TS Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings
Event start date
Jan
18
2026
Hear the best new poetry coming out of the UK and Ireland, read by the ten shortlisted poets for this year’s prize, in an event hosted by poet Ian McMillan.
The T.S. Eliot Prize is the world’s most prestigious prize for poetry. Past winners include internationally renowned poets with established reputations, as well as newly emerging writers helping to reshape the art form.
This year, the shortlist has been chosen by judges Michael Hofmann (Chair), Patience Agbabi and Niall Campbell.
The T.S. Eliot Prize is among the world’s most celebrated awards. Inaugurated in 1993 to celebrate the Poetry Book Society’s 40th birthday and to honour its founding poet, the Prize is now awarded by the T.S. Eliot Foundation.
Presented in collaboration with the T.S. Eliot Foundation.
This event is British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) and Speech-to-Text transcribed.
- Event Organiser/Organisation
- Southbank Centre
- Start Date/Time
- Sunday 18 January 2026 at 7pm
- End Date/Time
- Sunday 18 January 2026 at 9pm
- Venue Address
- Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre SE1 8XX
- Event Website
- https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/ts-eliot-prize-shortlist-readings/?utm_source=deafunity&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=MAR_2509_LITaccessibilitylistings
- Booking Instructions
- To book tickets for BSL interpretation, email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk or call us on 020 3879 9555. You can join our free Access Scheme through your online Southbank Centre account or via email. For further accessibility information, please visit https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/visit-us/access/
