The Emma Press

Collection 

Postcard Stories by Jan Carson

June 18, 2017 dj4twinx Jan Carson, Postcard Stories, Siobhan Denton, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Siobhan Denton– As a nation, we are busier than ever. This increased demand on time has led to

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Pamphlets Poetry 

Dragonish by Emma Simon

April 24, 2017May 1, 2017 Karen Goodwin Emma Simon, Pam Thompson, The Emma Press

–Reviewed by Pam Thompson– The title of Emma Simon’s collection is a word borrowed from one of Mark Antony’s speeches

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Anthology Poetry 

Urban Myths and Legends: Poems About Transformations ed. by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

March 5, 2017May 1, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Emma Wright, Joe Lines, Metamorphoses, Ovid, Rachel Piercey, Richard O'Brien, The Emma Press, Urban Myths and Legends: Poems About Transformations

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope –  Urban Myths and Legends is an ambitious, fascinating, largely successful reworking of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

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Pamphlets Poetry 

Trouble by Alison Winch

September 25, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Alison Winch, Baudelaire, Chaucer, Jessica Traynor, Paul Muldoon, Rimbaud, Sarah Howe, The Emma Press, Trouble

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Alison Winch’s Trouble is published by the Emma Press, and is an object befitting the quality

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Anthology Poetry 

The Emma Press Anthology of Age edited by Sarah Hesketh

August 7, 2016August 9, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Aileen Ballantyne, Amy McAuley, angela topping, Anja Konig, Bridget Mackenzie, Doreen Ní Ghríofa, Emma Wright, Emma-Jane Hughes, Hilaire, Hugh Dunkerley, Isobel Dixon, Jane Burn, Jed Myers, Julia Bird, Lynn Hoffman, Oliver Comins, Robert Hamberger, Sarah Hesketh, Susan Taylor, The Emma Press, The Emma Press Anthology of Age

– Reviewed by Angela Topping – The Emma Press Anthology of Age is not so much about the problems of being

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Poetry 

Goose Fair Night by Kathy Pimlott

June 15, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Clare Pollard, Goose Fair Night, Grant Tarbard, Kathy Pimlott, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Kathy Pimlott grew up in Radford, Nottingham under the yellow-fingered dusk of the Player’s

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Saboteur Awards 

Spotlight on the Most Innovative Publisher Shortlist

May 13, 2016May 25, 2016 Editor Burning Eye Books, Eyewear Publishing, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Penned in the Margins, The Emma Press

The spotlight on each shortlists at the Saboteur Awards continues! Don’t forget to vote here, and buy tickets here. Burning

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Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards 

MAKE IT GNEW: Malkin by Camille Ralphs

May 12, 2016May 30, 2016 Editor Camille Ralphs, Dominic Hale, Emma Wright, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Dominic Hale– Malkin is Camille Ralphs’ astonishing and idiosyncratic debut pamphlet. Beautifully illustrated by publisher Emma Wright (The Emma

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Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards 

Spotlight on the Best Poetry Pamphlet Shortlist

May 9, 2016May 25, 2016 Editor Camille Ralphs, Cinnamon Press, Eyewear Publishing, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Julie Morrissy, Neil Elder, Southword Editions, Stuart A. Paterson, Tania Hershman, The Emma Press

We continue our spotlight on each category, this time turning to the Best Poetry Pamphlet category which takes us from

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Saboteur Awards Uncategorized 

The Shortlist for the Saboteur Awards 2016

May 1, 2016May 13, 2016 Editor A Lovely Word, Abi Palmer, Ad Hoc Fiction, Adam Horovitz, Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Agnes Török, Alison Lang, Alistair Noon, And Other Stories, Andrew Wynn Owen, Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves, Anthony Fisher, Arcadia Missa, Ash Dickinson, Ashley Lister, Bad Language, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Becky Cherriman, Ben Wilkinson, Bethany W. Pope, Bill Jones, Blackstaff Press, BlueSCI, Bottle of Smoke Press, Bunbury magazine, Burning Eye, Cafe Rio, Camille Ralph, Charles Whalley, Chrissie Gittins, Cinnamon Press, Clare Pollard, Colin Davies, Danielle Mclaughlin, Daunt Books Publishing, Dave Coates, David Hartley, David Turner, Dawntreader, Dead Ink Books, Deborah Alma, Dom&Ink, Emily Harrison, Emma Lee, Emma Press, End of All Things Podcast, Eoghan Ryan, Evidently, Eyewear Publishing, Fat Roland, Fictions of Every Kind, Find the Right Words, Fiona Moore, Five Leaves Bookshop, Flarestack Poets, Fran Isherwood, Freight Books, Funhouse, Giles Goodland, Granta, Greg Freeman, Gutter, Hammer & Tongue, Han Kang, Hand Job Zine, Hannah Chutzpah, Happenstance Press, Harry Gallon, Helen ivory, Helen Mclory, Helen Oyeyemi, Hollie McNish, I am not a silent poet, Ian Bailey, Imove, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Irish Poetry Shop, Isabel Costello, J.O. Morgan, Jackie Hagan, James O'Leary, James Trevelyan, James Whitman, Jan Carson, Jane Talbot, Janice Galloway, Jasmine Ann Cooray, Jemima Foxtrot, Jenny Offil, Jess Green, Jim Carruth, Joanna Walsh, Jody Porter, Joe Reeve, Joey Connolly, John Fuller, Jools Barrett, Joseph Ridgwell, Joy Lane Publishing, JT Welsch, Julie Morrissy, K J Orr, Karen Dennison, Karen Little, Kate Garett, Kate Tempest, Katy Evans-Bush, Kieren King, Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Lara Williams, Liars' League, Liberties Press, Lighthouse Literary Journal, Linda Stupart, Literary Salmon, LMA Baman-Milner, Loud Poets, Louise Fazackerley, Lucy Allan, Luke Wright, Lunar Poetry, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Maria Ferguson, Mark Farley, Megan Nolan, Metatron, Michael Stewart, Michelle Tudor, Mother's Milk Books, Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff, Mslexia, Murder Slim Books, Nandini Dhar, Naomi Booth, Naomi Frisby, Neil Elder, Nina Allan, Onion Custard Publishing, Open Pen, Oz Hardwick, Padraig Regan, Paper Swans Press, Penned in the Margins, Penny Goring, Platypus Press, Poetry on the spot, Portobello Books, Prac Crit, Preti Taneja, Prole, Queen's Ferry Press, Rachel Benson, Rally & Broad, Reach Poetry, Rialto, Richard Scott, Robert Garnham, Rod Tame, Ross Sutherland, Roulade, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2016, Salena Godden, salt publishing, Sandstone Press, Sanitarium Press, Sean Mahoney, Shelley Tracey, Sidekick Books, Simon Barraclough, SJ Fowler, Sleepy House Press, Sofia Banzhaf, Sophia Walker, Southword Editions, Stanzas, Stephen Watt, Stinging Fly, Stuart A. Paterson, Sue Rainsford, Susan Evans, Tangent Books, Tania Hershman, Test Centre, The Emma Press, The Fat Damsel, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, The Missing Slate, Tom de Freston, u.v. ray, Unthank, Upswing, Urbane Publications, Valley Press, Vanguard Readings, Vasiliki Legaki, Wendy Pratt, Wild Word Press, Write Out Loud, Yvonne Reddick

Over 1700 people nominated in this year’s Saboteur Awards, and once again we are in awe at the variety of

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