National Poetry Day is all about enjoying, discovering and sharing poems. With the support of our publisher partners, we have curated four strong and varied lists of recommended

Poetry is booming! Last year marked the best sales on record for poetry books in both volume and value, and demand continues to grow. Poetry is now challenging

Cheeselog (a woodlouse), to geg in (to butt in) and fam (a familiar form of address for a friend) are among the distinctive local words that will be

‘The Poetry Book Society is a great place for discovery… I wish my school library had offered me such poets‘ – Gillian Clarke, GCSE Syllabus Poet and Former

Congratulations Kate Wakeling, winner of the CLiPPA 2017 (CLPE Children’s Poetry Award) for her first collection for children, Moon Juice, illustrated by Elīna Brasliņa, published by The Emma

Contains Strong Language, a poetry festival representing the hugely vibrant mix of poetry in the UK today will kick off celebrations for National Poetry Day 2017.

This year, National Poetry Day will be launched from Hull, in honour of its status as city of culture. Hull, with its proud abolitionist history, via celebrated son

Our partners at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) have announced the 2017 shortlist for the Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award (CLiPPA). This is

Since 2014, writers Imogen Lycett Green and Barbara Doherty have pioneered the use of poetry in Narrative Workshops at the Brighton Health & Wellbeing centre, an integrated NHS

Poetry sales continued to grow in 2017 ahead of World Poetry Day (21 March), with writers driving interest on social media a possible reason reports The Bookseller

Annual sales of poetry books are set to surpass £10m for the first time since records began. Read about it on The Bookseller.

HRH The Prince of Wales will launch National Poetry Day Celebrations with a reading of Seamus Heaney’s poem The Shipping Forecast. Please read here.

The Prince of Wales, Joanna Lumley and PJ Harvey and 40 BBC Local Radio poets get ready to enjoy, discover and share poetry. Please read here

Hear extraordinary personal journeys and discover some of the newest and brightest poets from across the globe. Please read here.

Forward Arts Foundations commissions new poems from the five poets shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection. Poets were invited to respond to the National

Forward Art’s Foundation and Macmillan Children’s Books have created ‘Messages: A National Poetry Day Book’ to celebrate National Poetry Day 2016 and encourage readers to ‘say it with

Libraries – WIN a National Poetry Day kit – posters, badges and books

To kick-start the countdown to National Poetry Day, we’re offering libraries all over

WIN a National Poetry Day schools kit – posters, badges and books

In schools all over the country it’s the day when poetry breaks out of