On the slow art of the chapbook
Why small-press poetry collections are having an unexpectedly loud moment — and what the chapbook still does that nothing else can.
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Essays, interviews, reviews and notebooks from the world of independent poetry — and from the poets we publish.
Eleni Cay in conversation: writing between languages
The author of Celestial Heteroglossia on code-switching, the music of translation, and why she writes her first drafts in two languages at once.
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Newest firstWorkshop17 May
Free online workshop: Writing into uncertainty
A two-hour generative session for poets of all experience levels — places are free thanks to our 2026 partners.
Review6 May
Believing in the Planet: a quiet, essential collection
Myra Schneider’s late-career book finds the weight of the world in a sparrow at the window.
News24 Apr
Young Writers programme opens for 2026
Applications are now open for our fully-funded mentoring scheme for poets aged 16–24.
News12 Apr
The 2026 Pamphlet Prize shortlist
Six pamphlets, six very different rooms. Meet the poets shortlisted for this year’s prize.
Notebook30 Mar
Why reading aloud still matters
On hearing a poem in a poet’s own voice, and what gets lost when we only ever read in silence.
News15 Mar
A new partnership with three independent presses
We’re joining forces with three small presses to widen distribution for debut poets.
Feature1 Mar
On the prose poem, and its discontents
Is the prose poem a contradiction, a loophole, or the most honest form of all? A defence.
Interview15 Feb
Hilary Hares on Tilting at Windmills
The poet discusses obsession, persistence, and writing a whole collection about a single idea.
Notebook1 Feb
Five poems for a cold month
A short, warming selection from the archive, chosen for the darkest stretch of the year.
Notebook19 Dec
On keeping a commonplace book
Why every poet should keep a magpie’s notebook of stolen lines, overheard speech and odd facts.
Long read11 May
Twenty years of widening the room
Founder Susan Sims looks back at two decades of community readings, prizes and stubborn independent publishing.
Notebook29 Apr
Notes from the spring launch
Three readings, one power cut, and a room that stayed anyway. A short notebook from a good night.
Feature18 Apr
Translating silence: on the spaces between words
What a translator owes to the pauses, the line breaks and the white space a poet leaves behind.
Review5 Apr
What I Treasure: an anthology that earns its title
A generous, surprising gathering of poems about the objects we keep and what they keep of us.
Feature22 Mar
Six debut poets to read this year
A new generation of first collections, from kitchen-table elegies to long ecological sequences.
Long read8 Mar
The Winter 2025 Showcase: a roundup
Forty poems, twelve poets, one cold December. Looking back at the work that defined the season.
Workshop22 Feb
Workshop: Form and freedom
A four-week online course on working inside — and against — traditional poetic forms.
Long read8 Feb
The quiet economics of independent poetry
Who actually pays for a poem? A clear-eyed look at how small-press publishing stays alive.
Long read4 Jan
The year in poetry: 2025
The collections, debuts and arguments that shaped a restless, surprising year for the art.
Workshop12 Dec
Workshop: Writing the elegy
A gentle, careful session on writing grief — held over two evenings in the new year.