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

Coming soon!

We are delighted to be able to announce that preparation has begun for a new collection to be published 1st April 2025. Less will be Ian Gouge's eleventh collection of poetry, and one which continues his exploration of our relationship with our person histories and our place in the world. Poems in the collection consider [...]

Forthcoming titles from Coverstory books

We are delighted to announce that the following titles will be available from 1st March 2025. NEW BOOK NEW EDITION NEW EDITION

Contextual 32 – What fantastic work!

The 32nd Contextual poetry reading event was held yesterday attended by 24 like-minded writers. And we were blessed to hear work from four poets each with their own style, subject matter, themes: Margaret Beston Jakob Brønnum Jonty Pennington-Twist Janet Philo Thank you to our poets for sharing their work with us! If you missed the [...]

Contextual 32 – tomorrow!

The 32nd Contextual poetry reading event is tomorrow, Thursday 30th January, @19:30-20:30 UK-time. Our readers are: Margaret Beston Jakob Brønnum Jonty Pennington-Twist Janet Philo 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 http://www.coverstorybooks.com; you can [...]

Contextual 32 – next week!

The 32nd Contextual poetry reading event will be on Thursday 30th January, @19:30-20:30 UK-time. Our readers are: Margaret Beston Jakob Brønnum Jonty Pennington-Twist Janet Philo To request an invitation to attend the January just complete the form below. To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books' events and opportunities please follow at http://www.coverstorybooks.com; you [...]

Contextual 32 – the date and our readers!

The 32nd Contextual poetry reading event will be on Thursday 30th January, @19:30-20:30 UK-time. Our readers are: Margaret Beston Jakob Brønnum Jonty Pennington-Twist Janet Philo To request an invitation to attend the January just complete the form below. To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books' events and opportunities please follow at http://www.coverstorybooks.com; you [...]

New Contexts: 7 – submissions close in two weeks!

Coverstory books invites submissions for the seventh edition of our New Contexts anthology which we are aiming to publish around the end of the first quarter 2025. CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 5th As with the previous six editions, New Contexts: 7 will seek to showcase quality contemporary poetry and fiction, and will be made available worldwide [...]

New Contexts: 7 – submissions close in two weeks!

Coverstory books invites submissions for the seventh edition of our New Contexts anthology which we are aiming to publish around the end of the first quarter 2025. As with the previous six editions, New Contexts: 7 will seek to showcase quality contemporary poetry and fiction, and will be made available worldwide in Paperback via internet [...]

New Contexts: 7 – submissions close in four weeks!

Coverstory books invites submissions for the seventh edition of our New Contexts anthology which we are aiming to publish around the end of the first quarter 2025. As with the previous six editions, New Contexts: 7 will seek to showcase quality contemporary poetry and fiction, and will be made available worldwide in Paperback via internet [...]