New anthology of kings and queens poems coming soon from the Emma Press
Award-winning publisher the Emma Press is publishing The Head That Wears a Crown: Poems About Kings and Queens, an anthology of eye-opening, entertaining and educational poems for children aged 8+ about the lives and histories of many kings and queens who ruled in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
Introducing ‘Oils’ and ‘Rivers Wanted’, two new poetry pamphlets
The Emma Press is delighted to announce the publication of two new poetry pamphlets: Oils by Stephen Sexton and Rivers Wanted by Rachel Piercey. Oils is Belfast poet Sexton's debut pamphlet and features several poems inspired by paintings, including Peter Doig's
Rachel Piercey and Richard O’Brien at the Keen Bean
The Keen Bean, a tiny coffee shop in Oxford run by poet and entrepreneur Will Davies, has just started a series of free poetry nights to promote small and independent publishers. Will was kind enough to invite me to curate
Five Amazingly Romantic Things
One of my main motivations in setting up the Emma Press was to create the means by which I could bring great writing to a wider audience. As soon as I read Rachel's poems I wanted to package them up
