Thompson: Then and Now

Marvin Thompson: Then and Now by The Poetry Society

00:06:12Sep 1, 2025

Freya Bantiff: Then and Now

Freya Bantiff: Then and Now by The Poetry Society

00:03:17Sep 1, 2025

Vicki Feaver: Then and Now

Vicki Feaver: Then and Now by The Poetry Society

00:06:12Sep 1, 2025

John Wedgwood Clarke: Then & Now

John Wedgwood Clarke: Then & Now by The Poetry Society

00:06:20Sep 1, 2025

Mark Pajak reads 'Trick' and 'Plait' | Then & Now

Mark Pajak reads 'Trick' and 'Plait' | Then & Now by The Poetry Society

00:03:36Sep 1, 2025

Martha Sprackland reads 'The Small Picture' at The Poetry Review Summer 2025 launch

Martha Sprackland reads 'The Small Picture' at The Poetry Review Summer 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

00:01:33Sep 1, 2025

Kaveh Akbar reads 'Love Poem with Lines from Jesus and Muhammad' at The Poetry Review Summer 2025 launch

Kaveh Akbar reads 'Love Poem with Lines from Jesus and Muhammad' at The Poetry Review Summer 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

00:01:57Sep 1, 2025

Bonnie Hancell reads 'Generations of Destroyers' at The Poetry Review Summer 2025 launch

Bonnie Hancell reads 'Generations of Destroyers' at The Poetry Review Summer 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

00:01:08Sep 1, 2025

Jacob Polley reads 'Dust' at The Poetry Review Summer 2025 launch

Jacob Polley reads 'Dust' at The Poetry Review Summer 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

00:02:19Sep 1, 2025

Taking the Temperature with Jess Chandler, Niall Munro, Amy Acre, and Tristram Fane Saunders

Taking the Temperature is a panel where brand-new and seasoned editors and publishers will discuss how independent poetry publishing is chan...

00:59:15May 1, 2025

Polylingual Poetry with Ghazal Mosadeq, Fiona Larkin, and Leo Boix

Polylingual Poetry: a panel on how poetry containing more than one language, and poetry in translation, is speaking to new audiences and wel...

00:50:23May 1, 2025

Tiffany Atkinson reads 'Patrick' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch

Tiffany Atkinson reads 'Patrick' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

00:01:14Apr 15, 2025

Joe Carrick-Varty reads 'Almost Back Where We Left Now' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch

Joe Carrick-Varty reads 'Almost Back Where We Left Now' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

00:01:03Apr 15, 2025

Rashed Aqrabawi reads 'Poem' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch

Rashed Aqrabawi reads 'Poem' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

00:02:01Apr 15, 2025

Inua Ellams reads 'Reminisce of tongues' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch

Inua Ellams reads 'Reminisce of tongues' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

00:02:26Apr 15, 2025