"The ride may be occasionally bumpy but French has a firm grasp of his wheel. His forms are spare, pared down, and his sensuous descriptive skills and playful wit excite the ear. He has a beady eye for focussing on details that make his places and subjects become vividly present. Happiness may be rare, hard-won, [...]
Category: Poetry
Spring 2022 Short Story collection – Open for Submissions
Coverstorybooks invites submissions for mid-length stories / short novellas to contribute towards a collection which we are aiming to publish in the first quarter of 2022. The volume - as yet untitled - seeks to showcase quality contemporary fiction, and will be made available worldwide in both Paperback and ebook formats via internet retailers and [...]
“New Contexts: 2” – Publication date confirmed
Coverstory books is delighted to confirm that its latest anthology of poetry and prose, “New Contexts: 2”, will be published on 1st October 2021. It is particularly pleasing to be able to bring together the work of forty-seven talented writers - from the UK, the USA, Australia and New Zealand - to create what is [...]
“New Contexts: 2” – Final day to submit!
Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in the Autumn 2021. The volume - “New Contexts: 2” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. The first volume in the series - “New Contexts: 1” - was published [...]
“New Contexts: 2” – Just 7 days left to submit!
Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in the Autumn 2021. The volume - “New Contexts: 2” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. The first volume in the series - “New Contexts: 1” - was published [...]
“New Contexts: 2” – Just 2 weeks left to submit!
Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in the Autumn 2021. The volume - “New Contexts: 2” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. The first volume in the series - “New Contexts: 1” - was published [...]
“New Contexts: 2” – Submission date reminder
Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in the Autumn 2021. The volume - “New Contexts: 2” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. The first volume in the series - “New Contexts: 1” - was published [...]
e-books now available!
Coverstory books is delighted to announce that you can now purchase a selection of our books in electronic / EPUB format direct from us - and at a slightly discounted rate compared to most on-line retailers. The process couldn't be simpler: Navigate to the purchase page.Select the ebook(s) you would like to buy.Complete your payment [...]
“New Contexts: 2” – Open for Submissions
Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in the Autumn 2021. The volume - “New Contexts: 2” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. The first volume in the series - “New Contexts: 1” - was published [...]
Published today! “The Homelessness of a Child”
Coverstory books is delighted to announce the publication of Ian Gouge's latest poetry collection "The Homelessness of a Child". By the time Ian Gouge went to university he had already lived in seventeen different places - houses, pre-fabs, flats, rooms of one sort or another - and all within the environs of the same two [...]
Coverstory Books - Ian Gouge, Publisher 
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