Forward winner Michael Symmons Roberts among TS Eliot contenders
The Poetry Book Society has announced the shortlist for the TS Eliot prize, which will be awarded early next year. The list includes Michael Symmons Roberts’ Drysalter, which won the Forward prize for best collection earlier this month. The full list, selected by judges Ian Duhig, Imtiaz Dharker and Vicki Weaver, is: Dannie Abse, Speak, Old Parrot; Moniza Alvi, At the Time of Partition; Anne Carson, Red Doc; Sinead Morrissey, Parallax; Helen Mort, Division Street; Daljit Nagra, Ramayana: A Retelling; Maurice Riordan, The Water Stealer; Robin Robertson, Hill of Doors; Michael Symmons Roberts, Drysalter; George Szirtes, Bad Machine.
The TS Eliot prize readings will take place on Sunday 12 January at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.