Becky Shaw

‘Beautiful and uncomfortable, personal and political.’ Eleanor Wachtel, Chair of Judges Just announced! Congratulations to Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann on winning the International Booker Prize for Kairos, published by @GrantaBooks uk.bookshop.org/p/books/kairos…

'Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.' Emily Dickinson

Discover the fabulous programme of award-winning poets at the Festival this summer 28th June - 7th July ledburypoetry.org.uk/home/whats-on/ #everyoneiswelcome @ace_midlands @FaberBooks @picadorbooks @BloodaxeBooks

Poem inspired by New York mugging wins top prize in National Poetry Competition | Books | The Guardian ⁦@guardian⁩ theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

Investing in the power of reading 📚 #LetsCreate From festivals and publishers, to poets, comic books, story centres, and archives – we’re interested in all of it, and passionate about supporting those who work hard to make it so rich and varied buff.ly/3UqBo6C

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY!!! Here are some of our favourite poetry books for children - we'd love to hear your favourites so please let us know!!! @WorldBookDayUK @ace_midlands @book_tokens

We live & breathe this beautiful Golden Triangle here at #ledburypoetryfestival - todays @guardian delights in the poetic heritage that makes #ledburypoetrytown theguardian.com/travel/2024/ma… @ace_midlands @LedburyReporter

‘Extraordinary’: 101 women narrate A History of Women in 101 Objects audiobook theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

Happy Valentine's day from @LedburyPoetry. A hundred years since Pablo Neruda's Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair were first published we celebrate with his beautiful words @ace_midlands #lovepoems

#ReadItForward this February! 📚 Buy ANY children’s title from @bookshop_org_UK during February and they will donate 10% of the sale to children’s reading charity @Booktrust. Plus, every sale supports independent bookshops across the UK. uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-it-…

Check out our new Creative Climate Accelerator training programme led by @JuliesBicycle🌎 Read their thread to find out more about the programme, if you're eligible, and how to apply👇

⭐ AMAZING NEWS ALERT! ⭐ We're thrilled to team up with @bookshop_org_UK for #ReadItForward - 10% of all children's book sales in February 2024 will go to BookTrust! Treat yourself, support independent bookshops, AND raise money for us all in one! booktrust.org.uk/news-and-featu…

Today we’ve released a searchable online version of our main catalogue, which contains records of the majority of our printed collections as well as some freely available online resources. We have also expanded the range of items that can be accessed in our Reading Rooms at St Pancras, including the majority of our special collections. Advance online ordering is not currently available so you will need to come onsite to order the items you need via a manual process in the Reading Rooms. If you need to confirm the availability of a particular item in advance of your visit you can email our Reference Services team. To find out more about searching for and ordering collection items at the moment, please visit our website: bl.uk/research

The winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2023 is Jason Allen-Paisant, for Self-Portrait as Othello!

"The best way to travel is by book, you can go anywhere you like" - Benjamin Zephaniah We've lost one of poetry's greats today. Zephaniah's writing helped many make sense of themselves and the world around them. Here's a video from our #MyBirminghamStory project back in 2021 ⬇️.

"Books are the keys that unlock so many wondrous doors. I feel that it is the right of every child to have access to books, whether at home, at school or via our public #libraries" fabulous speech @malorieblackman on the opening of her Power of Stories show @britishlibrary

1 in 5 parents are worried they won't be able to afford a present for their children this Christmas. Will you help send 17,000 festive book parcels to children who need them most? Donate £10 today to share the magic of books this Christmas.

We’re excited to announce the recipients of #AwardsForArtists 2023—the largest individual awards to visual artists and composers in the UK 5 visual artists and 5 composers will each receive £60,000—with no strings attached Starting with visual artists, meet the recipients...🧵

We're so excited to announce our Poetry Book Society Winter Pamphlet Choice is When the Flies Come by Fahad al-Amoudi. You can read a sneak preview from Fahad's pamphlet in our Friday Eletter here, plus all the latest poetry community news and events 🥳 mailchi.mp/poetrybooksoci…

Heartfelt congrats to the wonderful @malorieblackman who is given the JM Barrie @childrensarts Lifetime Achievement award today in recognition of her profound contribution to children's literature! Go Malorie! xxx childrensarts.org.uk/aca-news/j-m-b…