News at Eleven (Back Page): The [Poetry S]ociety has been wracked

by internal divisions which have seen director Judith Palmer and president Jo Shapcott leave.

A spokeswoman for the Arts Council confirmed that the quarterly grant payment of £78,499, due in July, would not be paid until the society got its house in order.

Concerns have been partly addressed by the promise of the board to stand down and the appointment of an interim director.

from The Guardian: Poetry Society public funding withheld
then SoundCloud: 11-07-22 Poetry Society EGM (audio)
then Martin Alexander's "The Poetry Society" blog: A Statement from the former Poetry Society Director, Judith Palmer
then Martin Alexander's "The Poetry Society" blog: Kate Clanchy on paranoid poets
then Martin Alexander's "The Poetry Society" blog: Petition to reinstate Judith Palmer as Director of the Poetry Society

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