We’re excited to release our first recording from the 2025 festival – catch up with Fiona Benson and Pascale Petit in a discussion chaired by Jenny Niven, director of Edinburgh International Book Festival. This special episode was recorded live by @EHFM at Push the Boat Out in November 2025, and brings together two of the most compelling voices in contemporary poetry for a haunting and illuminating conversation.
Pascale Petit and Fiona Benson – shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize seven times between them – read from and discuss their darkly beautiful latest collections, offering insight into the creative forces that shape their work.
Listen now on our Soundcloud.