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.
Contains correspondence, flyers, advertisements, and copies of Poets International, collected by the Poetry Society as part of its investigation into, and report on, vanity publishing.
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...
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 correspondence with advertisers, and copy and proofs of text and advertisements. The one-off magazine was sent to all entrants in the 1985 National Poetry Competition.
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.
Papers relating to a Philip Larkin exhibition in Hull and London
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Contains correspondence, planning papers, leaflets, proofs of advertisements, and mocked-up, proof, and final versions of the programmes relating to the exhibition at the Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull and the library of University College London to which the exhibition transferred.
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...
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...