The Faber Poetry Podcast returns for third season

The Faber Poetry Podcast is returning for its third season today (25th August 2023).

Hosted by Rachael Allen and Jack Underwood, the season will kick off with studio guests Anthony Anaxagorou and Nick Laird discussing writing talismans, tea drinking and the ultimate poetry battle: long poem vs short poem.

Further episodes in the six-part season will feature Raymond Antrobus, Simon Armitage, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Rachel Long, Lucy Mercer, Maggie Millner, Gboyega Odubanjo, Camille Ralphs, Stephanie Sy-Quia and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe.

There will also be appearances from Emily Berry, Courtney Bush and Anthony Joseph, Paul Muldoon, Oluwaseun Olayiwola, Kandace Siobhan Walker, Hannah Sullivan and more.

Allen said: “I’m so excited to be back recording with Jack and all of these amazing poets after four years.” Underwood said: “Talking about poetry with Rachael, and listening to other poets talk about poetry is such a profound, restorative and delicious thing to do that it shouldn’t be allowed, really, but here we are again!”

Hannah Marshall, head of marketing at Faber, said: “It’s been truly joyful to be back in the studio with Rachael and Jack to record this third season of the Faber Poetry Podcast, bringing together some of the very best contemporary poets in conversations that are thought-provoking and entertaining in equal measure. The podcast remains a unique and exciting channel through which Faber connects with readers of poetry – both old and new – and I hope people enjoy listening to the latest season as much as we enjoyed making it.”

Allen is the author of Kingdomland (Faber) and co-author of numerous artists’ books, including Nights of Poor Sleep (Prototype), Almost One, Say Again! (Slimvolume), Green at an Angle (Kestle Barton) and Material (Loose Joints). She was recently an Anthony Burgess Fellow at the University of Manchester, and is the poetry editor for Granta Publications, teaches Creative Writing at Queen Mary University, and her second collection of poems, God Complex, is forthcoming from Faber in 2024.

Underwood is a poet, writer and critic. He is author of Happiness (Faber, 2015) Solo for Mascha Voice (Test Centre, 2018) and A Year in the New Life (Faber, 2021). His debut work of non-fiction, Not Even This, was published by Corsair in 2021.

The Faber Poetry Podcast is produced by Allen, Underwood and Marshall for Faber. All three seasons are available to stream on Audioboom, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other major podcast listening platforms.