Contains papers relating to the Poetry Society, its activities, and its relationship with the Poetry Book Society. The PS assumed formal responsibility for the administration of the PBS in 1984.
Correspondence of the Poetry Book Society with the Poetry Society
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The correspondence relates to the confusion that arose when Faber and Faber published two books, Vernon Watkins’s The Death Bell and Norman Nicholson’s The Pot Geranium, with bands suggesting, incorrectly, that the books had been chosen and recommended by the Poetry Society. As a consequence of t...
Contains papers relating to the Arts Council assessment of the Poetry Society in 1976; internal review papers; planning, staffing, and budget papers; and a discussion paper on merging the Society’s library with that of the Arts Council.
Contains papers relating to the Arts Council assessments of the Poetry Society in 1976 and 1988, internal review papers, and planning, staffing, and budget papers.
Contains papers relating to the Arts Council assessment of the Poetry Society in 1988, and planning and budget papers, including the Society’s three year plan drawn up for the Arts Council in 1990.
Papers relating to spoken word cassettes published by the Poetry Society
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Contains correspondence with poets and writers approached for their permission, including John Betjeman, Dannie Abse, and Stan Tracey; Arts Council grant applications to fund the recordings; correspondence and agreements with production companies; and royalty statements.
Papers relating to spoken word cassettes published by the Poetry Society
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Contains correspondence and papers relating to the Poetry Society’s wish to release spoken word cassettes of readings held under its aegis. Contains correspondence with poets and writers approached for their permission, Arts Council grant applications to fund the recordings, correspondence and ag...
Papers relating to spoken word cassettes published by the Poetry Society
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Contains correspondence with poets and writers approached for their permission, including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Seamus Heaney, Ian McEwan, Anthony Thwaite, Stephen Spender, and John Cooper Clarke; Arts Council grant applications to fund the recordings; correspondence and agreements with productio...
Papers relating to the Poetry Society’s Poetry Review
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Chiefly contains correspondence and papers relating to the selection of editors to succeed Andrew Motion in 1983 (succeeded by Mick Imlah and Tracey Warr as joint editors) and Imlah in 1986 (succeeded by Peter Forbes). Also contains discussion papers relating to the future of the Review.
Contains papers relating to the British arts festival held in New York in 1983 to mark the bicentenary of the signing of the peace treaty to end the American War of Independence. The Poetry Society’s contribution, in conjunction with Artscope Ltd, was 'Live Poetry in Britain Today', the broadcast...