This June marks 110 years since T. S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock was first published, in the June 1915 edition of Harriet Monroe’s Poetry magazine, a milestone in the history of poetry in English. To celebrate this anniversary, the actor Freddie Fox recites the poem (having memorised it) and chats with James Lever of Dead Poets Live about Prufrock and learning poetry by heart.
2025 marks one hundred years since T. S. Eliot began his career in publishing. On 23rd April 1925, Eliot was invited to join the newly formed publishing house of Faber & Gwyer as one of its Directors by the firm’s Chairman, Geoffrey Faber. READ
Next month the London Review of Books will host an event to mark the 100th anniversary of T. S Eliot entering the world of publishing.
On 23 April 1925, Eliot was officially invited by Geoffrey Faber to join the newly founded publishing house of Faber & Gwyer. READ
The T. S. Eliot International Summer School is convening at Merton College, Oxford from 5th to 13th July 2025. The Summer School brings together renowned scholars and students from around the world for a nine-day, immersive exploration of the life and work of T. READ
Richard Harries is to give the T. S. Eliot Society’s Annual Lecture this year. The lecture, titled Eliot, Auden and the enjoyment of life, will be given at Newnham College, Cambridge on Thursday 24th October at 5:30pm, and will be followed by a drinks reception. READ
The T. S. Eliot Estate in association with the Abbey Theatre presents: The T. S. Eliot Lecture 2024 with Ralph Fiennes.
The ninth annual T. S. Eliot Lecture will feature Ralph Fiennes reading and then discussing his relationship with T. S. READ
The definitive edition of T. S. Eliot’s published prose, edited by Archie Burnett, is published today by Faber & Faber.
The Collected Prose presents those works that Eliot allowed to reach print in the order of their final revision or printing. READ
The Poetry Society of America and the T. S. Eliot Foundation are pleased to announce that Robyn Schiff is the winner of the 2024 Four Quartets Prize for her collection Information Desk: An Epic (Penguin Poets, 2023).
She was selected by judges Catherine Barnett, Eduardo C. READ
The T. S. Eliot International Summer School is convening at Merton College, Oxford from 6th to 14th July 2024. The Summer School brings together renowned scholars and students from around the world for a nine-day, immersive exploration of the life and work of T. READ
This year Jeanette Winterson will deliver the annual T. S. Eliot Lecture on 17th December at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
Journey of the Magi
Were we led all that way for Birth or Death?
Eliot’s poem, Journey of the Magi tells the story of the journey of the Wise Men to the Christ Child. READ