MANCUNIA, the latest poetry collection by Michael Symmons Roberts , has been longlisted for the Portico Prize 2019! Once described as ‘the Booker of the North’, The Portico Prize awards £10,000 to the book that best evokes the spirit of the North of England. The biennial prize is the UK’s only award of its kind, and accepts submissions across all formats including fiction, non-fiction and poetry.