Poetry Book Society

On this page you’ll find pdfs for each of the poets on the 2012 T S Eliot shortlist. There is also one pdf containing the material on all ten individual pdfs.

Each individual pdf contains three poems from each book, together with reading group notes on the poems, a biography and photo of each poet.

Simon Armitage - The Death of King Arthur (Faber)

 

Sean Borodale - Bee Journal (Cape)

 

Gillian Clarke - Ice (Carcanet)

 

Julia Copus - The World's Two Smallest Humans (Faber)

 

Paul Farley - The Dark Film (Picador)

 

Jorie Graham - P L A C E (Carcanet)

 

Kathleen Jamie - The Overhaul (Picador)

 

Sharon Olds - Stag's Leap (Cape)

 

Jacob Polley - The Havocs (Picador)

 

Deryn Rees-Jones - Burying the Wren (Seren)

 

All ten shortlisted poets

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