The Emma Press launches call for dinosaur poems for children
The Emma Press has launched a call for poems about dinosaurs, to be published in an anthology for children edited by Richard O’Brien.
The Emma Press acquires translation rights for two Latvian titles
The Emma Press is among the nine publishers awarded grants in the latest round of the “Support for Foreign Publishers Publishing Latvian Literature” programme, organised by the Latvian Writers Union (LWU) and financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia. The grants cover translation and production costs and are linked to Latvia’s participation in the 2018 London Book Fair, as one of the Market Focus countries.
Emma Press launches call for children’s poems about kings and queens
The Emma Press is looking for poems about kings and queens, for a new anthology aimed at children aged 8+. The deadline for submissions is 13th November 2016 and the book will be published in September 2017.
Emma Press publishes science-themed children’s poetry anthology
The Emma Press is launching their second anthology of poems for children aged 8+ on 1st October 2016. Watcher of the Skies: Poems about Space and Aliens is edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright and features poems from established poets such as Mandy Coe, Inua Ellams and Cheryl Moskowitz, as well as newer poets such as Sohini Basak and Mary Anne Clark.
Emma Press publishes children’s poetry book by Kate Wakeling and Elīna Brasliņa
The Emma Press is launching Moon Juice, Kate Wakeling's first collection of children's poems, on 18th September 2016.
New call for poems about ‘space and aliens’ for children
The Emma Press has launched a call for submissions of poems about 'space and aliens', for a new anthology aimed at children aged 9+.
The Oracle to host Emma Press ‘leaving party’
The Emma Press has announced that they are relocating to Birmingham in October 2015. To mark the end of their time in Berkshire, the publisher is collaborating with local arts organisation Jelly to deliver a special day of events in The Oracle.
Arts Council funds Emma Press poetry tour for children
The Emma Press has been awarded a grant from Grants for the Arts, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, to conduct a 15-date national poetry tour for children. The Myths and Monsters tour will include poetry
Emma Press launches new series of children’s poetry anthologies
The Emma Press is publishing the first in a new series of themed children's poetry anthologies on 18th June 2015. Falling Out of the Sky: Poems about Myths and Monsters is a collection of new poems edited by Rachel Piercey (Newdigate
