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Spring 2012

Allison McVety wins the National Poetry Competition... Katy Evans Bush interviews her about parenthetical lives, computer code and poetry; Poetry Hero: Helen Mort on Norman MacCaig; On the block – Andy Croft tackles the Pushkin sonnet and the verse novel; Kona Macphee on mentoring; Publisher Profile: Colette Sensier talks to Tony Frazer of Shearsman; Caroline Cook on the Leicester Stanza Castle and Canal Writing project.

Plus… Going for a song – Paul Muldoon to give the Poetry Society Annual Lecture 2012; . The world's voice: Poetry Parnassus in preview; Weighing our words: the Dorothy Wordsworth Festival of Women's Poetry; Members' Poems on the theme of ‘war', selected by Bernardine Evaristo.

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Winter 2011/2012

Roger McGough – a President to please... Katy Evans Bush talks to the Poetry Society's new President; Poetry Hero: Katherine Gallagher on Australian poet Gwen Harwood; On the block – James Brookes and Tamar Yoseloff tackle writers' block; Alternative Mysteries: Popescu Prize winner Judith Wilkinson on translating Toon Tellegen; On retreat: Liz Berry, Julia Bird, Meryl Pugh, Dave Bryant describe their experiences; Unplugged forever – Niall O'Sullivan on 15 years of the Poetry Society's open mic night.

Plus… "Like a freedom flag unfurled" – poems round the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree; Julia Webb, Stanza Competition winner; Living handshakes across time: Roy Davies on a lifetime of collecting literary manuscripts. Members' Poems on the theme of ‘games', selected by Lorraine Mariner.

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