Literature

  • 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…

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  • If you would like to gain access to a recording of the event just complete the form below. News on Contextual: 34 soon! To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com.

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  • To request an invitation to attend the event just complete the form below. To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com.

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  • To request an invitation to attend the event just complete the form below. To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com.

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  • The 33rd Contextual poetry reading event is scheduled for Thursday 27th March, @19:30-20:30 UK-time. To request an invitation to attend the event just complete the form below. The final list of readers will be confirmed the week before the event. To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at…

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  • 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. All three available on-line from 1st March, and on order from all good bookstores!

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  • To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com.

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  • To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com.

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  • To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com.

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  • To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com.

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