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tall-lighthouse
tall-lighthouse is an independent poetry press renowned for publishing exciting new poets
it’s only poetry – to soothe, amuse or bemuse in these extraordinary times
on monday this week we were pleased to see a review of Brendan Cleary’s non-gig in Brighton on St.Patrick’s day in the i newspaper – national press no-less! atmospheric & poignant. we have copied it onto our facebook page. just our luck tho’ they edited out any reference to tall-lighthouse!
enjoy and keep safe…
tall-lighthouse
in 2020 we have already published an exciting new Canadian poet – Sadie McCarney and will soon publish a new collection by Marc Swan from Maine, United States. Later in the year we will return to our ‘roots’ publishing a series of pamphlets.
we are not currently seeking submissions
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tall-lighthouse is an independent poetry press renowned for publishing exciting new poets
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welcome to Sadie McCarney
a tremendous young Canadian poet who we’ve been following for some years and is now published by tall-lighthouse!
McCarney’s poems are led by voice and I am glad to follow Lily Blacksell
her collection Live Ones is available to order via our books page. You can also hear her read the amazing sequence Steeltown Songs, featured in the collection, on her poets page.
in April 2019 we published Brendan Cleary’s – Do Horses Fly?
a sequence of poems on the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. The collection was launched in Brighton on Monday 29 April.
in Dublin on 21 February 2019 we published the debut collection Where, the Mile End from the terrific new poet Julie Morrissy
(see the poet’s pages for more details)
Roddy Lumsden
We are sad to record that Roddy Lumsden died on Friday 10 Jaunuary.
Roddy was a great influence to many young poets, in particular through our pilot series of pamphlets, published between 2007 – 2009.
cheers Roddy & thanks. RIP
photo from Bloodaxe Books
double book launch
to celebrate the start of the next chapter for tall-lighthouse we held a double book launch & reading at the Poetry Café in London on Monday 20 May.
Brendan Cleary read from his new sequence Do Horses Fly? and Julie Morrissy from her debut collection Where, the Mile End.
past book launches
Julie’s Morrissy’s debut collection Where, the Mile End was launched at Poetry Ireland in Dublin on Thursday 21 February.
Brendan Cleary’s sequence of poems on the photographer Eadweard Muybridge Do Horses Fly? was launced at the ONCA Gallery, Brighton on Monday 29 April.
RIP Jazzman
in 2018 we were saddened to record the passing of Jazzman John Clarke the original tall-lighthouse poet who we met at Magnetic North Writers in Greenwich & published his early jazz poetry which kick-started the press
he was a stalwart at our early readings at Stark Gallery & remained an essential part of the London poetry spoken word scene for almost 20 years