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Blue Diode Press: Call for Submissions

An opportunity to become part of the most exciting and varied list in UK poetry at the moment. Blue Diode Press will be open for...

Tessa Berring on Folded Purse

The hardest part of this collection was choosing a title for it - I had so many: 'Prod' was one, then 'Not Like Meat', 'Love I Limited',...

(Find Yourself) at Constant Falls – 9 thoughts on 108 poems

"Find yourself praying. Pressing your palms against one another. Offering your heart. Offering alternatives – mustard, muddy slopes,...

Call for Book Manuscripts

The window for sending in manuscripts has now ended. Thanks to everyone who sent in their work and I'll try to get back to you as soon as...

Edinburgh/Leith Launch of 'LIMBO' and 'Pale Hairs Reach Between Us'

The launch of two new Blue Diode Press books promises to be a very special evening. We'll be launching LIMBO by Georgi Gill and Pale...

Publications that Review UK Poetry Books

Below is a list of publications which currently review UK poetry collections, as suggested by Twitter users who happened to reply to a...

My Books of 2019

Here is yet another Book of the Year list! Clearly, Blue Diode Press published its first ever individual poetry collections this year -...

Publication Day: Split and Bitten Hair

Today is publication day! Tomorrow (4 October) is the Edinburgh launch in the Lighthouse Bookshop. It's also National Poetry Day, which I...

Two Blue Diode 2019 Publications

Thanks to everyone who submitted poems to Blue Diode Press over the last fortnight. The submission window for the 2020 list is now closed...

Two London Readings: Spark Poetry Anthology

Muriel Spark’s centenary year may be over but her novels still exist and, more than ever, ought to be more widely read. She is a...