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Poetry Bites is a podcast by The Poetry Business, offering you regular bite-size poetry treats from some of our favourite writers.The Poetry Business is a publisher and writer development agency dedicated to discovering, developing and publishing outstanding new poetry.
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Chloe Elliott reads 'Aupair' from her pamphlet Encyclopaedia , which was a winner of the 2022 New Poets Prize and was published in June 2023. Poetry Bites is a podcast by The Poetry Business
Beth Davies reads 'Final Visit' from her pamphlet The Pretence of Understanding , which was a winner of the 2022 New Poets Prize and was published in June 2023. Poetry Bites is a podcast by The Poetry Bus
David Tait reads 'The Last Road Trip' from his pamphlet By Degrees , which was published in October 2021. This recording is taken from the online launch event for the pamphlet, which can be watched in full on our You
Tom Branfoot reads the untitled opening poem from his pamphlet This Is Not An Epiphany , which was a winner of the 2022 New Poets Prize and was published in June 2023. Poetry Bites is a podcast by The Poe
Ben Bransfield reads 'Joe' from his pamphlet Judder Men , which was published in April 2021. This recording is taken from the online launch event for the pamphlet, which can be watched in full on our YouTube channel. Poe
Chrissy Banks reads the title poem from her pamphlet Frank , which was published in May 2021. This recording is taken from the online launch event for the pamphlet, which can be watched in full on our YouTube channel. Po
Sally Baker reads her poem 'Ragwort'. Sally was a runner-up in the 2025 International Book & Pamphlet Competition. She works as Reader in Residence for The Reader, teaches poetry and is currently studying for a PhD in Pl
Ian Harker reads 'The Letters' from his pamphlet Gain Access , which won the 2025 International Book & Pamphlet Competition and was published in October 2025. This recording is taken from the online launch event for the
Thirza Clout reads 'Breach' from her collection Aunts Come Armed with Welsh Cakes , which was published in May 2019. This recording is taken from a Poetry Business online reading in December 2023, which can be watched in
Meg Cox reads 'Sometimes It’s a Quiet Poem' from her collection A Square of Sunlight , which was published in July 2021. This recording is taken from the online launch event for the collection, which can be watched in fu
Nigel Pantling introduces and reads 'The Axe Incident' from his latest collection, A Foreign Country , published in April 2025 and available now from the Poetry Business website. Poetry Bites is a podcast by
Sarah Wimbush reads 'Our Language' from her pamphlet The Last Dinosaur in Doncaster , which was published in February 2021, and was a winner of the 2020 Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition. The Inte
Serena Alagappan reads 'slipface' from her pamphlet Sensitive To Temperature , which was a winner of the 2022 New Poets Prize and was published in June 2023. The New Poets Prize and the Poetry Business International
Cia Mangat reads 'Detonator' from her pamphlet Lobe , which was published in May 2025, and was a winner of the 2024 New Poets Prize. This recording is taken from the online launch event for the winners, which can be watc
Jayant Kashyap reads 'Prayer For My Mother as a Child' from his pamphlet Notes on Burials , which was published in May 2025, and was a winner of the 2024 New Poets Prize. This recording is taken from the online launch ev
Anastasia Taylor-Lind reads 'Shooting' from her collection One Language , which was published in March 2022, and was a winner of the 2021 Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition. This recording is taken
Luke Samuel Yates reads 'Going Somewhere' from his collection Dynamo , which was published in March 2023, and was a winner of the 2022 Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition. This recording is taken fr
Jim McElroy reads 'Unmaking His Chair' from his pamphlet We Are The Weather , which was published in February 2022, and was a winner of the 2021 Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition. This recording i
Dean Browne reads 'Pineapple Massage' from his pamphlet Kitchens at Night , which was published in February 2022, and was a winner of the 2021 Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition. This recording is
Zoë Walkington reads 'Imagine' from her pamphlet I Hate to Be the One to Tell You This , which was published in March 2023, and was a winner of the 2022 Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition. This rec
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