TS Eliot Prize Readings

Hear readings from the poets shortlisted for the 2015 prize at this highlight of the literary calendar. Expect an electric atmosphere and the opportunity to hear some of the best contemporary poets in the English-speaking world reading from their own work on the eve of the TS Eliot Prize announcement. The TS Eliot Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best new poetry collection published in the UK or Ireland. It is judged by a panel of established poets and has been described by Sir Andrew Motion as 'the Prize most poets want to win'. Pascale Petit chairs this year’s judging panel, alongside poets Kei Miller and Ahren Warner.

This year's shortlist includes Mark Doty, Tracey Herd, Selima Hill, Sarah Howe, Tim Liardet, Les Murray, Sean O’Brien, Don Paterson, Rebecca Perry and Claudia Rankine.

Previous winners of the prize include Paul Muldoon, Don Paterson, Ted Hughes, Michael Longley, Anne Carson, Alice Oswald, George Szirtes, Carol Ann Duffy, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, John Burnside, Sharon Olds, Sinéad Morrissey and David Harsent.