Links (United Kingdom)

 

 

We have listed a brief selection of the most interesting British poetry websites to the right. Each description also mentions the language(s) in which the site is available.

Directories

The Poetry Kit
Internationally orientated poetry resource
Language: English

Resources

Poetry Landmarks
An ever-growing map of Britain’s Poetry Landmarks, from Adlestrop onwards, including events, magazines, organisations and more.
Language: English

Poetry Magazines
A free access site to the full-text digital library of 20th and 21st century English poetry magazines from the Poetry Library collection.
Language: English

The Poetry House
A virtual and a physical resource, based in St Andrews, offering an expert selection of information about poetry from such a range of times and places and some new poetry.
Language: English

Bartleby
Poetry anthologies and thousands of canonical poems in English.
Language: English

Poetry Daily
Selects a new poem every day from recently published collections.
Language: English

Write Out Loud
Lists (mainly) UK poetry events and news.
Language: English

Magazines

Poetry Library Listings
The best source of magazine listings is available through the Poetry Library’s pages.
Language: English

Organisations

The Poetry Society
Renowned British institution that provides information and education, publishes the Poetry Review, and organizes various projects and competitions.
Language: English

The Arvon Foundation
Residential writing courses giving the opportunity, the time and the space to write, supported by expert practical tuition and the encouragement of a writing community.
Language: English

The Poetry Library
The most comprehensive and accessible collection of poetry from 1912 in Britain.
Language: English

The Scottish Poetry Library
Poetry in English, Scots and Gaelic.
Language: English

The British Library
The British Library has extensive collections of poetry in many of the languages of the world and from all periods up to the present time.
Language: English

Academi - Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency
Promotes Literature in Wales; contains two searchable databases (one for writers and one for publishers), a news room and a chat room.
Language: English, Welsh

The Poetry Book Society
A specialist book club and a not-for-profit registered charity; members can buy books and memberships over the Internet at a discount and the general public may also buy goods at full price. Also runs the child-focused Children’s Poetry Bookshelf.
Language: English

British Council - Literature
News on UK writers touring for The British Council, information on its literature events in the UK and worldwide, Literature Matters magazine and a complete listing of UK literature festivals (available online).
Language: English

Apples and Snakes
The London-based poetry organisation Apples & Snakes encourages and promote poets who are working in an oral as much as a literary tradition, and offers performance poetry as a radical alternative to formal poetry readings and recitals.
Language: English

Festivals

Poetry International London
Britain’s biggest poetry festival.
Language: English

National Poetry Day
A nationwide celebration of poetry in all its forms.
Language: English

Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
Aldeburgh is now regarded as Britain's leading annual international poetry festival, attracting the largest, most loyal audiences and enjoying the highest reputation among poets.
Language: English

Ledbury Poetry Festival
In addition to the summer Festival over 10 days, Ledbury Poetry Festival works tirelessly year-round in the community with poets in schools and a far-reaching programme of activities.
Language: English

StAnza Poetry Festival
The only regular festival dedicated to poetry in Scotland, StAnza is international in outlook.
Language: English
Audio material
The Poetry Archive
The world’s premier online collection of poets reading their work.
Language: English

Poetry Jukebox
An online jukebox of poetry featuring both new & known voices.
Language: English

e-poetry

British Electronic Poetry Centre
The BEPC serves British poetry's diverse traditions of innovation. It provides a reference guide to contemporary poetry, plus poems, performances, and critical debate.
Language: English

trAce
Original new media writing, creative online courses, incisive articles, innovative webdesign, and a broad range of resources, news, discussions and research.
Language: English

Poetry in performance

Apples and Snakes
Organisation devoted to stretching the boundaries of poetry in education and performance by giving  voice to challenging, diverse and dynamic poets.

renaissance one
renaissance one is an agency that represents international artists and produces tours, events and education projects.  It works across cultures and artistic practices, focusing on word-based projects which evoke an appreciation of poetry, prose and the spoken word.

57 Productions
57 Productions represents writers & performers working in the UK &
internationally. Writers are available for live performances, talks
& workshops, and also on CD and online.  (Also responsible for the Poetry Jukebox.)

Poets on Fire
A place to find news and discussion about poetry in performance across the UK. It’s also intended to promote the idea that presenting your poetry to an audience is not simply a case of standing up and reading in a monotone from behind a book. Performing your work should be about bringing poetry to life, giving it a new and dynamic existence beyond the page; it’s a dialogue between poet and audience, an exciting act of collaboration.

 
 
 
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