In 2016 the times call for something to cut through the noise and offer something to console or add a touch of clarity to our lives – the times call for poetry.
Amidst the pick of the crop for 2016 are some stunningly good new works from familiar voices including performance poet Kate Tempest’s epic narrative poem, Let Them Eat Chaos and Alice Oswald’s lyrical collection Falling Awake as well as brand new anthologies including The Seasons and Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s, The Map and the Clock and if what you really need is a little light relief then Michael Palin’s Sackful of Limericks can’t fail to elicit a smile.
Bestselling Poetry
Seasonal Songs - Christmas Carols and Poetry
Poems of the Present - New Poetry for 2016
Treasure Troves - New and Popular Anthologies and Collections
Have You Got a Biro I Can Borrow? by Clive James
Here is a little poetry for a Tuesday afternoon - from none other than Clive James himself.
The Poetry Cure - A Poem for Every Mood
The Musical Note - Poetry and Music
From Faber & Faber's archive: Seamus Heaney's acceptance letter from 1965
In an exclusive piece for the Waterstones blog, Hannah Marshall, Faber Members Manager, elucidates the relationship between Faber and Heaney and shares the original letter, sent in 1965, in acceptance of his first volume of poetry, Death of a Naturalist.

