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Book Review / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems

21st Century Poetry / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

by Rachel Davies

21st Century Poetry / 3 June 2026
3 June 2026

by John Chinaka Onyech

21st Century Poetry / 13 May 2026
13 May 2026

by Harry Gallagher

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Poetry Review / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

Read this book and be aware that this is our history, says RUTH AYLETT

21st Century Poetry / 29 April 2026
29 April 2026

by Omar Sabbagh

21st Century Poetry / 29 April 2026
29 April 2026

by Omar Sabbagh

The Laozi (Lao Tzu) sculpture in Quanzhou is over 780 years old and was carved from a single rock during the Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE) / Pic: N509FZ/CC
Poetry / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

FINOLA SCOTT relishes a collection of verse in Scots that, among other things, meditates on the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu

21st Century Poetry / 1 April 2026
1 April 2026

by Kevin Scheepers

21st Century Poetry / 25 March 2026
25 March 2026

by Olaore Durodola-Oloto

21st Century Poetry / 18 March 2026
18 March 2026

by Khayelihle Benghu

bounds
Poetry review / 18 March 2026
18 March 2026

ALAN MORRISON recommends a consummate, heart-warming collection about a working-class upbringing in the industrial north-east

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Attila the Stockbroker Diary / 14 March 2026
14 March 2026

The Bard finds Bard Company, and rallies us all to the anti-fascist cause

21st Century Poetry / 11 March 2026
11 March 2026

by Patrick Cotter

21st Century Poetry / 4 March 2026
4 March 2026

by Gabriel Gbadamosi

21st Century Poetry / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

by Nuala Watt

love
Poetry Review / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026

ALISTAIR FINDLAY recommends the simple cadence, common prose, free verse, and descriptive power of a new collection by Julie McNeill

21st century poetry / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026

by Julie McNeill

21st Century Poetry / 28 January 2026
28 January 2026

by Victor Osemeka

who we are launch
Your Paper / 22 January 2026
22 January 2026
21st Century Poetry / 21 January 2026
21 January 2026

by Jamie Lynch

21st Century Poetry / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026
21st Century Poetry / 31 December 2025
31 December 2025

By Rebecca Lowe

21st Century Poetry / 17 December 2025
17 December 2025

by Miriam Spillane