The Poetry Book Society has announced the shortlist for the 2013 T S Eliot Prize:
* Division Street by Helen Mort (Chatto & Windus)
* Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson (Picador)
* Parallax by Sinead Morrissey (Carcanet)
* The Water Stealer by Maurice Riordan (Faber)
* Ramayana: A Retelling by Daljit Nagra (Faber)
* Speak, Old Parrot by Dannie Abse (Hutchinson)
* Drysalter by Michael Symmons Roberts (Jonathan Cape)
* Bad Machine by George Szirtes (Bloodaxe)
* Red Doc by Anne Carson (Jonathan Cape)
* At the Time of Partition by Moniza Alvi (Bloodaxe)
The winner will be announced on 13 January 2013.
Shadow the shortlist and win a prize
As in previous years, there will an opportunity for reading groups to download three poems from each book and accompanying reading notes to use to discuss the shortlist.
We are running a competition for participating reading groups. By producing a short write-up (of no more than 200 words) of your shortlist discussion by 10 December, your reading group will have the chance to win one of the following:
* Tickets for the T S Eliot Prize readings for the whole group. The readings will take place in London’s Royal Festival Hall on the evening of 12 January 2014
* A visit to the group by one of the shortlisted poets
* A complete set of all ten shortlisted collections
To enter, please complete this form by 10 December.
Good luck, and happy reading!
