The Emma Press to release sea-themed poetry anthology
The Emma Press is launching The Emma Press Anthology of the Sea on 20th October 2016. It will be the thirteenth in the publisher’s series of themed poetry anthologies, following books with themes including ageing, metamorphosis, female friendship and homesickness. Eve Lacey, the editor, previously edited Furies, an anthology of contemporary women’s poetry published by For Books’ Sake in 2014.
New call for poems about aunts
The Emma Press has launched an open call for poems about aunts.
The Emma Press shortlisted in the 2015 Michael Marks Awards
The Emma Press has been shortlisted in the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets for the second year running.
The Emma Press launches Anthology of Poems about Ageing
The Emma Press has published an anthology of poems about ageing, edited by Sarah Hesketh. The Emma Press Anthology of Age features new poems which take a close, hard look at old age, taking in the pain, humour, anger and fear associated with this universal state.
The Emma Press releases anthology of ‘slow things’
The Emma Press has launched an anthology of poems about slow things, edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright. The aptly-named Slow Things contains poems about everything from slow creatures (sloths), slow processes (cleaning teapots) and slow treats (parkin).
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
The Emma Press launches Open Call for Poems about the Sea
The Emma Press has launched an open call for submissions to a sea-themed poetry anthology due for release in October 2016. The independent publisher, based in Winnersh, is inviting poets to send in up to three poems by 21st June 2015.
Small poetry publisher once again steals thunder from Fifty Shades
In a move set to rattle the producers of Fifty Shades of Grey, due for cinematic release on 13th February, the Emma Press has announced a new call for 'mildly erotic' poems. The publisher is planning an expanded second edition of
The Emma Press launches call for poems about ‘urban myths and legends’
The Emma Press has launched a call for submissions of poems about 'urban myths and legends', for a new anthology inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses. Poets are encouraged to send in poems which tell new stories and include some kind of transformation,
