The Poetry Society has an extensive education program with projects in schools, Poetryclass INSET days, school membership packages, the Londonwide slam championship, and a number of exciting projects planned for our Centenary in 2009 On National Poetry Day 2009, the Poetry Society celebrated its centenary in the Royal Festival Hall with readings from Carol Ann Duffy, John Hegley, Roger McGough, Selima Hill, Lemn Sissay and Joelle Taylor The Poetry Society (National Poetry Day We have nearly 4,000 members worldwide and we engage with and support diverse poetry audiences One year we had Roger McGough as our poet in residence to explore the theme of 'Britain'; another year we invited some of Britain's top chefs to help contribute poems and recipes to a book on the theme of 'Food'; then we took a poll to determine whose poem on the theme of 'the future' should be sent into space