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The Jimenez family arrives in Hobson’s Valley, a dead end town in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, looking for the last resting place of an ancestor. They ask directions from Jimmy Kerrigan, a reclusive outdoorsman who lives on the threshold between the town and the wilderness. They then disappear into the forests of [...]

Six years in the making … a complete change in direction for me as a writer, a move to a new publisher, a physical change of location and a book with the reader at its centre. It couldn’t be a bigger departure for me.

The Depature by Chris Emery ISBN 9781907773150 Hardback 80pp [...]

19th April 6.30 p.m. till 8.30 p.m. Launch of Chris Emery’s third collection of poetry, The Departure, at The Book Hive, 53 London Street, Norwich, NR2 1HL

SOPHIE COLLINS grew up in Holland and moved to London in 2007 to study Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College. Her poems have appeared [...]

‘On the Threshold’ — Wells Poetry Festival May 11th–13th Friday, May 11th 7.30 p.m. JOHN SIDDIQUE and Jehane Markham Saturday, May 12th 9.30 a.m. School’s Event 11.30 a.m. Poets published by Salt Publishing, Cromer PENNY BOXALL, TIM COCKBURN, CHARLOTTE GEATER & MERYL PUGH 2.00 p.m. Jean Sprackland & Matthew Hollis 5.00 p.m. Matthew Hollis gives [...]

Biography

I’m a native of Mississippi, and while I’ve lived in a number of different places, still consider myself primarily a Mississippian. After finishing university, I moved to the UK where I pursued graduate work both in poetry, in Edinburgh, and in archaeology, in Cambridge. My heart is in poetry, but [...]

Journals and Literary Cultures: John Kinsella talks with David Lynn and James Byrne about editing literary journals in the US and UK, and about processes of publishing and supporting writers. The event will include a Q & A session.

7pm on Tuesday, 13th March G-R06/7 English Faculty West Road Cambridge

Professor David Lynn [...]

Biography

I was born in 1977 and grew up in Stamford, Lincolnshire. I started writing at the University of Warwick where I studied philosophy and literature – I was fortunate enough to stumble upon the creative writing programme there in its early years. After graduating, I joined Michael Donaghy’s evening class [...]

Thursday 15 March 2012 19:30–22:30 The Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road Four poets read from their debut collections, plus music from Ethan Saphra. Hosted by the fabulous Amy Key. Entry: Free

James Goodman’s Claytown (Salt Publishing).

Cornwall’s mineral, maritime and moorland realities are present here in a vital and present-day idiom, shot through with tough and [...]

We’re delighted to announce that Joseph D’Lacey is joining our Proxima imprint with a new novel, Blood Fugue.

D’Lacey was born in London and is the author of MEAT, Garbage Man and The Kill Crew. D’Lacey was the winner of the British Fantasy Society’s Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer in 2009.

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