Roll up! Roll up! The Emma Press signs Nasta’s debut children’s book We Are A Circus
Introducing our newest act...The Emma Press has signed writer Nasta's first children's book, with illustrations by Rosie Fencott. It will join The Emma Press' ever growing, diverse collection of children's literature
Parables, Fables, Nightmares…The Emma Press Signs Malachi McIntosh’s debut short story collection
The Emma Press has signed fiction writer and academic Malachi McIntosh’s first short story collection.
The Emma Press signs debut essay collection by Tokyo-based writer Florentyna Leow
The Emma Press has acquired worldwide rights to How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart, the debut essay collection by Florentyna Leow. It will join Nina Mingya Powles’ hit food memoir Tiny Moons on the press’ essay collection list.
Get Inspired to Write for Children: Online Creative Writing Masterclasses from The Emma Press
We're hosting a series of online practical masterclasses exploring the craft of writing for children! Maybe you've always wanted to write for children, or perhaps you'd like to create something special for a child you know? You might have tried writing
Farewell to Pema, our brilliant eCommerce Executive!
It has been an honour and a privilege to have Pema Monaghan on the Emma Press staff for the past year and a half, and it is bittersweet that today is her last day. I am 100% sad that she is leaving, and 100% happy that she is moving on to bigger things, at Penguin no less, and pursuing the path to her dreams.
The Emma Press publishes translated children’s fiction by Andrus Kivirähk
Award-winning publisher The Emma Press will publish Oskar and the Things by Andrus Kivirähk, translated from Estonian by Adam Cullen and with the original illustrations by Anne Pikkov, on 15th September 2022.
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
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.
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.
4 Books for the Busy Life
I’m sure you’ll agree that life appears to just get busier and busier; each time I near the end of one ‘to-do’ list, another materialises before I can even consider a break. Whether it is the demands of a job; or the persistence of children; or even just those niggly little jobs that life requires of us, (like the washing – ugh, washing). For me, a busier life has meant that I have struggled to find time to fit in my reading – novels have been taking so long to read that I am finding myself losing interest without really giving them a chance. Last month, I decided to spend some time with shorter forms for writing that I could read in one sitting. The impact was instant – not only did I get back into a consistent rhythm of reading, I also found myself taking regular short breaks that have done wonders for my well-being.
