Reading & Libraries
Inspire Poetry Festival 2025: Desert Island Poems with Imtiaz Dharker
Join us at West Bridgford Library for an evening of wonderful poetry, as acclaimed poet Imtiaz Dhar…
This month we’ve added the latest physical and digital poetry titles to stock, from prize-winners and classics to anthologies of well-known favourites, to mark Inspire Poetry Festival and National Poetry Day.
On our library shelves
A cast of 'Indic-heritage poets' meets to perform poems and discuss the future of poetry. indiom engages eclectic, often Rabelaisian styles on subjects as various as the Indian poet Nissim Ezekiel, Shakespearean comedy, Under Milk Wood, The Simpsons and Newcastle United. Reserve a copy to collect at a library near you.
Charting the ways parenthood disrupts the poet’s sense of self, and how the pain of the past triggers fears of ‘fatherly failure’, Signs, Music is a staggeringly profound collection from one of Britain’s most adept poets writing today. Experience Antrobus' poetry for yourself by ordering a copy on our online catalogue.
Meet Daljit Nagra MBE at West Bridgford Library on Thursday 26th September at 6.30pm as he shares his desert island poems in conversation with the Library Director of Bromley House Library Clare Brown, before reading from his own award-winning work. Book your tickets here.
Interweaving poetry with music, don’t miss The David 'Stickman' Higgins ensemble at Worksop Library on Tuesday 1st October at 7.30pm. Expect poetry - alongside funky jazz - that explores roots and belonging, drawing on his life experience and British Caribbean heritage. Book your tickets here.
On our eBook and eAudio providers
Celebrate from home with our curated collection of eBooks and eAudio featuring works by previous Inspire Poetry Festival headliners including Wendy Cope, Michael Rosen and Lemn Sissay, plus current headliner and former Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho.
Visit BorrowBox to browse, reserve and borrow eBooks here and eAudio here.
