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This year's winner of the Terry Hetherington Young Writer's Award is Eleanor Howe, with her stunning poem, 'The Fox'. 

Kate Noakes' seventh poetry collection The Filthy Quiet launched at The Poetry Cafe in London on World Poetry Day this week, with an appreciative audience of poets and poetry lovers and flowing Côtes du Rhône. Mark Blayney (Loud Music Makes you Drive Faster) and Susie Wild (Better Houses) brought both filth and quiet in their support sets before the queen of the night, Kate Noakes, read from her deeply personal autobiographical new collection to much applause and subsequent book sales and signings. The Filthy Quiet explores the pain of losing a long-built life and the joys of exploring a new one. This...

Rhian Elizabeth will be the guest writer at Story Care & Share in Llanelli on the 13th of Feb 2019:  

We are ushering in 2019 with some great translation news. Latvian poet Krišjānis Zeļģis, who was part of the Parthian Baltic series with his memorable collection Beasts, has been translated to Catalan. Bèsties is now available from Curbet Edicions. 

What is a poetry pamphlet? How many poems should be included and what is the difference between a pamphlet, a chapbook and a collection?