Arachne Press
@arachnepress.bsky.social
Small independent, inclusive, award-winning UK publishing house. Mostly poetry and short fiction, with the occasional fantasy/sci-fi novel. Prioritising LGBTQ+, Global Majority, Disabled, geographically isolated and Older Women writers.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This weekend only 10% off selected titles if ordered using this link #Jolabokaflod #givebooksforchristmas arachnepress.com/JOLABOKAFLOD...
We have a #shortlist for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance Everyone who submitted has been informed, so now we can tell *you*.
Our shortlisted poets are:
Abhi
Abu Leila
Alyson Hallett
Arun Jeetoo
Carmina Masoliver
Claire Hennessy
Conway Emmett
Cynthia Rodríguez Juárez
David Wakely
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Our shortlisted poets are:
Abhi
Abu Leila
Alyson Hallett
Arun Jeetoo
Carmina Masoliver
Claire Hennessy
Conway Emmett
Cynthia Rodríguez Juárez
David Wakely
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November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We have a #shortlist for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance Everyone who submitted has been informed, so now we can tell *you*.
Our shortlisted poets are:
Abhi
Abu Leila
Alyson Hallett
Arun Jeetoo
Carmina Masoliver
Claire Hennessy
Conway Emmett
Cynthia Rodríguez Juárez
David Wakely
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Our shortlisted poets are:
Abhi
Abu Leila
Alyson Hallett
Arun Jeetoo
Carmina Masoliver
Claire Hennessy
Conway Emmett
Cynthia Rodríguez Juárez
David Wakely
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Support Arachne Press by pledging to their crowdfunding campaign to publish ‘Up//Roar - Poems of Queer Resistance’ anthology:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/mnQq50Bn
@arachnepress.bsky.social
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/mnQq50Bn
@arachnepress.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Support Arachne Press by pledging to their crowdfunding campaign to publish ‘Up//Roar - Poems of Queer Resistance’ anthology:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/mnQq50Bn
@arachnepress.bsky.social
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/mnQq50Bn
@arachnepress.bsky.social
extended submissions from #GlobalMajority #LGBTQ+ #poets to Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance end Wed26thNov 23:59 #Crowdfunding ends 2ndDec. We'd love your help with finding great Global Majority Queer Poets, and with funding this book. Please share and encourage both! links via QRcodes in pic.
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
extended submissions from #GlobalMajority #LGBTQ+ #poets to Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance end Wed26thNov 23:59 #Crowdfunding ends 2ndDec. We'd love your help with finding great Global Majority Queer Poets, and with funding this book. Please share and encourage both! links via QRcodes in pic.
Just added to our Up//Roar #poems of #queer resistance #crowdfund rewards, #CAKE home made by Cherry Potts. pics of previous ones made for launches. If you are within reach of London SE23, (not putting them in the post!) you can grab one of the 2 on offer made to your specs. tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just added to our Up//Roar #poems of #queer resistance #crowdfund rewards, #CAKE home made by Cherry Potts. pics of previous ones made for launches. If you are within reach of London SE23, (not putting them in the post!) you can grab one of the 2 on offer made to your specs. tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
Want to make some queer poets happy? Our next book is Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance which will be stuffed with magnificent #LGBTQ+ poetry.Help get Up//Roar out in the world, please support the #crowdfund
tinyurl.tools/8330fc82 11 days to go 25% funded. We CAN do it with your help
tinyurl.tools/8330fc82 11 days to go 25% funded. We CAN do it with your help
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Want to make some queer poets happy? Our next book is Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance which will be stuffed with magnificent #LGBTQ+ poetry.Help get Up//Roar out in the world, please support the #crowdfund
tinyurl.tools/8330fc82 11 days to go 25% funded. We CAN do it with your help
tinyurl.tools/8330fc82 11 days to go 25% funded. We CAN do it with your help
another reward in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is a joy//us prescription from our friends #poetrypharmacy originally created for our Joy//Us crowdfund A perfect seasonal gift paired with the actual book 12 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
another reward in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is a joy//us prescription from our friends #poetrypharmacy originally created for our Joy//Us crowdfund A perfect seasonal gift paired with the actual book 12 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
one of the rewards in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is '9 golden rules for reading poetry in public' a tiny hand-printed guide from co-editor @hazardpressuk.bsky.social find the secrets to successful poetry reading! 13 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
one of the rewards in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is '9 golden rules for reading poetry in public' a tiny hand-printed guide from co-editor @hazardpressuk.bsky.social find the secrets to successful poetry reading! 13 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
#globalmajority #LGBTQ+ #Poets send us your poems of #queer #resistance by 26Nov Everyone else - make sure your global majority queer poet friends know, and if you can, contribute to our Crowdfund by 2Dec please-thankyou links via QRcodes on the tiger picture
pls share w/ anyone suitable
pls share w/ anyone suitable
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#globalmajority #LGBTQ+ #Poets send us your poems of #queer #resistance by 26Nov Everyone else - make sure your global majority queer poet friends know, and if you can, contribute to our Crowdfund by 2Dec please-thankyou links via QRcodes on the tiger picture
pls share w/ anyone suitable
pls share w/ anyone suitable
We're still #crowdfunding for Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance ... but ALSO we've reopened the submissions for about 10 days as we've had suprisingly few submissions from #globalmajority #queerpoets so we are trying again. arachnepress.submittable.com/submit deadline 26thNov tell your friends!
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We're still #crowdfunding for Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance ... but ALSO we've reopened the submissions for about 10 days as we've had suprisingly few submissions from #globalmajority #queerpoets so we are trying again. arachnepress.submittable.com/submit deadline 26thNov tell your friends!
support our NEXT #LGBTQ+ #Queer #poetry anthology, Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance through our Crowdfunder choose from queer books we've already published - poetry, photo portraits, fantasy novel, short stories... make a lesbian publisher happy! tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
support our NEXT #LGBTQ+ #Queer #poetry anthology, Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance through our Crowdfunder choose from queer books we've already published - poetry, photo portraits, fantasy novel, short stories... make a lesbian publisher happy! tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
Support our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance with these dolly #handmade #badges from editors @hazardpressuk.bsky.social and #cherrypotts 2.5cm, safety back, using cover art by #frankduffy from Joy//Us or original designs. longlisting poems on Tuesday tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Support our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance with these dolly #handmade #badges from editors @hazardpressuk.bsky.social and #cherrypotts 2.5cm, safety back, using cover art by #frankduffy from Joy//Us or original designs. longlisting poems on Tuesday tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
callout period for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance has ended, we have received 326 poems from 127 poets. The longlisting begins - but it's quiet on our crowdfund. We are only 12% funded. please share with everyone you know, and encourage them to help we can't do it alone. tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance anthology
LGBTQ+ poetry anthology - Up//Roar, Poems of Queer Resistance, edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon, published by Arachne Press
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November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
callout period for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance has ended, we have received 326 poems from 127 poets. The longlisting begins - but it's quiet on our crowdfund. We are only 12% funded. please share with everyone you know, and encourage them to help we can't do it alone. tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
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You’ve got ‘til 11:59pm tonight to submit your work to UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance, to be published in 2026 by @arachnepress.bsky.social!
Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only.
Thanks to @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social for the loan of a tiger!
arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...
Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only.
Thanks to @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social for the loan of a tiger!
arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You’ve got ‘til 11:59pm tonight to submit your work to UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance, to be published in 2026 by @arachnepress.bsky.social!
Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only.
Thanks to @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social for the loan of a tiger!
arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...
Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only.
Thanks to @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social for the loan of a tiger!
arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...
get inspiration for our #LGBTQ+ ##poetry #submissions: editors Cherry Potts & Jeremy Dixon on what Up//Roar could be. You have until Sat 1st Nov 23:59GMT. arachnepress.submittable.com/submi…
Love the idea? Help fund the book by contributing to our crowdfund. https://youtube.com/shorts/8g2H7sbknA4
Love the idea? Help fund the book by contributing to our crowdfund. https://youtube.com/shorts/8g2H7sbknA4
Up//Roar crowdfund 'resist'
YouTube video by ArachnePress
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October 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
get inspiration for our #LGBTQ+ ##poetry #submissions: editors Cherry Potts & Jeremy Dixon on what Up//Roar could be. You have until Sat 1st Nov 23:59GMT. arachnepress.submittable.com/submi…
Love the idea? Help fund the book by contributing to our crowdfund. https://youtube.com/shorts/8g2H7sbknA4
Love the idea? Help fund the book by contributing to our crowdfund. https://youtube.com/shorts/8g2H7sbknA4
We've collaborated with @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social and @renardpress.com to put together an #audiobook #anthology of quirky #christmas #poems from 300CE to now. Launching online Mon10thNov FREE tickets bit.ly/twasthelaunch many of our poets are included and editors are #CherryPotts & #WillDady
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas & other poems
Join us for the World Launch
10 November 19:00 GMT
A selection of poets will read their own and others’ poems.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We've collaborated with @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social and @renardpress.com to put together an #audiobook #anthology of quirky #christmas #poems from 300CE to now. Launching online Mon10thNov FREE tickets bit.ly/twasthelaunch many of our poets are included and editors are #CherryPotts & #WillDady
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A gentle reminder to all LGBTQ+ poets that it’s time to get organised and submit to UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance, to be published next year by @arachnepress.bsky.social!
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 1 NOV 2025! (Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only)
arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 1 NOV 2025! (Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only)
arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...
October 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A gentle reminder to all LGBTQ+ poets that it’s time to get organised and submit to UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance, to be published next year by @arachnepress.bsky.social!
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 1 NOV 2025! (Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only)
arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 1 NOV 2025! (Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only)
arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...
Reminder: LGBTQ+ Poets resident/citizens UK /RoI, 6 days to Submit arachnepress.submittable.com/submit
Supporters/Allies! help by joining our crowdfunders www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... we need to raise a lot, anthologies are expensive, especially ones as good as Up//Roar is going to be.
Supporters/Allies! help by joining our crowdfunders www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... we need to raise a lot, anthologies are expensive, especially ones as good as Up//Roar is going to be.
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Reminder: LGBTQ+ Poets resident/citizens UK /RoI, 6 days to Submit arachnepress.submittable.com/submit
Supporters/Allies! help by joining our crowdfunders www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... we need to raise a lot, anthologies are expensive, especially ones as good as Up//Roar is going to be.
Supporters/Allies! help by joining our crowdfunders www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... we need to raise a lot, anthologies are expensive, especially ones as good as Up//Roar is going to be.
Our crowdfunder for Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance is live! This anthology of #LGBTQ+ #poems will be edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon (Hazard Press). Help get our tiger roaring! submissions (UK/RoI only) still open til 1st nov www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uproar-poems-of-queer-resistance
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Our crowdfunder for Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance is live! This anthology of #LGBTQ+ #poems will be edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon (Hazard Press). Help get our tiger roaring! submissions (UK/RoI only) still open til 1st nov www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uproar-poems-of-queer-resistance
youtu.be/ulG41ZR7Zis short video from Cherry Potts & Jeremy Dixon about our planned #LGBTQ+ #poetry anthology - UP//ROAR poems of Queer Resistance, to remind queer poets in UK & RoI #submissions open until 1st November arachnepress.submittable.com/submit
crowdfunding soon! keep an eye out for that.
crowdfunding soon! keep an eye out for that.
uproar submission call captioned
YouTube video by ArachnePress
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October 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
youtu.be/ulG41ZR7Zis short video from Cherry Potts & Jeremy Dixon about our planned #LGBTQ+ #poetry anthology - UP//ROAR poems of Queer Resistance, to remind queer poets in UK & RoI #submissions open until 1st November arachnepress.submittable.com/submit
crowdfunding soon! keep an eye out for that.
crowdfunding soon! keep an eye out for that.
We may have mentioned we are #crowdfunding our next book an epically slow start means we've barely reached 19% with abt 10 days to go. no funds=no book. #ecopoetry and meetings with dead #poets in the lungs of London www.kickstarter.com/projects/147... pls share and help if you can
Meeting John Clare at High Beach
a book of poems from Epping Forest by Michael Shann
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October 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We may have mentioned we are #crowdfunding our next book an epically slow start means we've barely reached 19% with abt 10 days to go. no funds=no book. #ecopoetry and meetings with dead #poets in the lungs of London www.kickstarter.com/projects/147... pls share and help if you can
Hannah Hull talking about Home is a place that visits me at @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social poetry salon last Saturday in #museuminthepark #stroud. Thanks to #dialectpress for organising .
Up next free online launch this Thursday 6thOct 7pm www.outsavvy.com/event/29667/... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
Up next free online launch this Thursday 6thOct 7pm www.outsavvy.com/event/29667/... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Hannah Hull talking about Home is a place that visits me at @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social poetry salon last Saturday in #museuminthepark #stroud. Thanks to #dialectpress for organising .
Up next free online launch this Thursday 6thOct 7pm www.outsavvy.com/event/29667/... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
Up next free online launch this Thursday 6thOct 7pm www.outsavvy.com/event/29667/... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
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The brilliant @arachnepress.bsky.social has been spotlighted for #IndieLitMagGala 2025—a solo-run powerhouse publishing inclusive, radical, community-rooted work since 2012.
Massive thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for the nomination—this one’s richly deserved.
Read here: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
Massive thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for the nomination—this one’s richly deserved.
Read here: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
October 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The brilliant @arachnepress.bsky.social has been spotlighted for #IndieLitMagGala 2025—a solo-run powerhouse publishing inclusive, radical, community-rooted work since 2012.
Massive thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for the nomination—this one’s richly deserved.
Read here: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
Massive thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for the nomination—this one’s richly deserved.
Read here: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
we are #CROWDFUNDING! in Meeting #JohnClare at #HighBeach #poet Michael Shann writes of the trees, history & people of ancient #EppingForest from #Boudicca to #AlfredHitchcock. Help us bring this book to fruition. www.kickstarter.com/projects/147...
we are #CROWDFUNDING! in Meeting #JohnClare at #HighBeach #poet Michael Shann writes of the trees, history & people of ancient #EppingForest from #Boudicca to #AlfredHitchcock. Help us bring this book to fruition. www.kickstarter.com/projects/147...
October 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
we are #CROWDFUNDING! in Meeting #JohnClare at #HighBeach #poet Michael Shann writes of the trees, history & people of ancient #EppingForest from #Boudicca to #AlfredHitchcock. Help us bring this book to fruition. www.kickstarter.com/projects/147...
we are #CROWDFUNDING! in Meeting #JohnClare at #HighBeach #poet Michael Shann writes of the trees, history & people of ancient #EppingForest from #Boudicca to #AlfredHitchcock. Help us bring this book to fruition. www.kickstarter.com/projects/147...
new #poem video from michael shann in #EppingForest from his #poetry collection Meeting John Clare at High Beach. we are #crowdfunding & could REALLY use help spreading the word. No funds=no book. @eefnews.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social @walthamstowlife.bsky.social @eppingforest.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
new #poem video from michael shann in #EppingForest from his #poetry collection Meeting John Clare at High Beach. we are #crowdfunding & could REALLY use help spreading the word. No funds=no book. @eefnews.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social @walthamstowlife.bsky.social @eppingforest.bsky.social