Longbarrow Press
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis.
https://longbarrowpress.com
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If you're thinking of starting a small press, don't
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
If you're thinking of starting a small press, don't
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'Another World is Possible: Art & connection in uncertain times'
Featuring Ian Tothill, Ben Holden & me
Collage, riso prints, zines + a giant interactive zine wall
Fountain Street Arts, Thornton, Bradford
March–April 2026
👉 fountainstreetarts.com/schedule
#Bradford #Art #Artivism
Featuring Ian Tothill, Ben Holden & me
Collage, riso prints, zines + a giant interactive zine wall
Fountain Street Arts, Thornton, Bradford
March–April 2026
👉 fountainstreetarts.com/schedule
#Bradford #Art #Artivism
February 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
'Another World is Possible: Art & connection in uncertain times'
Featuring Ian Tothill, Ben Holden & me
Collage, riso prints, zines + a giant interactive zine wall
Fountain Street Arts, Thornton, Bradford
March–April 2026
👉 fountainstreetarts.com/schedule
#Bradford #Art #Artivism
Featuring Ian Tothill, Ben Holden & me
Collage, riso prints, zines + a giant interactive zine wall
Fountain Street Arts, Thornton, Bradford
March–April 2026
👉 fountainstreetarts.com/schedule
#Bradford #Art #Artivism
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Do you have this book? Have you read it. Well, I do, and I have, and I look forward to reading it again. (Need to find my copies of Riley’s other books.)
In sleep, in dream song,
the daylight ghosts are laid
and trouble us no more.
In silence nightlong
a life’s debts are paid
at the open door.
'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls'
Peter Riley
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the daylight ghosts are laid
and trouble us no more.
In silence nightlong
a life’s debts are paid
at the open door.
'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls'
Peter Riley
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
February 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Do you have this book? Have you read it. Well, I do, and I have, and I look forward to reading it again. (Need to find my copies of Riley’s other books.)
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True dat
A few reasons to order books from Longbarrow Press:
1. First-rate poems
2. Scrupulously edited
3. Meticulously designed
4. Handsomely produced
5. Fastidiously packaged
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1. First-rate poems
2. Scrupulously edited
3. Meticulously designed
4. Handsomely produced
5. Fastidiously packaged
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
True dat
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In sleep, in dream song,
the daylight ghosts are laid
and trouble us no more.
In silence nightlong
a life’s debts are paid
at the open door.
'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls'
Peter Riley
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
the daylight ghosts are laid
and trouble us no more.
In silence nightlong
a life’s debts are paid
at the open door.
'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls'
Peter Riley
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
In sleep, in dream song,
the daylight ghosts are laid
and trouble us no more.
In silence nightlong
a life’s debts are paid
at the open door.
'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls'
Peter Riley
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
the daylight ghosts are laid
and trouble us no more.
In silence nightlong
a life’s debts are paid
at the open door.
'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls'
Peter Riley
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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A few reasons to order books from Longbarrow Press:
1. First-rate poems
2. Scrupulously edited
3. Meticulously designed
4. Handsomely produced
5. Fastidiously packaged
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
1. First-rate poems
2. Scrupulously edited
3. Meticulously designed
4. Handsomely produced
5. Fastidiously packaged
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
September 26, 2024 at 8:02 AM
A few reasons to order books from Longbarrow Press:
1. First-rate poems
2. Scrupulously edited
3. Meticulously designed
4. Handsomely produced
5. Fastidiously packaged
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
1. First-rate poems
2. Scrupulously edited
3. Meticulously designed
4. Handsomely produced
5. Fastidiously packaged
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
The Decline of British Book Manufacturing Parts I-XXVI
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM
The Decline of British Book Manufacturing Parts I-XXVI
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"Eely is a symphony in four movements. This book-length poem by Steve Ely explores themes of fenland, power, conflict and biodiversity, and the lifecycle, ecology, epic migration, conservation status and enigma of the European eel."
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December 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"Eely is a symphony in four movements. This book-length poem by Steve Ely explores themes of fenland, power, conflict and biodiversity, and the lifecycle, ecology, epic migration, conservation status and enigma of the European eel."
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Did someone say fenland?
"Eely is a symphony in four movements. This book-length poem by Steve Ely explores themes of fenland, power, conflict and biodiversity, and the lifecycle, ecology, epic migration, conservation status and enigma of the European eel."
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February 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Did someone say fenland?
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To both possess and be possessed by what has been forbidden.
Do we ever learn to live with less? The literal work
of keeping the apricots from going to waste. I want this.
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
Out now
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Do we ever learn to live with less? The literal work
of keeping the apricots from going to waste. I want this.
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
To both possess and be possessed by what has been forbidden.
Do we ever learn to live with less? The literal work
of keeping the apricots from going to waste. I want this.
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Do we ever learn to live with less? The literal work
of keeping the apricots from going to waste. I want this.
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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'A walk is an act of displacement. A walk is an act of attention. Are either of these things true? Wrong question. Can they both be true at the same time? Wrong question.'
'Point Zero': a night walk from Thorne to Goole
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'Point Zero': a night walk from Thorne to Goole
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January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
'A walk is an act of displacement. A walk is an act of attention. Are either of these things true? Wrong question. Can they both be true at the same time? Wrong question.'
'Point Zero': a night walk from Thorne to Goole
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'Point Zero': a night walk from Thorne to Goole
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"Everything flows, everything is the eel."
Out now from Longbarrow Press: Steve Ely's 'Eely', a symphony in four movements. Fenland, power, conflict, biodiversity. Here's a short introduction with four poems:
longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/e...
Out now from Longbarrow Press: Steve Ely's 'Eely', a symphony in four movements. Fenland, power, conflict, biodiversity. Here's a short introduction with four poems:
longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/e...
September 21, 2024 at 2:24 PM
"Everything flows, everything is the eel."
Out now from Longbarrow Press: Steve Ely's 'Eely', a symphony in four movements. Fenland, power, conflict, biodiversity. Here's a short introduction with four poems:
longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/e...
Out now from Longbarrow Press: Steve Ely's 'Eely', a symphony in four movements. Fenland, power, conflict, biodiversity. Here's a short introduction with four poems:
longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/e...
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I do miss working at a bigger office where it was possible to print my zine for eighteen months on an industrial printer without anyone noticing 🖨️🖨️🖨️
people claim WFH is bad for the economy but at least at home i’m only stealing company time instead of company time and massive amounts of company stationary
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I do miss working at a bigger office where it was possible to print my zine for eighteen months on an industrial printer without anyone noticing 🖨️🖨️🖨️
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I call you grandson, and you look
and in that look, you become my grandson.
Like this, like light returning from one mirror
to another, we create each other.
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
Out now from Longbarrow Press
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and in that look, you become my grandson.
Like this, like light returning from one mirror
to another, we create each other.
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
Out now from Longbarrow Press
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
March 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I call you grandson, and you look
and in that look, you become my grandson.
Like this, like light returning from one mirror
to another, we create each other.
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
Out now from Longbarrow Press
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
and in that look, you become my grandson.
Like this, like light returning from one mirror
to another, we create each other.
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
Out now from Longbarrow Press
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
The first unsolicited London Book Fair meeting request of 2026. Spring is around the corner.
"Kindly advise a convenient date/time to schedule our meeting and we will be delighted to meet you."
Of course, please visit our microstand, measuring 1 centimetre x 1 centimetre, staffed by Lego figures
"Kindly advise a convenient date/time to schedule our meeting and we will be delighted to meet you."
Of course, please visit our microstand, measuring 1 centimetre x 1 centimetre, staffed by Lego figures
February 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The first unsolicited London Book Fair meeting request of 2026. Spring is around the corner.
"Kindly advise a convenient date/time to schedule our meeting and we will be delighted to meet you."
Of course, please visit our microstand, measuring 1 centimetre x 1 centimetre, staffed by Lego figures
"Kindly advise a convenient date/time to schedule our meeting and we will be delighted to meet you."
Of course, please visit our microstand, measuring 1 centimetre x 1 centimetre, staffed by Lego figures
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Whoopers cruise the Dutch Barn’s shadow, pen and cob,
a litter of half-grown cygnets, upending in the algal soup,
plucking out pondweed, diving beetles, the monstrous
Palaeozoic nymphs of Anax imperator.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
a litter of half-grown cygnets, upending in the algal soup,
plucking out pondweed, diving beetles, the monstrous
Palaeozoic nymphs of Anax imperator.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Whoopers cruise the Dutch Barn’s shadow, pen and cob,
a litter of half-grown cygnets, upending in the algal soup,
plucking out pondweed, diving beetles, the monstrous
Palaeozoic nymphs of Anax imperator.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
a litter of half-grown cygnets, upending in the algal soup,
plucking out pondweed, diving beetles, the monstrous
Palaeozoic nymphs of Anax imperator.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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Earlier this year, we published 'To the End of the Land', a text & audio collaboration between Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, grounded in the landscapes of Nova Scotia. Apt for winter reading (and listening).
You can order the pamphlet & CD here:
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You can order the pamphlet & CD here:
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December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Earlier this year, we published 'To the End of the Land', a text & audio collaboration between Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, grounded in the landscapes of Nova Scotia. Apt for winter reading (and listening).
You can order the pamphlet & CD here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
You can order the pamphlet & CD here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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Very much looking forward to having a table for Essence Press at the Artists' Bookmarket this coming weekend 14-15 Feb @fruitmarket.bsky.social #ArtistsBookMarket
Do drop by to say hello if you are nearby... Over 60 book artist and publisher tables to browse.
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/artist...
Do drop by to say hello if you are nearby... Over 60 book artist and publisher tables to browse.
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/artist...
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Very much looking forward to having a table for Essence Press at the Artists' Bookmarket this coming weekend 14-15 Feb @fruitmarket.bsky.social #ArtistsBookMarket
Do drop by to say hello if you are nearby... Over 60 book artist and publisher tables to browse.
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/artist...
Do drop by to say hello if you are nearby... Over 60 book artist and publisher tables to browse.
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/artist...
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Big broodfish winter at sea: enter the river
each spring to seek their redds—Gironde, Garonne,
Dordogne. Everything’s against them: bycatch,
gravel works, Golfech’s hydroelectric plant
and pressurised water-cooled reactors.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
Out now
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each spring to seek their redds—Gironde, Garonne,
Dordogne. Everything’s against them: bycatch,
gravel works, Golfech’s hydroelectric plant
and pressurised water-cooled reactors.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
August 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Big broodfish winter at sea: enter the river
each spring to seek their redds—Gironde, Garonne,
Dordogne. Everything’s against them: bycatch,
gravel works, Golfech’s hydroelectric plant
and pressurised water-cooled reactors.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
each spring to seek their redds—Gironde, Garonne,
Dordogne. Everything’s against them: bycatch,
gravel works, Golfech’s hydroelectric plant
and pressurised water-cooled reactors.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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Sky darkens bright with ancient light from uncountable
pinprick galaxies, where ‘Oumuamua is lost in space,
swept blind in the Big Bang’s current. A little eel
slips off, begins to make her way downstream.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
pinprick galaxies, where ‘Oumuamua is lost in space,
swept blind in the Big Bang’s current. A little eel
slips off, begins to make her way downstream.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
April 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sky darkens bright with ancient light from uncountable
pinprick galaxies, where ‘Oumuamua is lost in space,
swept blind in the Big Bang’s current. A little eel
slips off, begins to make her way downstream.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
pinprick galaxies, where ‘Oumuamua is lost in space,
swept blind in the Big Bang’s current. A little eel
slips off, begins to make her way downstream.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
Out now
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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Printed papers
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February 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Printed papers
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'A city caught in the act of disappearing.'
Available now: the second part of my conversation with @cwjoneschris.bsky.social for The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, in which he and I discuss his sequence 'Little Piece of Harm' (and other Longbarrow titles).
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Available now: the second part of my conversation with @cwjoneschris.bsky.social for The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, in which he and I discuss his sequence 'Little Piece of Harm' (and other Longbarrow titles).
twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/part-two-o...
February 8, 2026 at 10:10 AM
'A city caught in the act of disappearing.'
Available now: the second part of my conversation with @cwjoneschris.bsky.social for The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, in which he and I discuss his sequence 'Little Piece of Harm' (and other Longbarrow titles).
twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/part-two-o...
Available now: the second part of my conversation with @cwjoneschris.bsky.social for The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, in which he and I discuss his sequence 'Little Piece of Harm' (and other Longbarrow titles).
twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/part-two-o...
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"...addresses the stereotypical view of Surrey in his introduction and regrets that it is 'pretty much at the bottom of the heap in terms of poetic credibility, authenticity of voice, rootedness.'"
New post on 'A Surrey Naturalist by John Bevis, published by @uniformbooks.bsky.social some-landscapes.blogspot.com/2026/02/over...
Over stones, under alders
On John Bevis's collection of found poems, 'A Surrey Naturalist'
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February 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"...addresses the stereotypical view of Surrey in his introduction and regrets that it is 'pretty much at the bottom of the heap in terms of poetic credibility, authenticity of voice, rootedness.'"
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Just released - the 2nd episode of my interview with @thehalt.bsky.social for The Two-Way Poetry Podcast on his memoir Last Collection and my book Little Piece of Harm.
@petegreensolo.com @drjomaher.bsky.social @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @emmabolland.bsky.social
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@petegreensolo.com @drjomaher.bsky.social @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @emmabolland.bsky.social
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Part Two: Brian Lewis on his memoir 'Last Collection' alongside Chris Jones on his book of poems Little Piece of Harm
Here, in the second of two episodes, I continue a slightly different approach and talk to Brian Lewis about his essay/memoir ‘Last Collection’ alongside my own book of poetry Little Piece of Harm.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Just released - the 2nd episode of my interview with @thehalt.bsky.social for The Two-Way Poetry Podcast on his memoir Last Collection and my book Little Piece of Harm.
@petegreensolo.com @drjomaher.bsky.social @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @emmabolland.bsky.social
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@petegreensolo.com @drjomaher.bsky.social @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @emmabolland.bsky.social
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Line Drawing, Layered Print on Hahnemühle Laid Paper
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Line Drawing, Layered Print on Hahnemühle Laid Paper