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Launch of London China Book Festival

by Yen-Yen Lu October 24, 2015

The London China Book Festival was launched this week at Hatchards Piccadilly, London’s oldest bookstore, in conjunction with the President of Chin...

Posted in Bloomsbury, China Youth Press, Emma House, Guo Guang, Guo Weimin, London China Book Festival, Publisher's Association, Richard Charkin

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Tim Liardet on the T S Eliot Prize Shortlist

by Rebecca Robinson October 22, 2015

Tim Liardet, an Inpress favourite previously published by both Seren and Smith | Doorstop, has taken a well deserved place on the shortlist for ...

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Agota Kristof's The Notebook comes to the stage

by Sophie O'Neill October 21, 2015

A stage production of Ágota Kristóf's powerful award-winning novel, The Notebook, launches at Battersea Arts Centre soon, running from 3-14 Novembe...

Posted in Agota Kristof, Battersea Arts Centre, The Notebook, Theatre

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SLAMbassadors UK National Finals this weekend!

by Yen-Yen Lu October 20, 2015

SLAMbassadors UK, the national youth slam for 12-18 year olds, will be holding its final round of the year this Sunday. Organised by the Poetry Soc...

Posted in Anthony Anaxgorou, Poetry Society, SLAMbassadors UK

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Peepal Tree Press on the Longlist!

by Emily Tate October 19, 2015

We are delighted to see that Minoli Salgado’s novel, A Little Dust on the Eyes, is on the longlist for the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literatur...

Posted in A Little Dust on the Eyes, DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, Longlist, Minoli Salgado, Peepal Tree Press, Prizes

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Three Inpress publishers now taking submissions!

by Yen-Yen Lu October 16, 2015

A call to authors and poets: Modern Poetry in Translation, Dead Ink Books, and The Emma Press have all announced that they are now taking submissio...

Posted in Dead Ink, Deborah Alma, Modern Poetry in Translation, New Voices, Publishing the Underground, The Emma Press, True Tales of the Countryside

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Writing across Continents

by Emily Tate October 15, 2015

Join two Istros Books authors in conversation on the final day of Ilkley Literature Festival this Sunday. Andrej Nikoladis, author of Till Kingdom ...

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IRON Press Looking for Volunteers

by Rebecca Robinson October 14, 2015

The long-estabished but eternally young IRON Press, based in Cullercoats on the North East coast, is looking for volunteers to assist with their fo...

Posted in IRON Press, North East, Pete Mortimer, Publishing, Volunteering, Volunteers

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Ben Okri Pens an Ode to Jeremy Corbyn

by Sophie O'Neill October 13, 2015

It’s like watching a love affair unravel before our eyes. Jeremy Corbyn calls Ben Okri a genius and inspiration in his conference speech, Ben Okri ...

Posted in Amir Darwish, Ben Okri, Jeremy Corbyn, Jess Green, Michael Rosen

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Burning Eye's Selina Nwulu announced as Young Poet Laureate

by Yen-Yen Lu October 12, 2015

Last week was a tremendous week for poetry, with National Poetry Day taking place on Thursday. In the same week, Selina Nwulu, recently published b...

Posted in Burning Eye, Selina Nwulu, Spread the Word, The Secrets I Let Slip, Young Poet Laureate

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Svetlana Alexievich Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

by Rebecca Robinson October 8, 2015

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2015 has awarded to the Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich, "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffe...

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It's Dyslexia Awareness Week!

by Yen-Yen Lu October 8, 2015

Most of you will know that it is National Poetry Day today, but what some of you might not already know is that it is also Dyslexia Awareness Week!...

Posted in A.F. Harrold, British Dyslexia Association, Burning Eye, Chris Riddell, Dyslexia Awareness Week, National Poetry Day, Things You Find in a Poet's Beard

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