23 Jan 2019

Poetry boom

From The Panel, 4:24 pm on 23 January 2019

Sales of poetry is soaring. The Guardian attributes the popularity of poetry to a rise in passion for politics, especially among teenagers and millennials. Sales hit an all-time high in the UK last year.

Unity Books' Marian Castree says the boom is also being seen in New Zealand and local poets are profiting. She tells us why it's seeing a resurgence.