Great Regulars: The Poet Laureate says she is

"dumbfounded" and feels a kind of grief at the decision to cut the funding:

"If you take the PBS (Poetry Book Society) it's one of great cathedrals of poetry world. It's only little, grant of just over £100K a year. But its impact, influence, the affection in which it's held in poetry world between readers, poets and schools is huge.

"And of course PBS administers TS Eliot prize, which is World Cup in poetry."

from Carol Ann Duffy: Channel 4 News: Carol Ann Duffy protests over Poetry Book Society Cuts

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