Coverstory books currently has three open submission calls: New Contexts: 3 - a poetry / prose anthology which will be publishing hopefully in May (submission deadline 1st March)Line Breaks: 2 - an on-line poetry anthology which should be published at http://www.line-breaks.com in April (submission deadline 28th February)An open call for book-length fiction, either a novel [...]
Category: Uncategorized
Published today: “Making Marks in the Sand”
Coverstory books is delighted to announce the publication of "Making Marks in the Sand", an anthology of internationally curated short stories. The nature of relationships dominates this collection of contemporary short stories; not just relationships between people, but also between individuals and their pasts and - in consequence - their potential futures. The British and [...]
Ripon Gazette – 27th January, 2022
#writing #fiction #poetry #publishing #amwriting
Contextual: 3 – we’ve found a rich seam of poetry!
Our third 'Contextual' poetry reading, held last night, was well attended; twenty-six people turning up for a relaxed hour of poetry. Once again, the evening was a success thanks to our super readers - and to contributions of all who attended the virtual event. Our main reader was Julia Usman whose collection She Who Sings [...]
Recognition in the press!
An article that has appeared on-line today and will be in the print run of the newspaper on Thursday this week: Ripon author Ian Gouge has seen his publishing popularity grow over the last few years.
“New Contexts: 3” – Submission reminder
Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in the Spring 2022. The volume - “New Contexts: 3” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. The first two volumes in the series were published during 2021. Poetry: please [...]
Coverstory books seeks reviewers…
We would like to identify a small pool of readers who would be willing to act as reviewers for us. We would provide our reviewers with a free ebook version of a title in advance of its official publication date, and in return ask for a short review of 75-150 words. The most suitable reviews [...]
Line Breaks: 2 – deadline 28th Feb
We are aiming for the second issue of our on-line poetry anthology, Line Breaks, to be published at the end of March 2022. 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 obviously subject to all the usual [...]
As a Writer…
As a Writer there's nothing quite like seeing your words coalesce, watching characters develop and take on a life of their own, or weaving meaning and narrative into a poem. As an Editor and publisher there's nothing like that frisson of excitement you get when someone submits a piece for a collection or asks you [...]
Redesigned website!
We have redesigned the Coverstory books website - why not take a look? There is a new homepage.A page of Testimonials.And we've revamped the pages for our Fiction, Poetry, and Plays/Non-fiction. We hope you'll like the improvements we have made!
Coverstory Books - Ian Gouge, Publisher 
You must be logged in to post a comment.