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Requiem book cover featuring an illustration of a skeleton

Pamphlets Poetry

Requiem by Siofra McSherry

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 Karen Goodwin Grace Atkinson, siofra mcsherry, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Grace Atkinson- Written in memory of her mother, who died of motor neurone disease in 2012, Siofra McSherry’s Requiem guides

Pamphlets Poetry

Menagerie by Cheryl Pearson

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Karen Goodwin Alice Allen, Cheryl Pearson, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Alice Allen- The opening poem in Sheryl Pearson’s astonishing pamphlet of meditations on animals invites the reader to

Anthology Poetry

The Emma Press Anthology of Contemporary Gothic Verse edited by Nisha Bhakoo

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Karen Goodwin Nisha Bhakoo, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Pam Thompson- What is contemporary gothic? Editor Nisha Bhakoo’s aim in selecting poems for this anthology was ‘to

Pamphlets Short Stories Translation

The Secret Box by Daina Tabūna

April 23, 2019 Phil Olsen Daina Tabuna, Latvia, Scott Manley Hadley, short stories, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Scott Manley Hadley – The Secret Box by Daina Tabūna is a pamphlet of short stories published

Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards

Paisley by Rakhshan Rizwan

April 22, 2018April 22, 2018 Karen Goodwin Phoebe walker, Rizwan Rakhshan, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Phoebe Walker- In her debut pamphlet Paisley, Rakhsan Rizwan impresses with an alert and peripatetic poetic consciousness. Drawing

Pamphlets Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Poetry Pamphlet Shortlist

April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 Editor Ana Prundaru, best chapbooks of poetry, best poetry chapbooks of 2018, Claire Walker, Dancing Girl Press, Hercules Editions, Indie Literature, indie publishers, Jacqueline Saphra, poetry pamphlets, Rakhshan Rizwan, Romalyn Ante, The Emma Press, V. Press

The wonderful thing about the Saboteur Awards is that the public-nominated shortlisted essentially supplies you with a whole new reading

Collaboration Pamphlets Poetry

Now You Can Look by Julia Bird & Anna Vaivare

February 19, 2018February 18, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Anna Vaivare, Ed Ferrari, Edward Ferrari, Julia Bird, Now You Can Look, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Edward Ferrari – Winners of the Publishers’ Award at the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets 2016,

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Pisanki by Zosia Kuczyńska

January 5, 2018January 7, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Bernard O'Donoghue, Ed Ferrari, Edward Ferrari, Pisanki, The Emma Press, Zosia Kuczyńska

– Reviewed by Edward Ferrari – As the name suggests, Zosia Kuczyńska’s Pisanki (meaning painted easter eggs), largely conforms to

Pamphlets Poetry

Meat Songs by Jack Nicholls

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter David Clarke, Jack Nicholls, Mark Andrew Webber, Meat Songs, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by David Clarke – Jack Nicolls’ unsettling debut pamphlet Meat Songs explores our curious relationship to other animals on this

Collection Short Stories

First fox by Leanne Radojkovich

July 25, 2017August 19, 2017 dj4twinx First fox, Leanne Radojkovich, Siobhan Denton, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Siobhan Denton– It is to Leanne Radojkovich’s credit, and unfortunately her detriment, that in reading First fox I