Poet. @carcanet.bsky.social. A Map Towards Fluency (shortlisted for Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize 2021) The House of the Interpreter (Poetry Book Society Recommendation) BSL Level 6
Poet. Playwright. Performer. Director. Dancing in my kitchen. hannahlavery.com
National Poetry Day: a UK-wide celebration that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry on the first Thursday in October.
We publish, perform, produce & promote poetry! We also run online & in-person courses. #poetry
https://www.livecanon.co.uk
England's leading creative writing charity for young people empowering young writers with the skills and confidence to tell their own stories. firststory.org.uk
Poet from Poland based in the UK. Lectures in Creative Writing at
University of Birmingham.
South London-based publishing collective focused on experimental literatures at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, & neurodiversity. We also run online journal theHythe!
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https://www.the87press.co.uk/
poet. new chapbook, Love That For Us, out march 6. abolish the police & free palestine
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https://www.chenchenwrites.com
Novelist. Poet. Reader.
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Substack: Clare’s Poetry Circle
Prize-winning #Brum based poetry indie making high octane collections and vervey pamphlets. Related to
@Vervepoetryfest (did you guess?) 😍
https://vervepoetrybookshop.com/vpp
Festival of Poetry & Spoken Word ✨#Brum and online✨ Online Multi-press Poetry-only Bookshop @vervepoetryshop✨
https://vervepoetryfestival.com
Poetry and other bits of writing | Pit Lullabies with Bloodaxe Books and The Quick and Liffey Swim with Dedalus Press | Essays in Tolka, The Stinging Fly and The Dublin Review | Poetry editor at Banshee | New Arcana forthcoming Sept 25 from Bloodaxe Books.
Poet / Writer
She / Her / Dr
#PoetryReview #Rialto #PBLJ #Magma etc| Winner Geoffrey Dearmer & Laurie Lee Prizes | Highly Commended @forwardprizes | RED HANDED @brokensleepbooks | Rep'd www.rcwlitagency.com | Chaotic good 💫 |www.jlmmorton.com
Small independent, inclusive, award-winning UK publishing house. Mostly poetry and short fiction, with the occasional fantasy/sci-fi novel. Prioritising LGBTQ+, Global Majority, Disabled, Welsh poets, and geographically isolated and Older Women writers.
Poetry, spoken word and live literature producer.
poet & author: latest books ‘Mrs Death Misses Death' 'Pessimism is for Lightweights' 'With Love, Grief and Fury' & ‘Springfield Road’
Substack:
https://salenagodden.substack
Links:
https://www.salenagodden.co.uk
Editor, writer and translator. Dark Night: Poems & Selected Prose of John of the Cross (Penguin Classics, 2026)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462137/dark-night-by-cross-st-john-of-the/9780241699294
marthasprackland.co.uk
Independent publisher of contemporary poetry since 2008, home of Under the Radar magazine. Made in the Midlands.
https://ninearchespress.com/
Wales’ leading independent English-language publisher 📚 Winner Small Press of the Year Wales 2025 🏴
Poet: 'The River', 'When the Tree Falls', 'A Change in the Air' (Bloodaxe 2015, 2019 & 2023) https://www.janeclarkepoetry.ie/
Bloodaxe Books, Britain's leading international poetry publisher.
www.bloodaxebooks.com
Poet and non-fiction writer. Latest poetry collection "All The Men I Never Married" won the 2022 Forward Prize. Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Substack: https://shorturl.at/Ea3sI
Ted Hughes' and Daniel Weissbort's international poetry translation magazine. Edited by Janani Ambikapathy.
modernpoetryintranslation.com
Monthly poetry open mic in #Walthamstow & #Soho
3rd Thu, 1.30pm Spice Of Life, Soho
Last Thu, 7pm, Walthamstow Trades Hall https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/forest-poets-events-2261639
Hosted by @paulmcgrane.bsky.social ForestPoets.bsky.social
BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
small press | big dreams
Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations.
www.theemmapress.com
England’s leading organisation for #SpokenWord and #PerformancePoetry.
#NoWordUnspoken #PoetryWithBite
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Mostly reading. Managing Editor Books for Keeps, administrator Klaus Flugge Prize and Branford Boase Award plus other book-y stuff.
A leading independent publisher of trade and academic books on the Middle East and North Africa.
Website: www.saqibooks.com
Linktree: https://shorturl.at/Yc9TY
Reaching readers on behalf of 50+ independent publishers. Funded by Arts Council England. Follow us on socials @inpressbooks📚 linktr.ee/inpressbooks
The Magazine of New Writing.
https://granta.com/
Salt | Est. 1999 | Independent & family-run.
Fiction (crime, historical, horror, literary), non-fiction, poetry & short stories.
Beautiful books you won’t forget. Available from all UK and Ireland bookshops.
www.saltpublishing.com
Award winning indie publisher | Poetry | Essays | Fiction | Lay out your unrest | Widening access to the arts | Editor: @godzillakent.bsky.social | For reviews: stuart@brokensleepbooks.com | Founded: 2018
Website: brokensleepbooks.com
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Manchester's premier spoken-word collective combined arts charity developing young writers and creatives.
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Social enterprise unrivalled in diverse recruitment, training & inclusion across the creative economy.
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Poetry place-the World's 1st Poetry Pharmacy prescribing poetry & more in Bishop's Castle & Oxford Street, London. Poetry on Prescription since 2012
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Creating the next generation in the north of England. www.writingsquad.com
The Scottish Poetry Library is Scotland's number one poetry resource both online and in bricks and mortar. We're at 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh and we're open to the public Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm. Our online HQ is www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social.
poetrysociety.org.uk
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Scotland's premier spoken word organisation, learn more about our work at iamloud.co
Loud Poets: Best Regular UK Spoken Word Night 2023
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