This glorious anthology showcases the best of contemporary British and Irish poetry over the last year and is the perfect introduction both to poets at the top of their form and a new generation of startling voices: more than 60 writers in all. The eBook features exclusive interviews, available only in this edition, making it a must for all who thirst to know more about new writing. The book includes poems from collections shortlisted for Britain's most coveted poetry awards - the Forward Poetry Prizes - plus 50 poems highly commended by the judges. The poets interviewed are those shortlisted for 2013 Best Collection awards: Emily Berry, Marianne Burton, Steve Ely, Rebecca Goss, Hannah Lowe, Glyn Maxwell, Sinead Morrissey, Jacob Polley, Dan O'Brien, Michael Symmons Roberts and Adam White. The anthology - the 22nd of its kind - is introduced by Jeannette Winterson, who chaired the jury which chose the Prizes' three winners from a shortlist of 16 and 50 highly commended poems. contents. The jurors - Paul Farley, Sheenagh Pugh, David Mills and Samuel West - read a total of 162 recently published poetry collections and 159 single poems before settling on the ones they loved most. In the words of Winterson, this is "a genuine showcase of the scope and depth of poetry now". If you buy only one poetry book this year, this deserves to be it.