Coverstory books is delighted to announce the 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 proof [...]
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‘Contextual: 6’ – what a great way to spend an hour!
Coverstory books was delighted to host our sixth 'Contextual' poetry reading event yesterday. Another great turnout for an hour of contemporary poetry. My thanks to all the attendees - and especially to our four readers: Eleanor Swanson, Margaret Beston, Zanna Beswick and David Punter. Eleanor read from her upcoming collection, Non-Finito. Our next 'Contextual' event [...]
Coverstory books’ 2022 International Poetry Competition
Coverstory books is delighted to announce its inaugural International Poetry Competition. Deadline midnight Monday July 4th, 2022. Results announced by the end of August, 2022. Prizes 1st Prize: £200 plus - publication in a future edition of the New Contexts anthology & invitation to read the winning poem at a future Contextual virtual poetry reading [...]
Published today! – “The Deadwing Generation” by Simon French
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, [...]
‘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 [...]
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