The Poetry Society

What was On

Annual General Meeting 2009 and Reading

Admission to the meeting will be by presentation of an up-to-date Poetry Society Membership card. Please do let us know in advance if you are planning to attend.

The purpose of the meeting will be:

1. To consider and adopt the General Council's Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2009.
2. To elect the General Council.
3. To re-appoint Kingston Smith, Chartered Accountants, as Auditors to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.

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And the AGM reading: Coming of Age

To celebrate our centenary AGM, we look forwards and back with performances from young stars of the poetry scene. Holly Hopkins, Amy Key and Amy Blakemore read a short selection of their own work, and share poems they have chosen from our new anthology A Century of Poetry Review.  Amy Blakemore won the Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award in 2007 and 2008 and was featured in the 2009 Times young poets of the year. Holly Hopkins has twice won the Foyle and her work has recently been praised in the Guardian. Amy Key runs The Shuffle, the popular night at the Poetry Cafe for new and established voices. Her first collection Instead of Stars is published by tall lighthouse.

Published to mark the Poetry Society’s centenary, A Century of Poetry Review is a fascinating selection of the poems and essays that have been published in the magazine during its 100-year history. From Brooke and Hardy to Walcott and Duffy, the anthology plots the story of poetry through the past century.