T S Eliot Prize
2012
The Poetry Book Society is pleased to
announce the shortlist for the 2012 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry.
Judges Carol Ann Duffy
(Chair), Michael Longley and David Morley
have chosen the shortlist from the record number of 131 books submitted by
publishers.
Simon Armitage The Death of King Arthur Faber
Sean Borodale Bee Journal Jonathan 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
Jonathan Cape
Jacob Polley The Havocs Picador
Deryn Rees-Jones Burying the Wren Seren
Chair Carol Ann Duffy
said:
‘In a year which saw a record number
of submissions, my fellow judges and I are delighted with a shortlist which
sparkles with energy, passion and freshness and which demonstrates the range
and variety of poetry being published in the UK.’
THE T S ELIOT PRIZE READINGS
The T S Eliot Prize Readings will take place at 7pm on
Sunday 13 January 2013 at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. The 2010
Readings were held
in this venue for the first time and were a great artistic and
audience-building success, attracting 2,000 poetry lovers, one of the biggest
audiences for a single poetry event of recent times.
Tickets will be on sale from 24th October from
Southbank Centre’s ticket office on 0844 847 9910 or go to http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk,
with a 10% discount on the £15 and £12 prices on tickets sold prior to the end
of November. For press tickets please contact Katie Toms on 020 7921 0926 or
email katie.toms@southbankcentre.co.uk.
THE T S ELIOT AWARD CEREMONY
The winner of the 2012 Prize will be announced at the Award Ceremony
on Monday 14 January 2013, when the winner will be presented with a cheque for
£15,000, donated by Mrs Valerie Eliot, who has generously given the prize money since the
inception of the Prize. The shortlisted poets will each receive
£1,000.
T S ELIOT PRIZE READING GROUPS
The T S Eliot Prize Reading
Groups scheme will enable reading groups and individual readers to
read the shortlist. Specially commissioned reading group notes, together with
three poems from each shortlisted collection, will be made available to
download from the PBS website. The scheme will target both poetry reading
groups and fiction book groups.
T S ELIOT PRIZE SHADOWING SCHEME
The T S Eliot Prize Shadowing
Scheme,
run by the Poetry Book Society in partnership with the English and Media
Centre’s emagazine, will
offer A level students a chance to engage with the latest new poetry by
shadowing the judges and taking part in a writing competition.
The Prize is generously supported by the T S Eliot Estate.
This year marks the second year of generous three-year
support from Aurum, a private investment management firm which manages funds
for charities, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and private individuals, and which supports a range of charities.
Source:Press Release
