The Early Years We sometimes imagine, looking back, that change happens overnight. The BBC’s first Director-General John Reith, predicted that ‘broadcasting is a development with which the future ...

Year One of a New Era The year that the BBC was founded was also a famous year for modern literature, seeing the publication of Joyce’s Ulysses and T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. Both ...

Richard Berengarten    Distinctions, etc.  1961 ― The Transatlantic Review, prize in national short story competition  1962 ― Co-founded Oxbridge student magazine Carcanet   1969 ― Arts Council ...

To celebrate Pride and the publication of 100 Queer Poems, edited by Andrew McMillan and Mary Jean Chan, ‘Speak its name’ is a collection of contemporary and twentieth-century voices by queer ...

YOUR FEEDBACK CAN HELP TO SECURE OUR FUTURE IN JUST 5 MINUTES    As a charity, the Poetry Archive wouldn’t be here without raising funds – but did you know your feedback can also help us to ...

Poets Rachel Long and Inua Ellams discuss how Inua names his poems, his writing process, and why he cherishes language. Listen to the conversation here or read the transcript.     ...

Nick Makoha talks to Malika Booker, Keith Jarrett and Raymond Antrobus about their inspirations and what keeps them going as poets. Listen to the audio of their conversations here, or read the ...

Notes from our Director, Dr Tracey Guiry When a poet dies without being recorded, a unique voice and slice of social history is lost forever and that loss is felt more keenly as time passes. Our ...

Winners of Poetry Archive Now! Wordview 2020 have sent us their thoughts on what it has meant to them to have poems in the collection and by way of encouragement to other poets.   Ankh Spice ...

Our Poetry Archive Now! Wordview 2021 Panel of Judges, Imtiaz Dharker, Robert Seatter and Lavinia Singer worked long and hard to arrive at this year’s winning entries. Each were blown away by the ...