Books
Second Place Rosette
Edited by Emma Wright and Richard O’Brien
ISBN 9781910139554
A collection of poems about the customs, rituals and practices that make up life in modern Britain.
The Dog Who Found Sorrow
A picture book by Rūta Briede & Elīna Brasliņa
ISBN 9781910139547
The story of a dog who wakes to find his hometown covered in thick black clouds and goes out in search of the source.
Everything That Can Happen: The Emma Press Book of Future Poems
Edited by Suzannah Evans and Tom Sastry
ISBN 9781910139523
Wain
Poems for teens by Rachel Plummer
ISBN 978-1-910139-47-9
A collection of LGBT themed children’s poetry based on retellings of Scottish myths.
Some Cannot Be Caught
Edited by Anja Konig and Liane Strauss
ISBN 978‑1‑910139‑88‑2
These poems rustle and roar with the voices of animals and humans, coexisting on Earth.
In Transit
Edited by Sarah Jackson and Tim Youngs
ISBN 978-1-910139-94-3
Whether sailing in a stately cruise liner or running for a grimy commuter train, this book is a companion for the journey.
Once Upon a Time in Birmingham
Stories by Louise Palfreyman
ISBN 978-1-910139-51-6
A lively introduction to thirty of Birmingham’s most awe-inspiring women, past and present.
Everyone’s the Smartest
By Contra & Ulla Saar
ISBN 978-1-910139-99-8
Everyone’s the Smartest is a collection of poems which tell strange new stories in familiar school settings. Translated from Estonian.
Anthology of Love
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978‑1‑910139‑56‑1
Fifty-six poets speak to what love means to them right here, right now.
Bezdelki
By Carol Rumens
ISBN 978‑1‑910139‑80‑6
Elegies for a late partner which explore the principle that death, even for atheists, isn’t purely loss.
Queen of Seagulls
By Rūta Briede
ISBN 978‑1‑910139‑13‑4
A story of seagulls, music, mystery, and true love. A picture book for all ages. Translated from Latvian.
The Book of Clouds
By Juris Kronbergs
ISBN 978‑1‑910139‑14‑1
A mix of dreamy fantasy and scientific fact in these poems introduce children to the world of clouds. Translated from Latvian.
Paisley
By Rakhshan Rizwan
ISBN 978-1-910139-78-3
Rakhshan Rizwan unpacks class and identity in the context of Pakistan and South Asia.
Birmingham Jazz Incarnation
By Simon Turner
ISBN 978-1-910139-86-8
Simon Turner decomposes and recomposes one poem.
Now You Can Look
By Julia Bird, illustrated by Anna Vaivare
ISBN 978-1-910139-84-4
The story of a woman who takes one glance at conventional early-twentieth-century life, and throws in her lot with art instead.
The Secret Box
By Daina Tabūna
ISBN 978-1-910139-90-5
A collection of three coming-of-age stories about young women. Translated from Latvian.
The Noisy Classroom
By Ieva Flamingo
ISBN 978-1-910139-82-0
Poems for children which capture the emotional highs and lows of childhood with a sharp, surreal eye and a touching sympathy. Translated from Latvian.
Postcard Stories
By Jan Carson
ISBN 978-1-910139-68-4
Every day in 2015, Jan Carson wrote a story on the back of a postcard and mailed it to a friend. This is a collection of the highlights.
Pisanki
By Zosia Kuczyńska
ISBN 978-1-910139-72-1
In 1940, a young girl is taken from her home in Eastern Poland. Seventy years later, her journey is reimagined by her granddaughter.
Who Seemed Alive & Altogether Real
By Padraig Regan
ISBN 978-1-910139-74-5
Padraig Regan’s poems delight in the sensual and visual, and are alive with the textures of paint, sugar and overripe fruit.
Meat Songs
By Jack Nicholls
ISBN 978-1-910139-62-2
The voices of humans and animals clamour for attention in Meat Songs.
Dragonish
By Emma Simon
ISBN 978-1-910139-64-6
Loss, love and various severed body parts are scattered throughout Dragonish.
Anthology of Aunts
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978-1-910139-66-0
Poems which explores what it means to be – and feels like to have – an aunt.
First fox
By Leanne Radojkovich
ISBN 978-1-910139-70-7
A collection of short stories set in an everyday world tinged with the dreamlike qualities of fairy tales.
The Dragon and the Bomb
By Andrew Wynn Owen
ISBN 978-1-910139-58-5
A long poem about a man who wants to be a saint and an alchemist who wants to split the atom.
This Is Not Your Final Form: Poems about Birmingham
ISBN 978-1-910139-60-8
A tough, unsentimental love letter to Birmingham.
The Emma Press Anthology of the Sea
Edited by Eve Lacey
ISBN 978-1-910139-45-5
Poems which bear witness to storms, naval history, ocean creatures and the human desire for freedom.
Watcher of the Skies: Poems about Space and Aliens
ISBN 978-1-910139-43-1
Poems about the outermost possibilities of space. Aimed at children aged 8+.
Moon Juice: Poems for Children
By Kate Wakeling
ISBN 978-1-910139-49-3
Kate Wakeling’s poems are full of curious characters and strange situations. Aimed at children 8+.
Urban Myths and Legends
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978-1-910139-24-0
Poems by modern poets who have taken inspiration from the Metamorphoses.
Mackerel Salad
By Ben Rogers
ISBN 978-1-910139-41-7
The poems of Mackerel Salad lure the reader into disorientating situations, via space and sea.
Trouble
By Alison Winch
ISBN 978-1-910139-39-4
Alison Winch looks at different kinds of intimacy via nightingales, betting shops, and the Canterbury Tales.
Goose Fair Night
By Kathy Pimlott
ISBN 978-1-910139-35-6
Pimlott take us on a tour of the Midlands, bustling London and the seaside.
DISSOLVE to: L.A.
By James Trevelyan
ISBN 978-1-910139-37-0
Poems about minor characters in 1980s and 90s action films.
Mildly Erotic Verse
ISBN 978-1-910139-34-9
An anthology which celebrates modern eroticism in all its messy, sexy glory.
Malkin
By Camille Ralphs
ISBN 978-1-910139-30-1
A sequence of poems set during the 1612 Pendle witch trials.
True Tales of the Countryside
By Deborah Alma
ISBN 978-1-910139-26-4
Poems about sex, love and ageing in rural Shropshire and Wales.
AWOL
By John Fuller and Andrew Wynn Owen
With illustrations by Emma Wright
ISBN 978-1-910139-28-8
Letter poems on the subject of travel, between John Fuller and Andrew Wynn Owen.
The Emma Press Anthology of Age
Edited by Sarah Hesketh
ISBN 978-1-910139-31-8
A collection of poems which challenge, celebrate and give age a voice.
Slow Things
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978-1-910139-16-5
An anthology which celebrates taking life at a leisurely pace.
Falling Out Of The Sky
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978-1-910139-18-9
A treasury of poems about myths, legends and fairytales. Aimed at children 9+.
The Emma Press Anthology of Dance
ISBN 978 1 910139 15 8
What makes us start dancing? Why do we ever stop?
Campaign in Poetry
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978 1 910139 02 8
A powerful anthology about political and social issues in the UK.
Best Friends Forever
Edited by Amy Key
ISBN 978 1 910139 07 3
A celebration of the transformative power of female friendship.
Myrtle
By Ruth Wiggins
ISBN 978-1-910139-05-9
Poems celebrating the primal forces of nature and the human heart.
If I Lay on my Back I Saw Nothing but Naked Women
By Jacqueline Saphra
With illustrations by Mark Andrew Webber
ISBN 978-1-910139-06-6
An eerie, sensuous world of eccentric parents and step-parents.
Rivers Wanted
By Rachel Piercey
ISBN 978-1-910139-04-2
A frequently heart-breaking collection of poems about love, identity and home.
Oils
By Stephen Sexton
ISBN 978-1-910139-03-5
Stephen Sexton’s poems pulse with melancholy. A PBS Pamphlet Choice Award winner.
Homesickness and Exile
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978 1 910139 02 8
How does it feel to be a foreigner? Can you choose where you call home?
The Dead Snail Diaries
By Jamie McGarry
ISBN 978 0 9574596 9 4
A collection of observational poems and literary parodies which explore snail culture.
The Emma Press Anthology of Fatherhood
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978 1 910139 00 4
A collection of poems about fathers and fatherhood.
Captain Love and the Five Joaquins
By John Clegg
ISBN 978 1 910139 01 1
An adventure story about bounty hunter Harry Love and a head in a jar.
Ikhda, by Ikhda
By Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi
ISBN 978 0 9574596 6 3
Characters and landscapes leap off every page in Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi’s dazzling first pamphlet.
Raspberries for the Ferry
By Andrew Wynn Owen
ISBN 978 0 9574596 5 6
A stunning debut pamphlet of gorgeous, tart, juicy poems grounded in the past and bubbling with modern verve.
The Held and the Lost
By Kristen Roberts
ISBN 978 0 9574596 8 7
Kristen Roberts sketches portraits of characters and relationships in her debut pamphlet.
The Emma Press Anthology of Motherhood
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978 0 9574596 7 0
A moving collection of poems about mothers and the state of motherhood.
The Emmores
By Richard O’Brien
ISBN 978 0 9574596 4 9
Richard O’Brien deploys every trick in the love poet’s book in this irresistible mix of tender odes, introspective sonnets and exuberant free verse.
A Poetic Primer for Love and Seduction
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978 0 9574596 3 2
The Poetic Primer is an instructional anthology containing all you need to know about love, relationships and heartbreak.
The Emma Press Anthology of Mildly Erotic Verse
Edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
ISBN 978 0 9574596 2 5
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The Flower and the Plough
By Rachel Piercey
ISBN 978 0 9574596 0 1
Love poems which capture everything from the extravagant surrender of early love to the raw ache and pain that can follow.