Poetry Book Society Readings
Do you like poetry?
The PBS Summer Choice Words, etc will be read by the poet, Alice
Oswald, at a free event at the Senate House in London on 19th May.
This will be followed by a discussion of the poet’s work and the opportunity to
ask questions. Afterwards there will be refreshments in the Senior Common Room
and the opportunity to buy the book and to join the Poetry Book Society.
Although open to all, this event is organised with postgraduate students in
mind and will be of particular interest to those studying poetry as part of a
creative writing course.
Poetry Book Society Choice readings
in association with the Institute of English Studies
19 May 2005
5.30-6.30
The Senate House, University of London, Malet Street
The Poetry Book Society is a book club for poetry lovers which was
founded by T S Eliot and friends in 1953. The Poet Selectors chose the best new
poetry book of the quarter to be sent to members, along with the Bulletin
magazine which provides a review of the latest poetry and the selected poets’
own comments. The PBS offers members a discount on all poetry and can often
track down difficult-to-find volumes.
The PBS also runs the annual T S Eliot Prize and the Children’s Poetry
Bookshelf, a children’s poetry book club, which will be relaunched in 2005.
In 2004 it organised the Next Generation Poets promotion and launched
www.poetrybookshoponline.com, as well as a reinvigorated version of its own
website www.poetrybooks.co,uk.
Institute
of English Studies page
