We are looking for a Publishing Assistant to join The Emma Press team. You will run the in-house publicity campaigns, post out webshop orders, and manage a range of operational and administrative responsibilities. This role requires organisational skills, personal time management skills, strong communication and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

This post gives some guidance on writing your proposal for our upcoming submissions period.

Ten years ago I came across some haunting photographs of abandonment and ruin in Detroit. These were photos of unpeopled landscapes: schools, libraries, dentists, police stations, factories, theatres and ballrooms, all emptied out, as if some invisible apocalypse had breathed