Something New: Alternative Poems for Alternative Weddings edited by Caroline Bird and Rachel Long
Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Autumn 2025 Ana Sampson with outstanding results

with outstanding results

Her refreshing muscularity gives her a distinct voice

Jean Sprackland – to work with literary translators

move and energise families and readers of all ages to appreciate the beauty and wonder of trees

Something New: Alternative Poems for Alternative Weddings edited by Caroline Bird and Rachel Long<br><b>Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Autumn 2025</b> Ana Sampson with outstanding resultsUntil recently, a wedding was no place for reinvention: everything from the location to the outfits to the language of the ceremony was decided by our particular cultures, religions and social expectations of gender and domestic roles; and of course, many of us were unable to get married at all. Now gay marriage is legal in Britain; heterosexual couples can have civil partnerships; we can get hitched in a yurt or a cave or on a rollercoaster. But the