The Emma Press

We love literature

We publish themed poetry anthologies, single-author poetry and fiction pamphlets (chapbooks), and books for children.

The Emma Press

Books can change lives

We believe that there are many voices which remain unheard, and readers whose needs are not met by the output of mainstream publishing.

The Emma Press

Poetry, short fiction and children’s books

We have a growing list of translations which includes titles from Latvia, Estonia, Indonesia, Spain and the Netherlands.

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The Emma Press takes three surreal new poetry collections from open call

The Emma Press has acquired three new poetry pamphlets submitted unagented to the press during its September 2021 call for submissions. The collections touch on themes of love and language, creativity, abusive medical systems weighted against marginalised genders, archives and cultural

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The fantastical body: an interview with Joanna Ingham, author of Ovarium

My body became a disobedient, untrustworthy, sometimes hostile thing, so paradoxically I felt a separation from it too, as if it was the wild animal and I was the threatened human being.

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December 2021 Submissions: Short and Longlists

Congratulations to all the listed writers and thank you to everyone who submitted! Here are our short and long listed authors from the December 2021 CfS.

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Our full catalogue is available to download here, if you would prefer to browse our publications that way. You can click on the titles to get to the webshop pages.

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Check out the adorable little Bicki-Books

We’ve published twelve of these gorgeous mini poetry picturebooks so far. Originally published in Latvia, the Bicki-Books are perfect gifts for little ones.

Emma Wright

Emma Dai'an Wright is the founder of The Emma Press, and works across all areas of the business, from commissioning, editing, typesetting, illustrating, marketing and sales. She isn't the author of any books - this bit is just appearing under every book until we've finished updating the website!

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The Poetry Bundle: 3

Europe, Love Me Back

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Milk Snake

The Anthologies Bundle: 2

The Children’s Poetry Bundle : 3

Ovarium

The Bell Tower

The Fabulanarchist Luxury Uprising

The Fox’s Wedding

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