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Anne Cakebread @cakebreadillust.bsky.social · 3d

Fred and Wilma with the two new books in the series ‘Teach Your Dog Korean’ & ‘Teach Your Dog Scots’. Available from @ylolfa.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social

#korean #LearnKorean #Scots #LearnScots #whippets #HotoffthePress

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Aug 6

Five books to add to your poetry tbr for The Sealey Challenge 💫

🎀 Makeover

🙆🏻‍♂️ Mate Arias

🌙 Mother Night

✊🏽 Cane, Corn & Gully

💍 All the Men I Never Married

#Bookstagram #Poetry #Bookshops #sealychallenge

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Aug 4

If your shelves lean toward the beautifully strange, don’t sleep on…

🎀 Girlbeast

⛰️ Mountainish

🌿 The Earth is Falling

@prototypepubs.bsky.social publish bold, inventive and quietly unforgettable stories that linger long after the covers close ❤️‍🔥

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · Jul 21

Oo a preorder steal on WHSmith's (TJ Jones) for upcoming quirky speculative novel, The Water That May Come by @amylilwall.bsky.social ! £1 off and free delivery on preorders :D

www.tgjonesonline.co.uk/Product/Amy-... @inpressbooks.bsky.social #clifi #books📚💙

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Jul 21

Dream of writing a novel? ✨ Join bestselling author Lucy Rose & acclaimed writer Jessie Elland for Becoming a Novelist — a creative masterclass in story, character & publishing know-how.
📍 South Shields, Sept 14th
🎟️ Just £3 — link in bio
#WriteFest2025 #TheWordSouthShields #SouthTyneside

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Come say hi on September 14th!

WRITE Festival 2025: Northern Voices Take Centre Stage in South Shields - Newcastle Magazine - Your source for inspiring Newcastle news

Location: The Word, South ShieldsTickets: https://linktr.ee/inpressbooksJoin us for a day of creativity, connection, and inspiration at WRITE Festival 2025

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · Jul 15

our hot weather sale continues... Use the code HOT at checkout. sale includes fiction titles by #cherrypotts #liamhogan @davidhartley.bsky.social #lilypeters and a profusion of anthology contributors arachnepress.com/Hot-Weather-...
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Hot Weather Sale

At risk of making it rain until September, we are having a HOT Weather Sale. Spend the hot weather with a book... hide from the heat with The Arctic Diaries , dally in the flames with Devilskein and D...

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Jul 15

Join poets Megan Pattie, Rob Walton & Ilisha Purcell for The Poet’s Survival Guide—resilience, creativity & building your voice. Sept 14, South Shields. Tickets £3 - Link in bio 🎟️ #WriteFest2025 #Poetry #Publishing #CreativeCommunity

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · Jul 14

Britain is about to flood... @amylilwall.bsky.social introduces her new cli-fi novel 'The Water That May Come'

www.youtube.com/shorts/U40O4...

Pre-orders open now! @inpressbooks.bsky.social

Britain is about to flood...Amy Lilwall introduces her new cli-fi novel 'The Water That May Come'

YouTube video by Fly on the Wall Press

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Jul 14

WRITE FESTIVAL 2025 IS HERE!

📍 South Shields, Sept 14
🎟️ Tickets £3
🔗 Link in bio

✨ Novelist tips w/ Lucy Rose & Jessie Elland
🖋️ Poetry survival w/ Megan Pattie, Rob Walton & Ilisha Purcell
📖 Publishing insights from Mslexia, NWN & Haunt

#Poetry #SouthShields #SouthTyneside #Writing #Writer #Poet

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · Jul 8

forget prime - buy poetry in our HOT weather sale - 50% with code HOT cool books for hot weather arachnepress.com/Hot-Weather-... highlighting poets with books in the sale: including @emmalee1.bsky.social @sarahleavesley.bsky.social #annemacaulay #adriennesilcock @inpressbooks.bsky.social

Hot Weather Sale

At risk of making it rain until September, we are having a HOT Weather Sale. Spend the hot weather with a book... hide from the heat with The Arctic Diaries , dally in the flames with Devilskein and D...

arachnepress.com

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · Jun 19

Portals 🧿

A series of pocket-sized doorways into expansive bodies of thought from Spiral House, a new imprint of Silver Press 🌀

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · Jun 17

Happy #IndependentBookshopWeek to #thehoursbrecon where we read from Afonydd just under a fortnight ago. Great bookshop - great cafe, great surroundings. The have great books too, including Afonydd and A470!
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @llyfraucymru.bsky.social

Gareth, a middle aged white man in a cream jacket holds his glasses and reads from a book

Grahame, a middle aged white man in dark clothes reads from a book

group photo of beaming poets 5 men and 3 women

Jo a middle aged white woman with glasses and wearing dark clothes reads from a book

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Jun 16

Happy Bloomsday & happy 2-year anniversary to @helenpalmer.pharmsky.app's Pleasure Beach!

Set on 16 June 1999, the novel follows the interconnecting journeys & thoughts of 3 young women over the course of 24 hrs/18 chptrs structured the same way as Ulysses.
prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/plea...

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The Poetry Business @poetrybusiness.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thanks to Tim Relf and The Bookseller for featuring us in this week's issue! It's been a wonderful 40 years 🎉

www.thebookseller.com/trade-interv...

@thebookseller.com
@timrelf.bsky.social

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · Jun 13

We're looking forward to introducing readers to Alex Hubbard's debut novel ‘Storm’ later this year! Find out more here www.thebookseller.com/rights/seren... @alhub.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Jun 12

Welsh independent publisher Seren Books has acquired debut author Alex Hubbard’s contemporary Gothic novel Storm. The book will be published in October 2025 👇 #BookSky

Seren Books to publish debut contemporary Gothic novel by Alex Hubbard

www.thebookseller.com

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Jun 11

'a compelling debut from a poet whose silk is spun not just from intellect, but from instinct, feeling, and very finely wrought form.'

A lovely review of Imogen Cassels' Silk Work by @mabjones.bsky.social in her latest poetry column for Buzz Mag.

www.buzzmag.co.uk/new-poetry-j...

New poetry for June: boxing clubs, house clearances and a tribute to Wales’ tributaries

Mab Jones' latest column features London’s Imogen Cassels, Cambridge’s Alison Binney, south Wales' Dai Smith and a river-themed anthology.

www.buzzmag.co.uk

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Charco Press @charcopress.com · Jun 11

The Edinburgh International Book Festival Programme is out! And we are so excited to see that CAUTERY author Lucía Lijtmaer will be appearing on Wed 20 Aug along poet and author Monika Radojevic. If you are planning to be in Edinburgh, get your tickets today!
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

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Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 9

Individual copies of our latest issue are now available via @inpressbooks.bsky.social!

Get your copy of MPT Presently Proximal Person: Focus on Experimental Translations:

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MPT Presently Proximal Person: Focus on Experimental Translations

MPT No. 1 2025 ‘Presently Proximal Person’ focuses on experiments with translation, ‘afters’, plays with form, translations of the avant-garde (taking into account the complications of different cultu...

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Jun 6

🎨✨ Get ready to doodle, dream, and draw your own adventure! ✨🎨

Say hello to Brydon Books and their brilliant new series DRAW THIS BOOK where you become the illustrator! Grab your crayons, unleash your imagination, and Draw This Book your way!

Publishing June 12th!

Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thanks so much for coming along to speak!

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · Jun 4

"What do you think might be the next big thing?
Writing in translation. It shows you an insight into lives lived elsewhere and there is some brilliant writing and translation out there."

Our brilliant MD Sophie was interviewed by @bookbrunch.bsky.social!

www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...

Questions for: Sophie O'Neill

BookBrunch - The publishing trade's daily news magazine

www.bookbrunch.co.uk

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Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com · Jun 2

Managing Director at @inpressbooks.bsky.social ‬
Salary: £50,000 - £54,000 pro rata.
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne.
Closing date: Midday, Tuesday 10th June.
For more details visit bit.ly/2Zt85SE

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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social · May 27

Could you be our new Managing Director?

We're looking for a visionary leader to steer Inpress and the Poetry Book Society into an exciting new chapter.

Join us to lead a unique, nationally recognised organisation rooted in creativity, diversity, and purpose.

inpressbooks.co.uk/pages/work-f...

Work With Inpress

Current Vacancies - MANAGING DIRECTOR We are seeking a visionary and strategic Managing Director to lead Inpress, the Arts Council England funded organisation at the heart of the UK’s independent publ...

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · May 19

Come with actress and presenter #LouiseChild to visit
Waterstones Trafalgar Square ahead of the launch of 'GRQ' (Get Rich Quick), a tragi-comic novella by @stevenbernstein.bsky.social !

www.waterstones.com/events/grq-s... @inpressbooks.bsky.social #books📚💙 #tragicomedy #psychologicaldrama

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