Image of the book ‘80 Flowers’ written by Louis Zukofsky stood upright on a shelf next to other poetry books. The small book is bound in cream fabric and kept inside a hard case with its spine uncovered.

Image of the poem ‘Finally A Valentine’ written by Louis Zukofsky printed onto white paper and stood upright in front of some book shelves.

Our Small Press Poetry Collection contains publications from over 100 non-mainstream international presses, focussing on the avant-garde.

We recently added Louis Zukovsky's posthumously published final work '80 Flowers' (1978) to this collection.

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🖼️SPP 1983, Broadside 50

The British Book Awards Small press of the year Regional & Country Winner Wales Broken Sleep Books

We've won Small Press of the Year for Wales! It's great to be recognised for our work degentrifying the arts, platforming low socio-economic writers, & without grants or institutional support!

To celebrate, everything is 10% off on our website with code 'WINNERS2026'

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Yet another mid-talks attack jeopardises chances of Iran taking Trump seriously Second Israeli-US attack during nuclear negotiations may finally jettison any chance of agreement

‘As one Iranian Telegram channel put it: “Once again the US attacked while Iran was pursuing diplomacy. Once again diplomacy does not work with the terrorist state of the US.”’

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Just going to leave this here

This is excellent, details are spot on 👌

Teodora Axente’s Transylvanian fantasies The Romanian artist blends Orthodox tradition with witty surrealism. It’s her vocation...

At the opening of her recent London show, Romanian artist Teodora Axente wore a dress she had stitched herself for the occasion: a sheer chiffon number, with three sleeves. The extra limb wasn’t mere whimsy, but a reference to Saint John of Damascus, who, accused of treachery, had his right hand cut

I am very glad to have been the occasion of this new series for C21 Literature. Huge thanks to Alex Houen, Leonid Bilmes, Laura A. Zander, and Adam Kelly for their engagements with Free Indirect, and to Denise Wong and Oli Haslam for the invitation to respond.

Three copies of Steve Ely's 'Eely' against an orange background.

Visionary, urgent… truly extraordinary blendings of environmental & social history. - Mark Wormald
A spirited, astonishing, bewildering collection. - Adam Piette
One of 2024's wildest volumes of poetry. - Christian Bok

'Eely'
Steve Ely
£2 off until 4 February
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<em>C21</em>’s Roundtable Review of Timothy Bewes’s <em>Free Indirect: The Novel in a Postfictional Age</em> (2022)

C21 journal has published a ‘round table review’ of Timothy Bewes’s book FREE INDIRECT. It includes a short essay by me; other contributors include Leonid Bilmes, Laura Zander & Adam Kelly. Bewes does a response at the end 👇

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Chicago Review seeks pitches of critical reviews, commentary essays, notes and reflections on contemporary British experimental poetry 👇

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Grant: The Ian Rosenfeld Fund Gallery Rosenfeld has announced the launch of the&nbsp;Ian Rosenfeld Fund—a&nbsp;£7,500 annual award&nbsp;supporting an&nbsp;early- to mid-career artist, continuing Ian Rosenfeld’s legacy of championi

London’s Gallery Rosenfeld has announced the launch of the Ian Rosenfeld Fund—a £7,500 annual award supporting an early- to mid-career artist. Details👇

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Blackbox Manifold Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné Cameron Clark James Coghill Toby d'Arpino David Eileen Naomi Foyle Angela Gardner Rebecca Goss Kevin Graham Michael Grieve Eddie Heaton

✨BLACKBOX MANIFOLD 35✨ is now live, with poems by Shara McCallum, Dorothy Lehane, Rebecca Goss, Angela Gardner, Philip Terry, and others.

Plus Adam Piette reviews Keaton Sutherland and Jennifer Scappettone

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The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial Editorial: Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edge

‘From 2028, universities must pay a new flat tax or “levy” of £925 for every international student they recruit. Coming on top of tighter visa restrictions, which make recruitment harder, some universities will find it increasingly tough to balance their books’

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Hard to roll this powdery snow into a ball, so my daughter made a snow blob named Jimathon ❄️

✨TONIGHT✨👇

New Kindle Feature Uses AI to Answer Questions About Books—And Authors Can't Opt Out - Reactor The new feature, called Ask this Book, is already drawing controversy and unanswered questions.

Amazon announces Ask This Book AI bot. Authors and publishers were not asked to be included and cannot opt-out.

Going to this on Sunday. Still reading Alex and Geoff's poem-novel *See You Through* published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social & finding it pretty astonishing. Hope it finds some of the readers who have responded to e.g. writing by @waidner.bsky.social -- anyway, come if you can, London

Venezuela decries ‘act of piracy’ after US forces seize oil tanker off country’s coast Footage uploaded to X by US attorney general shows its forces landing on the tanker in major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign

“The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted its own video edit of the seizure, soundtracked with an excerpt from LL Cool J’s song Mama Said Knock You Out”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Geoff Gilbert and Alex Houen - See You Through: A Novel | Broken Sleep Books Geoff Gilbert and Alex Houen’s See You Through: A Novel is a formally restless, genre-collapsing hybrid that inhabits the threshold between poetry and fiction. Structured around a shifting dialogue of...

Geoff and I will be reading from SEE YOU THROUGH, the poem-novel we co-wrote

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Xing the Line | Facebook Iris Colomb created an event for the group.

Looking fwd to doing a poetry reading with Geoff Gilbert and Maria Sledmere for the ✨Xing the Line✨ series, next Sun 14th Dec, 6pm at Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes, 32-36 Kingsland Rd, London, E2 8DA 👇

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✨Submissions are now open for The Propel Cambridge Poetry Prize 2026✨

Entry is free and poets anywhere in the world who have not yet published a full-length collection can submit. The winning poem will receive a prize of £750 and publication in Propel Magazine.

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Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes

‘The new UN report, covering a two-year period since the beginning of the Gaza war on 7 October 2023, draws attention to the “high proportion of children who are currently detained without charge or on remand”’

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

My new book Elle: A Verse Novel is published by Broken Sleep Books My new book Elle: A Verse Novel is published by Broken Sleep Books in November 2025   Details for PRE ORDER:  Robert Sheppard - Elle, a ...

One week to publication of ELLE: a verse novel. Online launch and publication details here: robertsheppard.blogspot.com/2025/10/my-n...

TONIGHT! 👇

Looking fwd to this poetry reading by ✨ROD MENGHAM and JOHN WILKINSON ✨ in Pembroke College, Cambridge, 7pm this Thurs 20th. *Free and open to all*. Full details here 👇

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Cambridge folk, I am giving a talk on Tuesday 18th Nov, 5 pm, at the English Faculty 9 West Road called "Destructive Characters: Graham Greene to the KLF". There will be Walter Benjamin plus film clips! Come along if you are so inclined; I understand there will be wine.

Stoat Poetry - About Stoat Poetry is a new, paper-based magazine operating out of the North of Scotland and Greece. Stoat aims to publish the best original poetry on any theme from new and established poets. We receive no...

Stoat Poetry, a new magazine edited by Ingrid Leonard.
www.stoatmagazine.co.uk/about

The national Jane Martin Poetry Prize 2026 will be open on 3rd Nov for entries (two poems max) from UK residents aged 18 to 30. No fee for entry. First prize is £1000, second prize is £500. More details here👇

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Looking forward to launching SEE YOU THROUGH in Cambridge with Geoff Gilbert at 7pm, Thurs 23rd October. We’ll be reading with Iain Britton, who’ll be launching his pamphlet UNCERTAIN DENSITIES. The event is free and open to all. Further details here👇
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