Joshua’s debut pamphlet Constructions [Konstrukce] is an exciting and original sequence of poetry that questions our ways of communicating, both spoken and written. Joshua’s is from Greater Manchester but now lives in Prague and his work has appeared in a number of journals

Sonya Smith’s resonant poems investigate the texture of experience and how we’re shaped by memory. Here, loss and desire emerge from surprising angles in writing that is consistently nuanced, concise, stirring.

Caleb Parkin is currently serving as the third Bristol City Poet. He won second prize in the National Poetry Competition 2016, the Winchester Poetry Prize 2017 and various other shortlists.

Sarah Shapiro lives and works in Boston. Her poetry is widely published in magazines and on-line and her debut pamphlet The Bullshit Cosmos was published by ignitionpress. She did not start to read until she was eight so her success is well earned.

A powerful yet intimate sequence of poetry that uses Frank Auerbach’s life and work as an autobiographical mirror to explore the poet’s own life.

all it would take is Marc Swan’s immensely readable fifth collection, spanning a life in words, influenced by the sense of freedom

Sadie McCarney is a Canadian poet who grew up in Nova Scotia. She now lives on Prince Edward Island, where she also writes fiction.

Julie is an exciting new poet who we are pleased to welcome to our press. She was recently announced as a ‘Next Generation’ artist for 2018/19 by the Arts Council of Ireland

Originally from Northern Ireland, Brendan spent a number of years in the North East before moving to Brighton where he lives & works as a poetry tutor.