We are delighted to be able to announce John Scarborough's debut poetry collection, In The Blue Hour, will be published in late May, 2025. ‘In the Blue Hour’ carries an atmosphere of twilight which the poet expresses in observations of Gaia and her many moods, sometimes with a refined sense of foreboding both for humans [...]
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Contextual 34 – Five Star!
The 34th Contextual poetry reading event was held yesterday, Thursday 24th April. Hard to believe we've been going for nearly three-and-a-half years! This month our readers were published and prize-winning poets from "Red Door Poets" - including one who made it to the 'top 10' in the most recent National Poetry Competition - and they [...]
Contextual 34 – tomorrow!
The 34th Contextual poetry reading event is tomorrow, Thursday 24th April, @19:30-20:30 UK-time. This month our readers are published and prize-winning poets from "Red Door Poets" - including one who made it to the 'top 10' in the most recent National Poetry Competition. Our readers are: Mary Mulholland Neil Douglas Katie Griffiths Gillie Robic Lesley [...]
Buy a book here!
We have a new arrangement which allows readers to buy books direct from the printer at a significant discount on the list price. To see our latest selection, please go HERE.
Coming soon, 20th April!
We are delighted to be able to announce that a new edition of Ian Gouge's The Big Frog Theory is to be published on 20th April 2025. What do you most need when facing the complete disintegration of the life you have been leading? Where does the loss of your job and the betrayal of [...]
New book published today!
We are delighted to be able to announce the publication of a new collection of poetry. Less will be Ian Gouge's eleventh collection of poetry, and one which continues his exploration of our relationship with our personal histories and our place in the world. Poems in the collection consider loss from the perspective of subsequently [...]
New book published on Tuesday, 1st April!
We are delighted to be able to announce the forthcoming publication of a new collection of poetry to be published 1st April 2025. Less will be Ian Gouge's eleventh collection of poetry, and one which continues his exploration of our relationship with our person histories and our place in the world. Poems in the collection [...]
New Books!!
We are delighted to announce that the following titles will be available from 1st March 2025: the seventh New Contexts anthology, and new editions of Simon French's Joyriding Down Utopia Avenue and The Deadwing Generation. NEW BOOK NEW EDITION NEW EDITION All three available on-line from 1st March, and on order from all good bookstores!
Coming soon!
We are delighted to be able to announce that preparation has begun for a new collection to be published 1st April 2025. Less will be Ian Gouge's eleventh collection of poetry, and one which continues his exploration of our relationship with our person histories and our place in the world. Poems in the collection consider [...]
Forthcoming titles from Coverstory books
We are delighted to announce that the following titles will be available from 1st March 2025. NEW BOOK NEW EDITION NEW EDITION
Coverstory Books - Ian Gouge, Publisher 
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