ContempSmallPress

The Contemporary Small Press: organised by Leigh Wilson and Georgina Colby. Small presses, poetry, reading, writing, scholarship.

[Pluto Press @PlutoPress]

Consider it done 👍

[NY Public Library @nypl]

Explore views of the Empire State Building throughout the twentieth century! https://t.co/lbLlcrkiMj

[The Emma Press @TheEmmaPress]

⏰ Last chance to apply for our Publishing Assistant job in #Birmingham - the deadline is this Thursday! We're looking for a self-motivated, creative person with an interest in the operational side of publishing. £21k pro rata, 3 days a week, entry-level: https://t.co/FibzBl9Wyh

[Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow @commapress]

We're so pleased to reveal the cover for Refugee Tales IV (@RefugeeTales)

The volume will be published on the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention and includes tales of detention from across the world.

Feat. @RobGMacfarlane @Bidisha_online @DinaNayeri & many more.

[ContempSmallPress @ContSmallPress]

@Watermark_Press has some great new books out, including @ABiltonAuthor The End of the Yellow House https://t.co/DWg3YbJVgb

[Republic of Consciousness Prize @PrizeRofc]

CONGRATULATIONS
to the winner of the 2021 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses:
LOTE by Shola von Reinhold (@socialmedea__ ), published by @JacarandaBooks

https://t.co/rPmpAtZYoo

[Republic of Consciousness Prize @PrizeRofc]

The time has rolled around again, and we will be announcing the winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses 2021 in about twenty-four hours...!

Thoughts on the shortlist? Hopes for tomorrow? Let us know your picks.

[Hannah Copley @HCopley]

‘The experience of HG varies wildly between the 1.5%. One woman may be consumed by nausea and be unable to eat or leave her bed, another may be so frequently and violently sick that she tears open her throat.’ On Charlotte Brontë’s cause of death: https://t.co/7pP3Y89ZbH

[ContempSmallPress @ContSmallPress]

Exciting events coming up this week at the Graduate School Festival at Westminster - open to all and especially interesting to current or future PhD students: https://t.co/A8ngqVFwiv

[Republic of Consciousness Prize @PrizeRofc]

After a DELIGHTFUL shortlist reading event last week, we held our final judging meeting yesterday with @GiantRatSumatra, @guygunaratne and @johnmitchinson. Decisions were made.
We are excited to tell you we will be announcing the winner of this years prize on Wednesday 19th May.

[Royal Literary Fund @royallitfund]

If you're a professional writer, and have had two books published or plays performed and are struggling financially, please get in touch.

We're here for you.

https://t.co/wLJkEPGU6D

#WritingCommnunity

[Birmingham Lit Fest @BhamLitFest]

The next live online event for #BLF is on sale! Join @lisablowerwrite and @emmapurshouse, talking to @kitdewaal, about writing the Midlands and staying true to your dialect, accent and upbringing. Wed 26 May, 7pm, £5 per household, via Zoom: https://t.co/pVcr426OiH

[ContempSmallPress @ContSmallPress]

Hi all. Calling all independent bookshops, book designers, typesetters, editors, printers, translators, basically for anyone involved in the production or publication of small press books who might be interested in being part of this: https://t.co/kDBe0EMUHN

[Poetry Critics of Colour in Ireland @DIPoetryCritics]

🎉Applications are now OPEN until July 1st for our Poetry Critics of Colour mentorship scheme! 🎉

For full details of how to apply and the supports available, see below, or visit @poetryireland

We can’t wait to meet our new critics!
#loveirishresearch
https://t.co/UwsA147VFe

[Hannah Copley @HCopley]

Exciting news - my debut collection, ‘Speculum’, is coming out in October with @brokensleep. I’ve been in awe of how great BSB are for ages, so to be able to bring out this labour of love with them is too much. And look at this cover design from @GodzillaKent

[Paul Clammer @paulclammer]

Very excited to get a proof of my brother's new novel Insignificance, out very soon from @GalleyBeggars. Loving the bookmarks too - go @JamesClammer!

[Galley Beggar Press @GalleyBeggars]

"A brick in the mouth of the patriarchy" - oh yes!

(So delighted and proud that the magnificent @madmanclaro will be @FictionAtelier's French translator again. Hooray!)

#ThingsAreAgainstUs

[Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow @commapress]

“Searching for the Words: Writing the Refugee Crisis”, a very special event with award-winning Iraqi writer Hassan Blasim and best-selling author @christy_lefteri, in conversation with @TeditorTed, part of the @wowfest programme.

25 May - sign up: https://t.co/Icohsgkjeb

[onjali rauf @OnjaliRauf]

THIS IS A DAY LATE (so sorry, too much going on this world of ours). But congratulations @EduMsfb @WatfordNatalie
@MrsKarims @Miss_S_94 @isleofme86 @TheMrMadher @gercos1965 @twylie68 @farrahheerah @fmath75 on winning a copy of 'Muslim Girls Rise' in my #Ramadan #Eid giveaway!1/2