In 2023, Nine Arches Press launched their nationwide Primers scheme for a seventh time, in search of exciting new voices in poetry, with Katie Hale and Jane Commane as selecting editors. After reading through hundreds of anonymous entries, and narrowing down the choices from longlist to shortlist, three poets emerged as clear choices: Jade Cuttle, Antonia Taylor and Laura Varnam.
Primers Volume Seven now brings together a showcase from three exciting new voices. Through engagement with language, connection to place and time, and the stories we tell or are told about ourselves, these lively and revealing poems offer an essential, insightful collection of new work from some of poetry’s most talented emerging voices.