The Emma Press
small press | big dreams
Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations.
www.theemmapress.com
@bookbrunch.bsky.social
Your daily serving of news and views, promising unrivalled publishing perspective and knowledge. BookBrunch is the essential tool for the book industry. https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/
@sianysianysiany.bsky.social
Freelance Writing Jobs newsletter 💌 Food and travel features writer🍝Yeovil Literary Prize winner 🏆 The Pyjama Myth 📖 Cats 🐾 Potatoes 🍟 she/her 💕 https://freelancewritingjobs.substack.com
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
I’m not terrific but I’m competent All bookings via website www.jancarson.co.uk
@timkiely1.bsky.social
Irish; barrister; poet; Green Party member; chat on all the above. Views are my own.
@lib4sch.bsky.social
School library consultancy for UK Primary schools. We love reading children's books - that's why we do it full-time! Posts by Lynda or Kim.
@mattobin.bsky.social
📚 Lecturer - Primary English & Children's Lit | Co-Author of "Understanding & Teaching Primary English" 📖
@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
https://theemmapress.com/shop/childrens/please-dont-read-the-footnotes-please/ www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk “playful, zingy and warm”. Here for books 📚& active travel 🚴🏃🚶♂️👩🦽➡️. From Scunthorpe to Whitley Bay. @robwaltonwriter on other places.
@jonnybid.bsky.social
Year 5/6 teacher and English lead. Children's books and reading mostly, Blake's 7 sometimes. Currently reading: Shrapnel Boys by Jenny Pearson.
@andotherstories.bsky.social
Not-for-profit press led by readers, writers & translators. Consider subscribing to help us take publishing risks. http://andotherstories.org/subscriptions/
@piersford.bsky.social
Copywriter, editor and trainer of word skills. Erstwhile journalist. Looking ahead to a new life in Edinburgh and jolly excited about it.
@bradleytaylorpoet.bsky.social
Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion 2024 Host of The Big Gay Poetry Night bradleytaylorpoet.com IG: @bradleytaylorpoet
@catherineredford.bsky.social
Poet | Researcher | Co-editor at Dust Poetry. Room 204 writer. Words in Magma, Under the Radar, Propel, The Storms, New Welsh Reader, Lighthouse, Atrium, Ink Sweat & Tears, etc.
@thebookseller.com
At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚 News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
@pairedaeza.bsky.social
writer, poet, reader 🌿 southbank new poets collective / ledbury critic 🪻 🏳️🌈 pratyusha.co.uk
@scandiandy.bsky.social
Writer, literary translator: Swedish, German. Reformed secondary teacher. Now enjoying his second act. Can now be found in Edinburgh 🏴. #FBPE #BookSky
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
Reaching readers on behalf of 50+ independent publishers. Funded by Arts Council England. Follow us on socials @inpressbooks📚 linktr.ee/inpressbooks
@lucymercer.bsky.social
writer, Emblem (Prototype) & Afterlife forthcoming from Fitzcarraldo;🕯️
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doctor. Kids: The Destiny of Minou Moonshine 🐘 The Voyage of Sam Singh 🦜 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social Poetry: Siren 🧜🏽♀️ @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social A Terrible Thing 🧝🏽♀️ (Bad Betty Press) https://linktr.ee/gitaralleigh
@hannahl1n.bsky.social
Poet Devon, UK 1st Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2021, 2nd Leeds Peace Poetry Prize 2024, H Comm. Wales Poetry Award 2021. Shortlisted Best Poetry Pamphlet Saboteur Awards 2023 https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-beautiful-open-sky.html
@faeriepress.bsky.social
The first LGBTQ+ led children’s publishing press on the island of Ireland 🧚🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 📍Belfast Faeriepress.com
@milenawilliamson.bsky.social
Poet & academic | Charm for Catching a Train http://tinyurl.com/bdcx2ka5 | Into the Night that Flies So Fast http://tinyurl.com/38tb8kzt
@katewakeling.bsky.social
Poet & Musicologist • The Rainbow Faults (The Rialto) • poetry collections for children (The Emma Press & Otter-Barry Books) • writer-in-residence – Aurora Orchestra
@rehema.bsky.social
(You probably call me Remy.) Author / Poet. This House, out now from @TheEmmaPress. In a previous life, I was shouting about books & authors to anyone interested. Currently less shouty but still all about books and authors. I go outside sometimes.
@chrissiegittins.bsky.social
Poetry Poetry for Children Short Stories Radio Drama Drawing
@annmariefoster.bsky.social
Write, mostly poetry. Used to be BBCNI journalist and newsreader.
@shotscarecrow.bsky.social
Undercover skeleton. 💀 Writer/researcher/lecturer. Ludokinetic/interactive poetry 🃏, collaborative and amalgamatic writing. Editor at @SidekickBooks. 📚 He/him. www.gojonstonego.com
@andotheritems.bsky.social
Writer. Mostly poetry but also plays & prose & I dabble with VisPo. Liberation theology inclined Catholic. Wife & Mum. she/her Website/Blog https://josephinecorcoran.org/ Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/andothernotes?r=36enk&utm_medium=ios
@roseannewatt.bsky.social
Writer, poet, musician from Shetland. Minoritised language, islandness and illness. She/shö/her. Author of multi award-winning poetry collection 'Moder Dy' (Polygon, 2019). Jerwood Poetry Award Winner 2024. https://linktr.ee/roseannewatt
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
Galley Beggar Press is an independent publisher from Norwich. Citizens of the world. And foreign.
@julwe1.bsky.social
Neurodivergent poet and editor. Steering editor for 'Lighthouse'. Latest collection 'The Telling' (Nine Arches press, 2022). https://juliawebb.org/ https://visual-poetics.blogspot.com/ https://storymachines.co.uk/portfolio/lighthouse/
@foundationswift.bsky.social
Advancing the craft, creativity and wellbeing of women poets in the UK
@chrisemery.me
WELCOME! AKA Chris Hamilton-Emery, I’m a poet and publisher at @saltpublishing.com. I was born in Manchester, UK, and have published four collections of poetry – a new book, ‘Wonder’, is forthcoming from Salt 🥳. Website: www.chrisemery.me
@dustpoetry.bsky.social
Just poetry. Digital UK-based poetry magazine. New, international and marginalised poets always welcome. Edited by Catherine Redford and Tara Wheeler http://dustpoetry.co.uk
@andotherpoems.bsky.social
Poetry magazine edited by Tom Bailey and Laurie Ogden. Issue Six out now. Currently open for submissions.
@martinfigura.bsky.social
Photographer, Writer and performer living in Norwich with Helen Ivory and sciatica.
@helenivory.bsky.social
Poet, artist. Cholmondeley Award winner. Sixth Bloodaxe collection, 'Constructing a Witch' is a PBS Winter Recommendation. I make collage and shadowboxes from broken things. I shout poems at the moon about the dark.
@dixonkat.bsky.social
(she/they) Queer poet & performer 🎤 Debut book 'eat the glitter' out with Broken Sleep Books Digital inclusion advocate & social researcher. Data nerd.
@abrackenbury.bsky.social
Poet & broadcaster. 10th collection 'Thorpeness', Carcanet, 2022. Currently finishing non-fiction prose book 'Village,including 'witches', wheelbarrows and a pioneering woman archaeologist with a houseful of treasures in Long Lane...
@helenmort.bsky.social
Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
@lorrainemariner.bsky.social
Poet & librarian. Two collections with Picador ‘Furniture’ & ‘There Will Be No More Nonsense’, also writing poems for children. Works at the National Poetry Library. Edited some 10 Poems About… for Candlestick Press. Powered by tea across all platforms.
@vervepoetryfest.bsky.social
Festival of Poetry & Spoken Word ✨Back in 2026✨#Brum and online✨ Online Multi-press Poetry-only Bookshop @vervepoetryshop✨ https://vervepoetryfestival.com
@carrieetter.bsky.social
Poet and novelist, latest Grief's Alphabet (Seren, 2024) | Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at U of Bristol | Grief, trauma, and the environment | All the 🐈⬛! | Foodie | Dem 🇺🇸 expat in Bath, UK | Insta: https://www.instagram.com/carrie__etter