The Contemporary Small Press: organised by Leigh Wilson and Georgina Colby. Small presses, poetry, reading, writing, scholarship.
Joined October 2015
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
17 Aug 2021
Consider it done đ
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17 Aug 2021
Explore views of the Empire State Building throughout the twentieth century! on.nypl.org/3k9ryno
ALT Workers building the Empire State Building
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
29 Jun 2021
â° Last chance to apply for our Publishing Assistant job in #Birmingham - the deadline is this Thursday! We're looking for a self-motivated, creative person with an interest in the operational side of publishing. ÂŁ21k pro rata, 3 days a week, entry-level: theemmapress.com/2021/06/jobâŠ
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
2 Jun 2021
We're so pleased to reveal the cover for Refugee Tales IV (@RefugeeTales)
The volume will be published on the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention and includes tales of detention from across the world.
Feat. @RobGMacfarlane @Bidisha_online @DinaNayeri & many more.
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
19 May 2021
CONGRATULATIONS
to the winner of the 2021 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses:
LOTE by Shola von Reinhold (@socialmedea__ ), published by @JacarandaBooks
vimeo.com/552347223
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
18 May 2021
The time has rolled around again, and we will be announcing the winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses 2021 in about twenty-four hours...!
Thoughts on the shortlist? Hopes for tomorrow? Let us know your picks.
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
15 May 2021
âThe experience of HG varies wildly between the 1.5%. One woman may be consumed by nausea and be unable to eat or leave her bed, another may be so frequently and violently sick that she tears open her throat.â On Charlotte BrontĂ«âs cause of death: hannahcopley.wordpress.com/2âŠ
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15 May 2021
Exciting events coming up this week at the Graduate School Festival at Westminster - open to all and especially interesting to current or future PhD students: blog.westminster.ac.uk/graduâŠ
ContempSmallPress retweeted
15 May 2021
After a DELIGHTFUL shortlist reading event last week, we held our final judging meeting yesterday with @GiantRatSumatra, @guygunaratne and @johnmitchinson. Decisions were made.
We are excited to tell you we will be announcing the winner of this years prize on Wednesday 19th May.
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
7 May 2021
If you're a professional writer, and have had two books published or plays performed and are struggling financially, please get in touch.
We're here for you.
rlf.org.uk/helping-writers/
#WritingCommnunity
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
14 May 2021
The next live online event for #BLF is on sale! Join @lisablowerwrite and @emmapurshouse, talking to @kitdewaal, about writing the Midlands and staying true to your dialect, accent and upbringing. Wed 26 May, 7pm, ÂŁ5 per household, via Zoom: buff.ly/3uvAmWY
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
1 Dec 2020
Hi all. Calling all independent bookshops, book designers, typesetters, editors, printers, translators, basically for anyone involved in the production or publication of small press books who might be interested in being part of this: contemporarysmallpress.com/pâŠ
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
đApplications are now OPEN until July 1st for our Poetry Critics of Colour mentorship scheme! đ
For full details of how to apply and the supports available, see below, or visit @poetryireland
We canât wait to meet our new critics!
#loveirishresearch
maynoothuniversity.ie/DIPoetâŠ
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
22 Apr 2021
Exciting news - my debut collection, âSpeculumâ, is coming out in October with @brokensleep. Iâve been in awe of how great BSB are for ages, so to be able to bring out this labour of love with them is too much. And look at this cover design from @GodzillaKent
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
14 May 2021
Very excited to get a proof of my brother's new novel Insignificance, out very soon from @GalleyBeggars. Loving the bookmarks too - go @JamesClammer!
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
14 May 2021
"A brick in the mouth of the patriarchy" - oh yes!
(So delighted and proud that the magnificent @madmanclaro will be @FictionAtelier's French translator again. Hooray!)
#ThingsAreAgainstUs
12 May 2021
se rĂ©jouit de traduire le recueil d'essais de Lucy Ellmann, "Things are against us" â une brique Ă la gueule du patriarcat, ouvragĂ©e comme un feu de brousse. (Oui, je sais une brique ne peut ĂȘtre ouvragĂ©e comme un feu, sauf que lĂ , si.)
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
14 May 2021
âSearching for the Words: Writing the Refugee Crisisâ, a very special event with award-winning Iraqi writer Hassan Blasim and best-selling author @christy_lefteri, in conversation with @TeditorTed, part of the @wowfest programme.
25 May - sign up: eventbrite.co.uk/e/searchingâŠ
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ContempSmallPress retweeted
14 May 2021
THIS IS A DAY LATE (so sorry, too much going on this world of ours). But congratulations @EduMsfb @WatfordNatalie
@MrsKarims @Miss_S_94 @isleofme86 @TheMrMadher @gercos1965 @twylie68 @farrahheerah @fmath75 on winning a copy of 'Muslim Girls Rise' in my #Ramadan #Eid giveaway!1/2
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14 May 2021
All welcome to this brilliant event on supporting creative voices from under-represented and diverse backgrounds: eventbrite.co.uk/e/school-huâŠ
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