we were back on stage with sonya smith who read from her brilliant collection ‘live’ @ Pipeline, Brighton in association with Pighog plus wonderful guest reader Robert Hamberger - it really was great...

we’re very sad to record the passing of James Bell with whom we were pleased to have worked and to publish his pamphlet the just vanished place in 2008 & a full...

Joshua Calladine-Jones – Constructions        this exciting new pamphlet is a surreal, experimental sequence in three distinct poetic movements. A slippery diving board for the undercurrents of language in a New...

What a great event, in front of an actual live audience. Sonya read from her collection alongside the wonderful Martina Evans. Thanks to Lewes Live Lit for putting this on.

In this compelling pamphlet, Shapiro speaks back to the impersonal language of diagnostic evaluations as a ‘girl silenced’    Mary Jean Chan                more info. on Sarah’s poet’s page.

his sparkling, often surreal pamphlet –  wasted rainbow is now out of print ‘a delightfully original debut’ Carrie Etter                  more info. on Caleb’s poet’s page

every robin i never quite saw – a beautifully crafted debut. ‘These poems will lift you up – they’re so full of compassion, questions and joy.’  Jackie Wills more info. on Sonya’s  poets...

Reading these poems has been an emotional and intriguing experience – left with an over-riding feeling of things being just out of reach – and everyday bringing the blank canvas...

we’re excited to return to the pamphlet format with this engrossing  sequence of poems inspired by the life & work of Frank Auerbach ‘Mark Wynne’s poems are finely tuned machines.’                            John...

we’re pleased to publish marc’s new collection all it would take poetry that spans a life in words ‘Not read, but experienced, Marc’s poems encourage us to see the world – its...

despite the cancellation of the event there’s a great article on Brendan Cleary in the i newspaper (24 March 2020) thanks to Nick Hasted for this.

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...

We are sad to record that Roddy Lumsden died on Friday 10 Jaunuary 2020. Roddy was a great influence to many young poets, in particular through our pilot series of...

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 2019. Brendan...

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...