News
University of Leeds Poetry Centre at the Ilkley Literature Festival
The Centre features prominently at this year’s Ilkley Literature Festival. We are offering an online Poetry Centre Showcase featuring Jason...
Malika Booker shortlisted for Forward Prize Best Poem Award
Congratulations to former Douglas Caster Fellow and Poetry Centre colleague Malika Booker who has been shortlisted in the Best Poem...
Poetry & Audience vol. 49 Winter 2019 Out Now
The latest issue of Poetry & Audience, Vol. 49: Winter 2019, is out. Edited by undergraduates Jake Ferguson, Tife Kusoro, ...
Zaffar Kunial among Britain’s top 10 BAME writers
Acclaimed poet Jackie Kay praises Douglas Caster Cultural Fellow for poems that are “startling in their originality.” In the feature,...
Events
CANCELLED: Poetry Reading by Sean O’Brien
Sean O’Brien’s tenth book of poems, It Says Here, is to be published by Picador in May 2020. It combines...
CANCELLED: Launch of the Brotherton Poetry Prize Anthology
Celebrating the publication of the first Brotherton Poetry Prize Anthology by Carcanet. The launch event will include readings by the...
CANCELLED: Magma 75: the Loss Issue
Loss takes many forms – from losing a precious watch to the loss of an important relationship. Loss comes, too,...
Leeds Lit Fest Event with University of Leeds Poetry Centre
The University of Leeds Poetry Centre presents an evening of readings by poets from around the world who have made...