Founded in Pontypridd, South Wales the international ‘Poetry Book Awards’ gives self published writers and small indie press authors a chance to gain recognition in the competitive, and often snobby, world of poetry publishing.
After much soul searching, Welsh poet Dave Lewis, has managed to whittle down the 2020 entries in the inaugural ‘Poetry Book Awards’ to the following 24 books – all of which are just fab and well worth buying, so please click the links and grab yourself a great poetry book!
Longlist (in no particular order)
Jackie Biggs – Breakfast in Bed
Ian Royce Chamberlain – Not Forgotten
Anne Walsh Donnelly – The Woman with an Owl Tattoo
Rory Duffy – Guide to the items recovered from the stomach of the last wild whale
Marc Goldfinger – Heroin’s Harbour
Phoebe Kalid – Everything’s Great And I’m Still Dying
Ewan Lawrie – Last night I met John Adcock
Antony Mair – Let the wounded speak
Mike McNamara – Dialling A Starless Past
Kathy Miles – Gardening With Deer
Marie Naughton – A Life, Elsewhere
Gareth Alun Roberts – What’s Not Wasted
Derek Sellen – The Other Guernica
Jocelyn Simms – Tickling the Dragon
Mariah Whelan – the love I do to you
James Winder – The History of Eternity
The shortlist of 10 books will be announced in October on our website, with the Top 3 in November.
For more information – www.poetrybookawards.co.uk
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