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Have we left it too late for our planet? You decide with these poems from AARDVARK DAY by Vicky Gatehouse!

Perfect for KS2 students (Y4-5) exploring living things & their habits, human beings & the environment & poetry 🪴

Available in all good bookshops 14 May 2026 / pre-order: buff.ly/uZuQLN2

'Mary Shelley and I are shipwrecked' by Catherine Redford from her debut collection THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME ✨

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⭐ Explore more of Catherine's work ~ online launch feat. guest poet Sarah Doyle available on YouTube: buff.ly/fJF8wGL

SPRING 2026 OPEN SUBMISSIONS

From Monday 11 May-Sunday 17 May (deadline 11.59pm, UK time) we will be accepting proposals for essays and short fiction that would fit well with our existing catalogue.

For full details: buff.ly/7w6gSov

Ode to Kaya Egg jam first on my young tongue: palm sugar sweet, coconut milk rich. Thick layers on charred toast, salted butter cubes between, melting in Penang sweat. My Goh Ee Poh stood for hours stirring you in that double-boiled heat. Exports to be swaddled, twisted into pink and green plastic bags, nestled amongst swimming costumes and sundresses − rituals to ward off mid-air leaks in the 14 hours from one home to the other. Back in England your layers thinned, our knives more sparing after each spread. After Goh Ee Poh grew too frail, aunties and uncles gifted us store-bought surrogates. You were labelled Kaya. Our cupboards filled with your empties, aides-mémoire of indulgence repurposed to house fragrant rice, Chinese mushrooms, our longing for Nyonya flavours. [Word count limit for sample poem]

Pre-orders now open for EATING AIR by Suyin Du Bois, a mouth-watering book of poems about food, belonging and connection.

Head over to The Emma Press website for more: buff.ly/nER3SEo 🍜

Cover by Reena Makwana ❤️

Charm for Unfruitful Land (Remixed) The good news is the wolves have returned to Europe. The bad news is people are killing wolves again. I own no underwear from this island. There is no purely wild place left on this island. I buy wildflower seeds from the dark web. I walk on the earth while there is still time and sprinkle seeds on riverbanks, lawns and graveyards. The smoke pours across borders and becomes the sky. It’s time to buy an air filter and give it a name. I am stuck inside a well and Europe is the silver bucket framed against the sky. We are living in the overlap. We can create clouds from seawater. We drilled into Antarctica to find the most transparent ice. This ice is compressed by other ice so it’s dark down there, dark enough to see neutrinos belly-flop into light.

Pre-orders now open for MILK & MOON-WATER ~ Charm Poems by Milena Williamson 💫

A collection of 11 Old English metrical charms – ancient incantations spoken to ward off harm – creatively translated into magical and medicinal spells for the modern reader: buff.ly/mLxxThz

Cover by Maggie Mason

Join us to celebration the publication of Aardvark Day with poems by Victoria Gatehouse. Thursday 14 May, 7pm. Online via Zoom.

Join us to celebrate the launch of Victoria Gatehouse‘s debut poetry collection for children, Aardvark Day! Vicky will share a selection of fun and fact-filled poems about fascinating creatures and talk about her inspiration for the book.

🐾 Register here: buff.ly/Hcrwoaz

"[...] when that poem happened it really drew all those different things together, and it just felt like the right symbol that seemed to connect what this whole project was." Zain Rishi talks about the process of writing NOON!!🩷

✨ Order your copy here: buff.ly/YeZhklk ✨

To brighten up your day, here's an ultraviolet triolet from AARDVARK DAY, Victoria Gatehouse's debut children's collection, released on 14 May!

🐝 Pre-order AARDVARK DAY via our webshop to receive your copy ahead of publication: buff.ly/oieyycx

“Her stunning use of image and metaphor gives form to the frightening chaos of grief.” ~ Jenny Hockey, Write Out Loud

We're so pleased to receive such a beautiful review of THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME ~ order your copy here: buff.ly/JfpT3ta

THE WAITER by Kwan Ann Tan is available on audiobook on our website!!👾

Please enjoy this little preview narrated by the fantastic Vera Chok 💖

✨ Order the paperback and audiobook here: buff.ly/hu7wom7 ✨

Generously funded by The Space

Happy publication day to Catherine Redford and her brilliant collection THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME!!💖

Join us at the online launch tomorrow at 7pm ~ get your tickets here: buff.ly/BALW9FZ

Order your copy here: buff.ly/dg4W4gn

Join us on 20th March for the online launch on THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME!💖

Catherine will be in conversation with the book’s editor, James Trevelyan, and guest poet Sarah Doyle!

⭐ Book your place here: buff.ly/TzhBrpk ⭐

Photo of Lilija on a beach, holding a cat.

We are so saddened to hear of the passing of writer, illustrator and translator Lilija Berzinska. We had the pleasure of working with Lilija on the English edition of her book "The Skeleton in the Cupboard" in 2024, and she was an absolute joy. Our thoughts go out to her family. buff.ly/GmMXBCR

Good Friday from THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME by Catherine Redford ❤️

We're now just one week away from publication day!! ~ pre-order your copy here: buff.ly/JfpT3ta ✨

Blackberry Picking from his debut pamphlet NOON!!🩷

⭐ Order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/YeZhklk ⭐

BOUND audiobook is available on our website!!

Enjoy a little sneak peek of the audiobook read by the amazing Maddie Ballard ~ It's perfect to listen to while sewing and crafting!!

You can order both the BOUND paperback and audiobook together here: buff.ly/XagQWt1

Generously funded by The Space

It's World Book Day!! What are you reading today?

Celebrate with one of our children's fiction or poetry bundles via our webshop here: buff.ly/YUnpVsR 💖

#WorldBookDay

Obituary by Catherine Redford from her debut collection THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME 🩷

⭐ Publishing 19th March ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/dg4W4gn ⭐

THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME copies have arrived!! We're so grateful to have amazing quotes by Liz Berry and Fiona Benson on the cover! 💖

Cover by: Amy Louise Evans

✨ Pre-order a copy here buff.ly/dg4W4gn ✨

"What a wonder it is to encounter a voice like this, filled with such tenderness and longing." ~ Tishani Doshi, author of A God at the Door 🩷

We are delighted to receive such stunning praise for NOON by Zain Rishi!! ✨

⭐ Pre-order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/jG6fc5d ⭐

“[...]the stories certainly linger in the mind for a long time after you’ve read them.” Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings wrote a lovely review of HAILMAN by Leanne Radojkovich!🩷

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We are beyond thrilled to announce that The Emma Press has been chosen as a Midlands Regional & Country Finalist for The British Book Awards Small Press of the Year!🎊 🎉

It's such a huge honour to be nominated - Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us!!✨ #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies

🌞 Happy Publication day to Zain Rishi!🌞

We are absolutely thrilled to be publishing Zain's debut pamphlet NOON!🩷

It is such a stunning pamphlet and I can't wait for everyone to get their hands on it!

⭐ Order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/jG6fc5d ⭐

📣 COVER REVEAL!!📣 AARDVARK DAY by Victoria Gatehouse is a children's poetry debut about the world's weird and wonderful plants and animals!🌿

Illustrated by: Kate Lucy Foster

Publishing 14 May 2026 ~ PREORDERS NOW OPEN!!

⭐ Pre-order here: buff.ly/1AOGF8k ⭐

📣 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!! The Emma Press is absolutely thrilled to announce the acquisition of THERE IS NO WORD ALIVE FOR WHAT I AM by Rachel Jeffcoat!!⭐

‼️ Read the full acquisition announcement here: buff.ly/Z9Wjrlj ‼️

"I found myself falling into it, and finding that it was a medium of expression where I could say what I really wanted to..." Zain Rishi author of NOON talks about his journey into poetry!🩷

⭐ Pre-order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/2OIbf9d ⭐

Join us in March to celebrate the launch of THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME by Catherine Redford!❤️

March 20, 7pm (Zoom)

✨ Book your place here: buff.ly/TfbPLgq ✨

Thank you to everyone who has played through and enjoyed our interactive Instagram game written by Kwan Ann Tan!!

Sadly we can't keep this active forever and will have to take it down on 20th February! You can find it pinned on our Instagram profile here: buff.ly/QMDCbbh ✨

NOON pamphlets have arrived!! We're so grateful to have such amazing praise from Seán Hewitt and Jackie Kay on the cover! ✨

"Dazzling, tender, unexpected" ~ Jackie Kay

"Precise, elegant, surprising and romantic." ~ Seán Hewitt

⭐ Pre-order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/jG6fc5d ⭐