The Poetry Business
The Poetry Business
The Poetry Business
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The Poetry Business
The Poetry Business
WELCOME
The Poetry Business
Thank you for visiting our website. The Poetry Business publishes contemporary poetry books and pamphlets under the Smith/Doorstop imprint and also publishes a literary magazine known as The North.

As well as running an annual Book & Pamphlet Competition, The Poetry Business also holds regular Saturday Writing Days, 10.15 to 4.15 at our premises in Huddersfield. If you're local contact us for details, or to be put on the mailing list. We will put you on the email list for mailings, but we would also appreciate your postal address, for our records.

The Poetry Business is funded by Arts Council England.

 

The Poetry Business
The Poetry Business
The Poetry Business
The Poetry Business
The Poetry Business
The Poetry Business
LATEST NEWS
The Poetry Business
 THE GREAT PB BOOK SALE FROM NOW UNTIL JUNE 9TH WE ARE OFFERING OUR BOOKS AT BARGAIN PRICES (SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY).  Click here to download information

BOOK & PAMPHLET COMPETITION 2008 IS NOW LAUNCHED.

Judge: Michael Longley

 

 

 

GREAT CHANGES AFOOT
This summer we are relocating to Sheffield.
Janet and Anita are both retiring. Ann Sansom is joining the Board.
NEW POST

We have appointed a new
Company Manager. His name is Sam Wood. We're delighted to welcome him on board.

The North issue 41 Now available. Click on the image on the right.

2007 Competition
Winners:
Julia Deakin, The half-mile-high club; Yvonne Green, Boukhara; Padraig O'Morain, You've been great; Ann Pilling, Growing Pains. Now available.
Click here for more details.

2006 Competition
The winning book
, The Night Trotsky Came to Stay, is now available, and can be orderd from us, or online.
The winning pamphlets
are also still available: Andrea Holland, Borrowed, Judith Lal, The Flageolets at the Bazaar. Patrick McGuinness, 19th Century Blues

 

 

New Books 2007
As well as Allison McVety's winning book, we published Peter Sansom's wonderful collection of poems for children The Ice Cream Carpet and Catherine Smith's exciting collection Lip.


 

 


 
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