Poetry Places

2006-11-06T12:38:00.000-08:00

England

www.poetrysociety.org.uk First port of call for poetry in the UK - and founder of Poetry Places. Rich and diverse run by a small and friendly organisation, who have an excellent cafe at 22 Betterton St, Covent Garden, (nearest tube Russell Square) if you're ever in London. Brand new website opened this December - take a look.

www.applesandsnakes.org specialises in performance poetry across the UK, based in Battersea, London

www.poetrymagazines.org.uk run by the poetry library, currently semi-closed with south bank refurb. excellent way to access contemporary uk poetry.

www.poetrybooks.co.uk Poetry Book Society. Best way into UK poetry book publishing, worth becoming a member if you're going to buy the stuff.

www.poetrykit.org excellent hands on about the writing of poetry, and poets getting together site

There are plenty of other sites in the uk, especially publishers Faber & Faber, Carcanet, Bloodaxe, Salt, Flarestack....but you'll get these through the other sites,

www.lit-net a virtual literature centre for the west midlands, which I co-ordinate while not doing www.ashespoetry.net

Australia

www.cordite.org.au the place for cricket and poetry in Australia. Go especially to Nick Whittock's www.cordite.org.au/ashes/ and his book 'Covers' http://www.cordite.org.au/cod/covers_title_info.html