Awarded annually to a living UK poet, working in any form, who is judged to have made the most exciting contribution to the art form between 1 January and 31 December. Prize: £5,000. Poets are put forward for the award by Poetry Society and Poetry Book …

Well, today’s my last day in the office this year. Production is up to date, and, dare I say it, ahead of schedule in a number of cases. 2010 has been a year of transition for Salt. Our tenth anniversary celebrations have played host to a number of imp …

Elder Moon by John Siddique from John Siddique on Vimeo. Taken from the book Recital – An Almanac Written, Produced & Spoken by John Siddique Music by Katie Chatburn Animation and Concept by Daniel Spellman Art Direction, Supervision, & Co-production b …

We’re not sending out ink and paper this Christmas and will be making a donation to Wikileaks instead. …

When T S Eliot gathered together friends, publishers and booksellers to follow through on Stephen Spender’s suggestion of setting up the Poetry Book Society in 1953, he wouldn’t have been able to envisage how things stand with poetry today. The group w …