The 38th Contextual poetry reading event is in just four days, on Thursday 27th August @19:30-20:30 UK-time. To request a link for the event, please complete the form below. This month our readers have all had poems published in the New Contexts: 8 anthology Sam Aureli Isabel Greenslade Imran Abdullah Jenna Plewes Stephen Poole Gillie [...]
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“Sensitive Information” – book launch!
We are delighted to confirm the public launch of Zanna Beswick's debut poetry collection, Sensitive Information. which will take place at The Poetry Society in Covent Garden, London, on Saturday 17th October at 18:30. "Zanna Beswick has the gift of transporting the reader through her vision (in two different meanings – both eyes and soul) [...]
Contextual 38 – in two weeks!
The 38th Contextual poetry reading event is on Thursday 27th August @19:30-20:30 UK-time. To request a link for the event, please complete the form below. This month our readers have all had poems published in the New Contexts: 8 anthology Sam Aureli Isabel Greenslade Imran Abdullah Jenna Plewes Stephen Poole Gillie Robic Keith Willson Robin [...]
“Writing to Gisella and Other Stories” – forthcoming publication
We are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Ian Gouge‘s latest collection of short stories, Writing to Gisella and Other Stories, due out on the 3rd October, 2026. The collection opens with an updated version of the 2017 novella, Writing to Gisella. Writing to GisellaIn many ways it was the perfect summer break: taken on impulse, and [...]
New Contexts: 9 – submissions close in four days!
Coverstory books invites submissions for the ninth edition of our New Contexts anthology which we are aiming to publish in the third quarter of 2026. The volume seeks to showcase quality contemporary poetry and fiction, and will be made available worldwide in Paperback via internet retailers and on order from bricks-and-mortar bookshops. SUBMISSIONS CLOSE IN [...]
“Sensitive Information” – published this week!
We are delighted to confirm the forthcoming publication of Zanna Beswick's debut poetry collection, Sensitive Information - in just two days! - on 29th July, 2026. "Zanna Beswick has the gift of transporting the reader through her vision (in two different meanings – both eyes and soul) and these poems do that with such quiet [...]
“Sensitive Information” – published next week!
We are delighted to confirm the forthcoming publication of Zanna Beswick's debut poetry collection, Sensitive Information, on 29th July, 2026. "Zanna Beswick has the gift of transporting the reader through her vision (in two different meanings – both eyes and soul) and these poems do that with such quiet authority and grace." - Sarah Dunant, [...]
Contextual 38 – our readers for August!
The 38th Contextual poetry reading event is on Thursday 27th August @19:30-20:30 UK-time. To request a link for the event, please complete the form below. This month our readers will be selected from those who had poems published in the New Contexts: 8 anthology Sam Aureli Annemarie Cooper Isabel Greenslade Imran Abdullah Jenna Plewes Stephen [...]
Contextual 38 – Thursday 27th August!
The 38th Contextual poetry reading event is on Thursday 27th August @19:30-20:30 UK-time. To request a link for the event, please complete the form below. This month our readers will be selected from those who had poems published in the New Contexts: 8 anthology. NOTE: all reading slots are now taken. And don't forget, the [...]
“Sensitive Information” – published soon!
We are delighted to confirm the forthcoming publication of Zanna Beswick's debut poetry collection, Sensitive Information, on 29th July, 2026. "Zanna Beswick has the gift of transporting the reader through her vision (in two different meanings – both eyes and soul) and these poems do that with such quiet authority and grace." - Sarah Dunant, [...]
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