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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Off to post some incredible books!

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · 16d

Checking stock this afternoon reminded us just how brilliant Ali Graham is...

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Off to post some incredible books!

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · 16d

Checking stock this afternoon reminded us just how brilliant Ali Graham is...

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hem Press' editor had the great pleasure of sitting down with Gregory Betts @whatisapoem.bsky.social to talk about bpNichol!

You can watch it here (due to a technical mishap, you only see Gregory's screen).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6-...

Morgiana Podcast #5: Gregory Betts

YouTube video by Richard Capener

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hem Press' editor had the great pleasure of sitting down with Gregory Betts @whatisapoem.bsky.social to talk about bpNichol!

You can watch it here (due to a technical mishap, you only see Gregory's screen).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6-...

Morgiana Podcast #5: Gregory Betts

YouTube video by Richard Capener

www.youtube.com

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Aug 25

This has noting to do with working class ethics. It's a scatter-gunned attack on publishers with reputation in the indie scene on the basis of having a reputation in the first place, all of whom are highly regarded for lifting up marginalised communities.

Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Aug 25

This libel has been circulating online for months now.

Bad Betty are infamous only for their professionalism.

Hem's editor has worked with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in varying capacities over the years.

HLR is a personal friend of Hem's editor.

The others cited are respected poets.

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · Aug 22

#SealeyChallenge- Days 17 & 18 These seemed to speak to each other or make a connection somehow with their layers of voices, ideas and narratives. Day 17 Rupert Loydell's 2011 Shearsman Books collection, Wildlife. Day 18 is Nikki Dudley 's Hem Press collection Exorcism Becomes Habit from 2023

Two books on my desk, LHS is the green and red striped striking cover of Nikki Dudley's Exorcism Becomes Habit and RHS is Rupert Loydell's Wildlife, cover shows colour illustrations of animals - tiger, rhino, giraffe, crocodile etc.

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Shout out to Kate Siklosi of Gap Riot Press!

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · Aug 21

Day 12 of #sealeychallenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social Briony Hughes's Milk, from @hempressbooks.bsky.social Press in 2023 is an intense account of her health journey during the pandemic. Recommend reading. #poetrysky

holding Briony Hughes's collection Milk, from Hem Press, the cover is a light grey background with abstract pink blobs, black crosses, blobs and dots - very striking.

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

Following the UK's new data laws about adult content, why not buy some contemporary erotic poetry by @amandaearl.bsky.social from the Hem Press store?

www.hempressbooks.com/shop

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Tadd Adcox @inauthenticity.bsky.social · Jul 31

Anyhow if you haven't already here's the part where I tell you you should buy a copy from the excellent @hempressbooks.bsky.social:

Denmark: Variations by James Tadd Adcox — Hem Press

Denmark: Variations proposes alternative versions of Hamlet, perpetually haunting the play in the process. Reaching back through the history of contemporary literature, from conceptual writing to Oul...

www.hempressbooks.com

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

We endeavour to keep all titles in print!

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

In addition, Hem Press hopes you all have lots of sex this weekend. Enjoy!

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

Following the UK's new data laws about adult content, why not buy some contemporary erotic poetry by @amandaearl.bsky.social from the Hem Press store?

www.hempressbooks.com/shop

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Jun 25

This places fault on Hem Press, which holds itself to high standards, where the fault was with Elgin. That it took time to ensure Elgin wasn't a scam contributed to this delay. Having this raised publicly, and so unprofessionally, does not give me confidence. [2/2].

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Jun 25

Initial emails were replied to. The contact at Elgin was delayed in responding. Other Elgin contacts DMed Hem Press authors. These comms were also replied to.

@juleigh.bsky.social I do not expect this to be raised publicly, especially before eligibility has been confirmed and announced. [1/2]

LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · Jun 22

@hempressbooks.bsky.social
Can you reply, pls?
One of your esteemed poets rec'd an award nomination for a poetry book - but you failed to reply to the Elgin Chair
@juleigh.bsky.social

This means your POET will miss out!
I'm writing to ask you to please reply to Juleigh ASAP.
Deadline June 30 🙏

Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Apr 26

Revisiting this podcast interview Hem Press' editor did with Ali Graham. Good times!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zel6...

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Leia Butler @leiabutler.bsky.social · May 29

I’m starting a poetry reading and reviewing challenge from now until October. And what better choice for my first book than ‘Exorcism Becomes Habit’ by @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social published by @hempressbooks.bsky.social.

You can read the review here: leiabutler.com/2025/05/29/e...

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · May 5

An Update on Hem Press

hempress.substack.com/p/an-update-...

An Update on Hem Press

And, no. We're not closing...

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Apr 26

Revisiting this podcast interview Hem Press' editor did with Ali Graham. Good times!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zel6...

Morgiana Podcast #4: Ali Graham

YouTube video by Richard Capener

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Mar 31

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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · Mar 29

#FF It’s National Hot Tub Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with “H”:
@hapterapress.bsky.social
@hauntpublishing.bsky.social
@haydensferryreview.bsky.social
@headlightant.bsky.social
@hempressbooks.bsky.social
@hollowoakpress.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️

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Hem Press @hempressbooks.bsky.social · Mar 21

It was a joy to blurb Leia's new book from Steel Incisors!

Leia Butler @leiabutler.bsky.social · Mar 20

Another day another blurb for my upcoming book with @steelincisors.bsky.social

A huge thanks to Richard from @hempressbooks.bsky.social for this really kind blurb ✨

You can get the collection from this link www.steelincisors.com/product/make...

Social materia makes up as in daydream but also physically construct/construe a body and what are the boundaries of consent &c. that are crossed in the doing. What is undone enacts in turn on social impositions like job interviews or funerals when all we want is to autonomise desire. The body not disavowing but strung up also in drug slang sense by organs. Leia Butler turns objects on the gaze. Let them trouble. Be troubled. - by Richard Capener, author of The Enochian Alphabet

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