Novelist, playwright and one of the greatest short-story writers of his generation
December 2015
Carol Rumens's poem of the week
Poem of the week: Silkworms Work and Love Till Death by Peter Porter
Considering his vocation in old age, the poet reflects wryly on what he can expect from a lifetime’s work
March 2012
10 of the best
John Mullan's ten of the best: fossils
Fossils turn up in all sorts of places, from 18th-century satire to modern historical fiction
March 2011
On writing: authors reveal the secrets of their craft
Listen in to interviews with some of our most celebrated writers recorded for the British Library, and enter our competition to identify the mystery writer
June 2010
Books blog
What fresh Hull is this?
Philip Larkin's east Yorkshire home town has been called the most poetic city in England. Which town exercises – or defeats – your muse?
May 2010
The Rest on the Flight: Selected Poems by Peter Porter
Adam Newey looks back on the prolific, compassionate Peter Porter's work
April 2010
Books blog
Peter Porter: the ultimate conspiracy theorist
Sean O'Brien: One of the glories of his poetry, and the joys of his conversation, was his ability to see connections everywhere
Letters: Peter Porter obituary
Alan Brownjohn writes: The sense of loss at Peter Porter's death will be profound in so many different ways to everyone from his closest friends to many who met him only briefly.
Peter Porter obituary
Random Ageist Verses
Poet Peter Porter dies
March 2010
Corrections and clarifications
Corrections and clarifications
Catholic Care | Peter Porter and Roger McGough | Iceland's female head of state | Dear Jeremy
March 2009
Trapped by language
Review: Better Than God by Peter Porter At the age of 80, Peter Porter is at the height of his powers, says Fiona Sampson
February 2009
A life in ...
A life in writing: Peter Porter
Peter Porter: 'There was something my better self couldn't suppress. It's not a question of telling the truth or a lie ... I was writing for myself. Poetry is its own answer, its own end'
October 2006
The invisible woman
Assia Wevill was airbrushed from the Hughes/Plath heritage. Peter Porter welcomes her restoration by Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev in A Lover of Unreason.
October 2004
Advance Australia fair
Australian Peter Porter welcomes an Englishman's account of his home country, Frank Welsh's Great Southern Land.
Les Murray attacks culture snobs, yet they remain his greatest fans. Peter Porter assesses his New Collected Poems
October 2002
Poetry prize goes to veteran critic well versed in judging
On the eve of National Poetry Day, the veteran poet Peter Porter has won the £10,000 Forward Poetry prize, the biggest annual poetry award. By Maev Kennedy.
March 2002
How to be good
Peter Porter admires Dark Palace, Frank Moorhouse's saga of idealism under threat from history and love under threat from convention
