Coverstory books is delighted to announce the publication of "The Deadwing Generation" by Simon French. The Deadwing Generation is a second stand-out collection from Simon French. Perceptive and emotionally raw, French applies his poetry scalpel to the experience of living life in the modern world. Praise for Joyriding Down Utopia Avenue from Amazon readers: “Powerful, [...]
Category: Poetry
‘Contextual: 5’ – another splendid hour of poetry!
Coverstory books was delighted to host our fifth 'Contextual' poetry reading event yesterday. Once again we had over twenty attendees - from multiple countries! - for the hour-long session My thanks to all the attendees - and especially to our four readers: Graeme Ryan, Clare Bercot Zwerling, Jim Friedman, and Barbara Sapienza. Graeme read from [...]
Line Breaks: 2 – live today!
Coverstory books' Line Breaks: 2 is live on our website today. Image reproduced with the kind permission of the artist, Helen Johnson - http://www.helenjohnsonartist.com
Line Breaks: 2 – Now Live!
The second issue of our on-line poetry anthology, Line Breaks, is published today! You can see it here. As with Line Breaks: 1, the second collection has its own dedicated page on this site and is available free to read - though obviously subject to all the usual copyright rules! We are very much looking [...]
Coming soon: “New Contexts: 3”
Coverstory books is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of the third in our "New Contexts" series of poetry / short prose anthologies. Back in 2020, when the idea for New Contexts was first born, who would have thought that two years later we would be onto our third volume? Achieving such a milestone seems [...]
Coming soon: “The Deadwing Generation” by Simon French
Coverstory books is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of "The Deadwing Generation" by Simon French. The Deadwing Generation is a second stand-out collection from Simon French. Perceptive and emotionally raw, French applies his poetry scalpel to the experience of living life in the modern world. Praise for Joyriding Down Utopia Avenue from Amazon readers: [...]
Line Breaks: 2 – deadline today!
We are aiming for the second issue of our on-line poetry anthology, Line Breaks, to be published around the end of March / early April. Submission deadline is today!. As with Line Breaks: 1, the second collection will have its own dedicated page on this site and will be available free to read - though [...]
Line Breaks: 2 – submission deadline today!
Coverstory books' open submission for Line Breaks: 2 closes today: Line Breaks: 2 - an on-line poetry anthology which should be published at http://www.line-breaks.com in April Information on all this opportunity can be found on Submittable - just search for 'coverstory' in the Discover section of their website.
Published today! “Valley of the Kings” by Graeme Ryan
Coverstory books is delighted to announce the publication of "Valley of the Kings" by Graeme Ryan. Valley of the Kings is both excavation of family history and an incantation of voices telling contemporary stories that startle. The grieving son and the street angel; the coke addict meeting Piers Plowman in the service-station; the singing nightingale [...]
New Contexts: 3 – submission deadline tomorrow!
New Contexts: 3 - a poetry / prose anthology which should be publishing in May (submission deadline 1st March). For information on previous anthologies see New Contexts: 1 and New Contexts: 2. Information on all this - and our other opportunities - can be found on Submittable - just search for 'coverstory' in the Discover [...]
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