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A dazzling anthology of classic and contemporary love poems selected by an award-winning poet.

The Picador Book of Love Poems Valentine's Day Competition

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Fiere

Jackie Kay

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Independent

A celebration of what it means to be close to someone . . . Fiere is a kind and compassionate collection, gently optimistic.  It moves with familiar and familial ease between continents, between dialects, between generations

The Bees

Carol Ann Duffy

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The Times

‘Her love poems are swooningly glorious . . . Her boldness and confidence is staggering, like an explorer into a new frontier, unafraid to thread together words that please her from any time

Armour

John Kinsella

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George Steiner

Kinsella’s poems are a very rare feat: they are narratives of feeling. Vivid sight – of landscapes, of animals, of human forms in distant light – becomes insight. There is, often, the shock of the new. But somehow awaited, even familiar. Which is the homecoming of a true poet’

Picador poets dominate Costa Poetry shortlist posted by Sarah Blake

Wednesday 16th Nov 2011 | Blog

Picador poets Jackie Kay, Carol Ann Duffy and Sean O'Brien have been shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award.

Fantastic reviews for The Cloud Corporation posted by Sarah Blake

Monday 26th Sep 2011 | Blog

The Cloud Corporation by Brooklyn-based poet Timothy Donnelly, published here in October, has already caused a stir in the US. Here are some of the wonderful reviews it's already earned . . .

John Kinsella: On Nature Writing posted by Emma Bravo

Monday 31st Oct 2011 | Blog

I consider myself a writer of the environment - an ethically and politically motivated writer who perceives each poem, each text I write, as part of a resistance against environmental damage.

Sidereal wins Forward Prize for Best First Collection posted by Sarah Blake

Thursday 6th Oct 2011 | Blog

Picador poet Rachael Boast has won the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection.

The Picador Book of Love Poems Valentine’s Day Competition posted by Sarah Blake

Tuesday 31st Jan 2012 | Blog

Win a set of beautiful Picador Poetry anthologies, including The Picador Book of Love Poems

Fantastic review for Armour posted by Sarah Blake

Thursday 24th Nov 2011 | Blog

I had to share this wonderful review for John Kinsella's new collection, Armour, in Stride magazine. Armour, which has been shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize, is described as 'a brilliant and necessary book'.

The Bees: What the Press Say posted by Philippa Hardy

Friday 25th Nov 2011 | Blog

Arguably her most interesting book since Mean Time.  The best pieces here are concise, with a rich musical authority that brings some poems close to song.