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
https://longbarrowpress.com
Rolling out the sound condenses over ice,
sea smoke trails the boat, twists of light letter the air,
a language holding low around the edges of the world,
empty and endless for the mind to lodge at zero.
Kelvin Corcoran
sea smoke trails the boat, twists of light letter the air,
a language holding low around the edges of the world,
empty and endless for the mind to lodge at zero.
Kelvin Corcoran
First published as a 'digital pamphlet' in 2023, and briefly available as a print edition in 2024, here's the free, downloadable PDF of our 'Winter Songs' mini-anthology, with poems apt for the year's end, and the year to come.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Rolling out the sound condenses over ice,
sea smoke trails the boat, twists of light letter the air,
a language holding low around the edges of the world,
empty and endless for the mind to lodge at zero.
Kelvin Corcoran
sea smoke trails the boat, twists of light letter the air,
a language holding low around the edges of the world,
empty and endless for the mind to lodge at zero.
Kelvin Corcoran
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A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours. Recent hardbacks include Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour' (you'll also receive a free 'Inventory' pamphlet). Order here:
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November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours. Recent hardbacks include Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour' (you'll also receive a free 'Inventory' pamphlet). Order here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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Visionary, urgent… truly extraordinary blendings of environmental & social history. - Mark Wormald
This spirited, astonishing, bewildering collection is one of the best long poems I have read. - Adam Piette
One of 2024's wildest volumes of poetry. - Christian Bok
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This spirited, astonishing, bewildering collection is one of the best long poems I have read. - Adam Piette
One of 2024's wildest volumes of poetry. - Christian Bok
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Visionary, urgent… truly extraordinary blendings of environmental & social history. - Mark Wormald
This spirited, astonishing, bewildering collection is one of the best long poems I have read. - Adam Piette
One of 2024's wildest volumes of poetry. - Christian Bok
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
This spirited, astonishing, bewildering collection is one of the best long poems I have read. - Adam Piette
One of 2024's wildest volumes of poetry. - Christian Bok
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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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
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...
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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Had a great time in here this week. And I'm excited to read my copy of 'Eely' by Steve Ely - an epic poem that references, amongst other things, the North Atlantic Gyre, the head of mercian King Penda, Cornelius Vermuyden, and the 1974 FA Cup Final.
Time flies when you're doing all sorts of things you weren't planning to.
Later than planned, more poetry! On the top shelf you can see new arrivals from @longbarrowpress.bsky.social - The Footing collection, Steve Ely, Mark Goodwin, Angelina D'Roza and others. Shelves need some re-order... 1/2
Later than planned, more poetry! On the top shelf you can see new arrivals from @longbarrowpress.bsky.social - The Footing collection, Steve Ely, Mark Goodwin, Angelina D'Roza and others. Shelves need some re-order... 1/2
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Had a great time in here this week. And I'm excited to read my copy of 'Eely' by Steve Ely - an epic poem that references, amongst other things, the North Atlantic Gyre, the head of mercian King Penda, Cornelius Vermuyden, and the 1974 FA Cup Final.
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I understand those sharing that their grandparents migrated here with very little & the children and grandchildren ended up doing highly valued jobs. I also hope we don't just value one another according to income or job. There are so many other ways people contribute to society and communities.
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I understand those sharing that their grandparents migrated here with very little & the children and grandchildren ended up doing highly valued jobs. I also hope we don't just value one another according to income or job. There are so many other ways people contribute to society and communities.
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"The nature of a pop-up is that it is drawing to a close from the moment that it opens. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It can help to give it focus and purpose."
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"The nature of a pop-up is that it is drawing to a close from the moment that it opens. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It can help to give it focus and purpose."
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
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First published as a 'digital pamphlet' in 2023, and briefly available as a print edition in 2024, here's the free, downloadable PDF of our 'Winter Songs' mini-anthology, with poems apt for the year's end, and the year to come.
longbarrowpress.com/wp-content/u...
longbarrowpress.com/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
First published as a 'digital pamphlet' in 2023, and briefly available as a print edition in 2024, here's the free, downloadable PDF of our 'Winter Songs' mini-anthology, with poems apt for the year's end, and the year to come.
longbarrowpress.com/wp-content/u...
longbarrowpress.com/wp-content/u...
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books find their readers. two years after its publication, I’m delighted to see this insightful review of The Pleasure of the Coast by Canadian small press powerhouse @robmclennan.bsky.social
J.R. Carpenter, Le plaisir de la côte / The Pleasure of the Coast / @pamenarpress.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social ;
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J.R. Carpenter, Le plaisir de la côte / The Pleasure of the Coast
between the ship and the quay lies two metres of incompressible ocean two metres of light between the edge of the sea and the horiz...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
books find their readers. two years after its publication, I’m delighted to see this insightful review of The Pleasure of the Coast by Canadian small press powerhouse @robmclennan.bsky.social
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"A quietness falling on my small house. And the fuchsia that keeps on well into winter. I wasn’t there to cut it back, or to watch the settling of things."
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
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'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
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December 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"A quietness falling on my small house. And the fuchsia that keeps on well into winter. I wasn’t there to cut it back, or to watch the settling of things."
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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"12.39pm. Lots of people are buying fresh fruit today, which is good to see, but not many people are buying books. At least books don’t spoil after a few days, with the exception of Edgelands by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
December 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"12.39pm. Lots of people are buying fresh fruit today, which is good to see, but not many people are buying books. At least books don’t spoil after a few days, with the exception of Edgelands by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
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If you're in Sheffield, we can deliver by hand, on foot, to any address in the city encircled by the blue line (and we're happy to gift-wrap books, if you like, at no extra cost). This might be useful for any last-minute Christmas orders (last day to order via this method is Tuesday 23 Dec).
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If you're in Sheffield, we can deliver by hand, on foot, to any address in the city encircled by the blue line (and we're happy to gift-wrap books, if you like, at no extra cost). This might be useful for any last-minute Christmas orders (last day to order via this method is Tuesday 23 Dec).
"12.39pm. Lots of people are buying fresh fruit today, which is good to see, but not many people are buying books. At least books don’t spoil after a few days, with the exception of Edgelands by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
December 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"12.39pm. Lots of people are buying fresh fruit today, which is good to see, but not many people are buying books. At least books don’t spoil after a few days, with the exception of Edgelands by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
Solidarity with everyone making new work in the face of premature end-of-year lists and farewells to 2025
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Solidarity with everyone making new work in the face of premature end-of-year lists and farewells to 2025
"A quietness falling on my small house. And the fuchsia that keeps on well into winter. I wasn’t there to cut it back, or to watch the settling of things."
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"A quietness falling on my small house. And the fuchsia that keeps on well into winter. I wasn’t there to cut it back, or to watch the settling of things."
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
'The Blue Hour'
Angelina D'Roza
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:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
You can order the pamphlet & CD here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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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"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
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Line Drawing, Grid, Variation, Layered Print on Wove Paper
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Line Drawing, Grid, Variation, Layered Print on Wove Paper
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You may not realize it, but what you need in your life is an epic poem about the migration of eels. I'm serious, it's amazing. longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/e...
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You may not realize it, but what you need in your life is an epic poem about the migration of eels. I'm serious, it's amazing. longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/e...
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These handsomely crafted books make excellent Christmas presents and, being rectilinear, they are very easy to wrap
A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours. Recent hardbacks include Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour' (you'll also receive a free 'Inventory' pamphlet). Order here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
These handsomely crafted books make excellent Christmas presents and, being rectilinear, they are very easy to wrap
"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
"I recall a sense of writing from one ephemeral, collective platform (the pop-up shop) into another (Twitter), and that both were conducive to discovery and dialogue. Improvisations in an improvised space."
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"I recall a sense of writing from one ephemeral, collective platform (the pop-up shop) into another (Twitter), and that both were conducive to discovery and dialogue. Improvisations in an improvised space."
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
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...
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...
'Few tickets left', if you're thinking of attending. Leeds Art Gallery, Sunday 7 December, 12pm-2.30pm.
I'm doing an in person workshop, 'Experimental Ekphrasis: audio guide as poetry', as part of the upcoming exhibition (feat. me and 7 other amazing artists) Another Way of Seeing. Booking essential. Limited places so only book if your'e gonna come: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experiment...
Experimental Ekphrasis: audio guide as poetry workshop with Emma Bolland
Exploring poetic methods for communicating experiences of artworks in the exhibition Another Way of Seeing.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
'Few tickets left', if you're thinking of attending. Leeds Art Gallery, Sunday 7 December, 12pm-2.30pm.