The Poetry Society

Taking the Temperature is a panel where brand-new and seasoned editors and publishers will discuss how independent poetry publishing is changing, with Tristram Fane Saunders (GRAVY and The Little Review), Niall Munro (ignitionpress), Jess Chandler (Prototype) and Amy Acre (Bad Betty) in the Library at Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair 2025. The Poetry Society’s Free Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair celebrates the vitality of poetry in the UK – it’s an unrivalled opportunity to browse and buy the very best in contemporary poetry, and to meet publishers, organisations and poets.

Polylingual Poetry: a panel on how poetry containing more than one language, and poetry in translation, is speaking to new audiences and welcoming new poets, with National Poetry Competition winner Fiona Larkin (Pindrop Press), Ghazal Mosadeq (Pamenar Press) and Leo Boix (Poetry Translation Centre) in the Library at Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair 2025. The Poetry Society’s Free Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair celebrates the vitality of poetry in the UK – it’s an unrivalled opportunity to browse and buy the very best in contemporary poetry, and to meet publishers, organisations and poets.

Tiffany Atkinson reads 'Patrick' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

Joe Carrick-Varty reads 'Almost Back Where We Left Now' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

Rashed Aqrabawi reads 'Poem' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

Inua Ellams reads 'Reminisce of tongues' at The Poetry Review Spring 2025 launch by The Poetry Society

Lesley Sharpe reads 'Eyewitness' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Chris Beckett reads 'The broom upside down' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Lee Knapper reads 'Plums' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Andrew Dennison reads 'Courgettes' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Kit Buchan reads 'Hallowe'en Ghazal' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Yong-Yu Huang reads 'Living as My Mother' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Hannah Perrin King reads 'Inheritance' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Sorrel Briggs reads 'Heaven Down' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Matt Barnard reads 'Two Boys at Midnight' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Fiona Larkin reads 'Absence has a grammar' | National Poetry Competition 2024 by The Poetry Society

Chen Chen Reads '2pm in provincetown—' at The Poetry Review Winter 2024 Launch by The Poetry Society

(EXCERPT) Susannah Dickey Reads 'Sex Horse' at The Poetry Review Winter 2024 Launch by The Poetry Society

Crispin Best Reads 'In This Economy' at The Poetry Review Winter 2024 Launch by The Poetry Society

Denise Saul Reads 'The White Room' at The Poetry Review Winter 2024 Launch by The Poetry Society