The United Kingdom joined the European Community in 1973. To mark the occasion a nationwide series of cultural events took place. The Poetry Book Society’s contribution was Poets of Europe, an evening of readings by Alain Bosquet (France), Peter Huchel (West Germany), Maurits Mok (Netherlands), J...
Contains press releases and information, papers relating to advertising the readings, correspondence with Arts Council and Poetry Book Society staff, and correspondence with the poets performing the readings. Poet correspondents are: D. J. Enright, Peter Redgrove, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, ...
Contains replies to invitations to the party and lists of attendees. Invitees included poets, writers, journalists, and publishers. Correspondents include Tom Paulin, Edwin Morgan, Peter Scupham, Douglas Dunn, Charles Causley, Laurie Lee, Roy Fuller, John Fuller, Norman Nicholson, John Betjeman, ...
Papers relating to the Poetry in Translation prize
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Contains correspondence with academics, poets, translators, and European cultural organisations discussing the remit and funding for a poetry in translation prize, and with publishers discussing entries for consideration. Also includes lists of books for consideration for the 1991 prize. Correspo...
Contains papers and correspondence relating to the planning and presentation of the lectures in 1990, 1992, and 1994. Texts of the lectures and press cuttings are also included.
Contains papers relating to the establishment and running of the T. S. Eliot Prize, first awarded in 1994 for the best new collection of poetry published in 1993.
As part of National Library Week, the Poetry Book Society chose two ‘teams’ of poets whose works had been selected as PBS Choices to tour the country giving readings. The tour was directed by Alan Brownjohn and the ‘teams’ were: Dannie Abse, Elizabeth Jennings, and Vernon Scannell; and Patric Dic...