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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 1d

'My mother grew sunflowers. I’d look out of the window and see them standing up straight against the back fence. She was always planting ahead of time. I understood, at last, what it meant, in the year of her death, to see the garden through its seasons.'
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A field of sunflowers under a cloudy sky between Allerton Bywater and Castleton, West Yorkshire.

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Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · 1h

Line Drawing, Layered Print on Fabriano Paper

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 3h

Programmes! Pick up a free one at Small Publishers Fair in @conwayhall.bsky.social next week, Fri 24+Sat 25 October.

Or take a look now here tinyurl.com/3p427jpj for the 66 publishers, Erica Van Horn exhibition and readings, launches and talks. All free.

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Deirdre Shanahan @deirdre2.bsky.social · 4h

sad I have to miss this next week
but always a great array of innovative presses

Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 6h

The London-based imprint of artist Richard Porter, Pilot Press is a publishing project started in 2017 to share the work of queer writers and help retrieve a philosophy lost to AIDS and capitalism. You can find their books (inc. 'Practicing Dying' by Charlotte Northall) at #smallpublishersfair25

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · Sep 2

Don’t tell me to report anything suspicious that I may see.
Tell me instead how with rosy steps the morn advancing
drives the shades of night away

and standing barefoot on a Herdwick rug,
earthfast, I’ll call to the common mind
that it is needed, urgently, its common care.

Peter Riley

Several copies of Peter Riley's collection 'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls' against a red background.

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 9h

Founded in 2019 by poet, writer and translator Ghazal Mosadeq, @pamenarpress.bsky.social publishes books of poetry, hybrid and critical writing forms which are cross-cultural and multilingual. You can find their new and recent titles at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October

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Uniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social · 9h

Uniformbooks will be at the Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social on Fri 24 and Sat 25, with a selection of our titles—if there are any you'd especially like, please email in the next few days ([email protected]) and we'll make sure we bring them along for you.
uniformbooks.co.uk

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 1d

Edited by novelist and short story writer @nicholasroyle.bsky.social, Manchester-based @nightjarpress.bsky.social publishes limited edition single short-story chapbooks by individual authors. Browse and buy their titles at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 1d

'My mother grew sunflowers. I’d look out of the window and see them standing up straight against the back fence. She was always planting ahead of time. I understood, at last, what it meant, in the year of her death, to see the garden through its seasons.'
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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 1d

The inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair is happening at the end of November!

30+ presses, events, readings, and more. Organised by me and @eireannmor.bsky.social. More information coming very soon - follow @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social for updates

Flyer for the Dublin Small Press Fair, 28/29 November, Pearse Steeet Library

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 4d

'I grasp the top of one of the wooden posts, loosen the stake, and tear it from the soil. Then another. And again. It’s surprisingly easy. When I have cleared a way I stamp on the mesh. Over & over. It crumples like a flag.'

Unrecovered Time: a new post
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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for all your thoughtfulness, hard work and care in co-organising this, Vinnie. It was a day of moving, fitting tributes, and thoughtful (and happy) reflections.

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Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @longbarrowpress.bsky.social this book is beautiful.

Book cover of Truth, Justice and the Companionship of Owls by Peter Riley

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 1d

A pleasure! Good to see it arrived safely.

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 4d

'My sleep has been bad since Sunday, slow to come, then broken, and the day starts with something missing. Lorry, van, flatbed truck.'

'Unrecovered Time': an account of a day's walk from Leeds to Goole (lightly revised from the recent Bluesky thread)
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Fuel storage tanks at the depot on Fleet Lane near Woodlesford, West Yorkshire.

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 3d

Led by Cécile Menon, London-based @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social publishes French authors of literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, trans-genre writing, and English language originals. You can find them at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
smallpublishersfair.co.uk

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 3d

"Reading is both a virtue and a duty." Ma Bibliothèque is the London-based imprint of artist, writer and editor Sharon Kivland, publishing essays, experimental fiction, poetry, critical writing and writing about reading. Discover the library at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct

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Jeremy Dixon @hazardpressuk.bsky.social · 3d

9 GOLDEN RULES:
READING POETRY IN PUBLIC
I’ve been thinking about making this little book for ages and having a stall at @smallpublishers.bsky.social is the impetus I’ve needed to get it finished! See you @conwayhall.bsky.social on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October!

Photo of two mockups of the book, one on top of the other

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to this, always a highlight of any year. We'll be walking the 150 miles from Sheffield to London (partly to save on train fares), with scheduled stops in Castle Donington, Market Harborough and Leighton Buzzard, where you can buy books from our improvised roadside stall.

Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 3d

Sheffield-based @longbarrowpress.bsky.social has been exploring the intersections of landscape, history and memory since 2006; recent titles include Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey's 'To the End of the Land'. You can find them at #smallpublishersfair25 on Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
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The pamphlet and CD editions of 'To the End of the Land' by Martin Heslop and Helen Tookey: the blue-grey coastal edge of Nova Scotia, with dilapidated wooden lobster traps in the foreground, sea and distant land beyond, and white clouds and blue sky above.

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 3d

This is great.

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 4d

'I grasp the top of one of the wooden posts, loosen the stake, and tear it from the soil. Then another. And again. It’s surprisingly easy. When I have cleared a way I stamp on the mesh. Over & over. It crumples like a flag.'

Unrecovered Time: a new post
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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 3d

I was fortunate to find it dry (after a run of dry days), and it was late September - I suspected that it might be harder going in autumn/winter. I don't think I encountered anyone between Knottingley and Goole (though it was a Friday). A fine route (hopefully we can keep it fence-free!)

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Ian Bartlett @ianbartlett.bsky.social · 3d

Is there anything more satisfying than opening a package with a new book in it…

Especially from an Indy publisher….?

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 3d

That was quick! Many thanks, Ian

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Uniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social · 3d

John Bevis, 'Cloud Study'; Dymo tape edition, 1981.
“There is always a danger that the use of any system of names based on types shall lead to the neglect of everything not typical.”—Arthur W. Clayden, Cloud Studies, 1905.

Two white cardboard boxes on a wooden background, with a rolled black Dymo tape label and white text.

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 5d

Super chance to hear two of @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social authors @johnironmonger.bsky.social & @amylilwall.bsky.social reading from their fab climate fiction novels The Wager and the Bear & The Water That May Come. So looking forward to our couple of days in London. Bringing the 'fly' to London 🪰

Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 5d

Don't miss the #smallpublishersfair25 readings and talks on both days of the Fair. Friday's readings take place in The Green Room (2pm-5pm); Saturday's readings take place in The Library (12.30pm-5pm). All are free.

Full programme for Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/readings-2025

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