Revealed: the 20 contenders for this year's Forward prizes
The 2024 Forward prizes shortlists have been announced. The contenders for the £10,000 Forward best collection prize are: Rachael Allen’s God Complex (Faber & Faber); Victoria Chang’s With my back to the World (Corsair); Ella Frears’ Goodlord: An email (Rough Trade Books); Fady Joudah’s […] (Outspoken Press); and Sarah Wimbush’s Strike (Stairwell Press).
Contenders for the £5,000 Felix Dennis P...
18th July 2024
Instagram poets pushing us off bookshop shelves, warns Bloodaxe's Neil Astley
The highly successful Bloodaxe Books publisher Neil Astley has highlighted the changing nature of poetry book sales as a result of the internet, and the rise of Instagram poetry. In a Q&A session at Barter Books, the famous secondhand bookshop in Alnwick, Northumberland, at the launch of a new colle...
8th July 2024
