Carcanet Press
@carcanet.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social.
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On Monday 1 December at 6pm, join archivist Stella Halkyard at the Lit & Phil Library in Newcastle, where she will be reading from and discussing her recent Carcanet book, Library Lives.
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
A Bookworm in the Library | An illustrated talk by Stella Halkyard - The Lit & Phil
Monday 1st December | 6pm. A Bookworm in the Library […]
www.litandphil.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On Monday 1 December at 6pm, join archivist Stella Halkyard at the Lit & Phil Library in Newcastle, where she will be reading from and discussing her recent Carcanet book, Library Lives.
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
Read what Carcanet's Managing Director, Michael Schmidt had to say about 'ChatGPT and the modern poet' in a recent article published in BookBrunch:
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...
ChatGPT and the modern poet
BookBrunch - The publishing trade's daily news magazine
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Read what Carcanet's Managing Director, Michael Schmidt had to say about 'ChatGPT and the modern poet' in a recent article published in BookBrunch:
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...
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Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh ma
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh ma
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.
Find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-who-...
Find out more:
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Poets Who Stopped: Lynnette Roberts
Join us as we explore the life and work of poet Lynnette Roberts, delving into why she stopped writing and the impact of her legacy.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.
Find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-who-...
Find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-who-...
This month, we are publishing A Letter to the Dead by Lynette Roberts, edited by Charles Mundye and Patrick McGuinness!👗
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017505...
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017505...
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This month, we are publishing A Letter to the Dead by Lynette Roberts, edited by Charles Mundye and Patrick McGuinness!👗
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017505...
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017505...
Tomorrow at 7pm, join John F. Deane in Dublin for the in-person launch of his new collection, Jonah and Me!
The event is free, but for more information see here: ⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/jonah...
The event is free, but for more information see here: ⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/jonah...
Jonah and Me by John F. Deane: Carcanet Dublin Book Launch - Carcanet Press
Join us for the launch of John F. Deane's new poetry collection Jonah and Me on Thursday 27 November in Dublin.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Tomorrow at 7pm, join John F. Deane in Dublin for the in-person launch of his new collection, Jonah and Me!
The event is free, but for more information see here: ⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/jonah...
The event is free, but for more information see here: ⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/jonah...
'Cannon’s poems have a charming geekiness.'
William Logan for The New Criterion, on Moya Cannon's Bunting's Honey
Read the full review here:
newcriterion.com/article/foot...
Browse Bunting's Honey here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017489...
William Logan for The New Criterion, on Moya Cannon's Bunting's Honey
Read the full review here:
newcriterion.com/article/foot...
Browse Bunting's Honey here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017489...
Bunting's Honey
A Poetry Book Society Recommendation This is a book of wonderings and wanderings. Many of the wanderings are on familiar territory explored on foot, the hill...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
'Cannon’s poems have a charming geekiness.'
William Logan for The New Criterion, on Moya Cannon's Bunting's Honey
Read the full review here:
newcriterion.com/article/foot...
Browse Bunting's Honey here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017489...
William Logan for The New Criterion, on Moya Cannon's Bunting's Honey
Read the full review here:
newcriterion.com/article/foot...
Browse Bunting's Honey here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017489...
From editor Charles Mundye's article on A Letter to the Dead: Collected Poems by Lynette Roberts.
Read in full here:
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Read in full here:
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November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
From editor Charles Mundye's article on A Letter to the Dead: Collected Poems by Lynette Roberts.
Read in full here:
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Read in full here:
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'Slow Puncture is a happy reminder of what a rare satirical and self-mocking talent Burrows deploys.'
Carol Rumens for the Guardian, on Miles Burrows' Slow Puncture
Browse Slow Puncture
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017515...
Read more from the Guardian here:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Carol Rumens for the Guardian, on Miles Burrows' Slow Puncture
Browse Slow Puncture
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Read more from the Guardian here:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Poem of the week: Missing You by Miles Burrows
The moon becomes the witty image of an isolated and contemptuously neglected elderly relation
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November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'Slow Puncture is a happy reminder of what a rare satirical and self-mocking talent Burrows deploys.'
Carol Rumens for the Guardian, on Miles Burrows' Slow Puncture
Browse Slow Puncture
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017515...
Read more from the Guardian here:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Carol Rumens for the Guardian, on Miles Burrows' Slow Puncture
Browse Slow Puncture
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017515...
Read more from the Guardian here:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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This will be a very enjoyable follow up to the @carcanet.bsky.social launch event tonight. Come & explore Lynette Roberts's writing in more depth, through discussion & writing exercises led by Martin.
If you sign up it's possible to join online, if getting to the MPL doesn't work!
If you sign up it's possible to join online, if getting to the MPL doesn't work!
On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.
Find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-who-...
Find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-who-...
Poets Who Stopped: Lynnette Roberts
Join us as we explore the life and work of poet Lynnette Roberts, delving into why she stopped writing and the impact of her legacy.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This will be a very enjoyable follow up to the @carcanet.bsky.social launch event tonight. Come & explore Lynette Roberts's writing in more depth, through discussion & writing exercises led by Martin.
If you sign up it's possible to join online, if getting to the MPL doesn't work!
If you sign up it's possible to join online, if getting to the MPL doesn't work!
Next Tuesday, join us online at 7pm for the launch of A Letter to the Dead by Lynette Roberts.
Editors Patrick McGuiness and Charles Mundye will hold an evening of reading and discussion around the new collection.
For information and tickets, see here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/a-let...
Editors Patrick McGuiness and Charles Mundye will hold an evening of reading and discussion around the new collection.
For information and tickets, see here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/a-let...
A Letter to the Dead by Lynette Roberts: Carcanet Online Launch
Join us to celebrate the online book launch of A Letter to the Dead: Collected Poems by Lynette Roberts, hosted by Francesca Brooks.
www.carcanet.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Next Tuesday, join us online at 7pm for the launch of A Letter to the Dead by Lynette Roberts.
Editors Patrick McGuiness and Charles Mundye will hold an evening of reading and discussion around the new collection.
For information and tickets, see here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/a-let...
Editors Patrick McGuiness and Charles Mundye will hold an evening of reading and discussion around the new collection.
For information and tickets, see here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/a-let...
'I admire Watts’s willingness to set the reader on edge.'
William Logan for The New Criterion, on Rebecca Watts' The Face in the Well
Read the review in full here:
newcriterion.com/article/foot...
Browse The Face in the Well:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017458...
William Logan for The New Criterion, on Rebecca Watts' The Face in the Well
Read the review in full here:
newcriterion.com/article/foot...
Browse The Face in the Well:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017458...
“Footprints in the abandoned ballroom,” by William Logan
William Logan on recently published poetry by Rosanna Warren, Moya Cannon, John Koethe, Rebecca Watts, Henri Cole & Wendy Cope.
newcriterion.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
'I admire Watts’s willingness to set the reader on edge.'
William Logan for The New Criterion, on Rebecca Watts' The Face in the Well
Read the review in full here:
newcriterion.com/article/foot...
Browse The Face in the Well:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017458...
William Logan for The New Criterion, on Rebecca Watts' The Face in the Well
Read the review in full here:
newcriterion.com/article/foot...
Browse The Face in the Well:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017458...
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In which a New Zealander writes about a fire likely still burning. From Collected Poems of Bill Manhire, Carcanet Press, 2001. @carcanet.bsky.social @pacificraft.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In which a New Zealander writes about a fire likely still burning. From Collected Poems of Bill Manhire, Carcanet Press, 2001. @carcanet.bsky.social @pacificraft.bsky.social
On Monday 1 December at 6pm, join archivist Stella Halkyard at the Lit & Phil Library in Newcastle, where she will be reading from and discussing her recent Carcanet book, Library Lives.
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
A Bookworm in the Library | An illustrated talk by Stella Halkyard - The Lit & Phil
Monday 1st December | 6pm. A Bookworm in the Library […]
www.litandphil.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On Monday 1 December at 6pm, join archivist Stella Halkyard at the Lit & Phil Library in Newcastle, where she will be reading from and discussing her recent Carcanet book, Library Lives.
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
Tickets are 'pay as you wish', and can be booked here:
www.litandphil.org.uk/event/a-book...
Our monthly discount is still running! This month, get 20% off selected titles in our Lives and Letters collection. Just use the code LETTERS20 at our website checkout to unlock the 20% discount and free UK P&P.
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Carcanet Press
One of the outstanding literary publishers of our time, Carcanet Press has a special emphasis on poetry from around the world.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our monthly discount is still running! This month, get 20% off selected titles in our Lives and Letters collection. Just use the code LETTERS20 at our website checkout to unlock the 20% discount and free UK P&P.
www.carcanet.co.uk/
www.carcanet.co.uk/
⭐Discount Spotlight: Citizen Poet by Eavan Boland, edited by Jody Allen Randolph📘
Carcanet's monthly discount has launched! This month, enjoy 20% off a selection of books from our Lives and Letters collection by using the code LETTERS20 at our website checkout:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017170...
Carcanet's monthly discount has launched! This month, enjoy 20% off a selection of books from our Lives and Letters collection by using the code LETTERS20 at our website checkout:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017170...
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
⭐Discount Spotlight: Citizen Poet by Eavan Boland, edited by Jody Allen Randolph📘
Carcanet's monthly discount has launched! This month, enjoy 20% off a selection of books from our Lives and Letters collection by using the code LETTERS20 at our website checkout:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017170...
Carcanet's monthly discount has launched! This month, enjoy 20% off a selection of books from our Lives and Letters collection by using the code LETTERS20 at our website checkout:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017170...
Today! Come join us in Manchester for the Winter Book Fair. We will be at House of Books and Friends selling some of our titles from 11am-3pm, accompanied by lots of other local publishers.
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Today! Come join us in Manchester for the Winter Book Fair. We will be at House of Books and Friends selling some of our titles from 11am-3pm, accompanied by lots of other local publishers.
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
We were excited to see Fower Pessoas by Colin Bramwell recommended by the Times Literary Supplement as one of their 2025 'Books of the Year'.
You can get your copy of Fower Pessoas here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017464...
Or read what the TLS had to say here:
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
You can get your copy of Fower Pessoas here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017464...
Or read what the TLS had to say here:
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
Books of the Year 2025
David Abulafia In Silence of the Gods (CUP), Francis Young fills a gaping hole in knowledge about the religious beliefs of peoples living beyond the bounds of Christendom in medieval and early modern eastern Europe. What survived of their old beliefs after baptism? How did ancient practices such as Estonian tree worship become intertwined with […]
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November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We were excited to see Fower Pessoas by Colin Bramwell recommended by the Times Literary Supplement as one of their 2025 'Books of the Year'.
You can get your copy of Fower Pessoas here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017464...
Or read what the TLS had to say here:
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
You can get your copy of Fower Pessoas here:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017464...
Or read what the TLS had to say here:
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
Tomorrow! Come join us in Manchester for the Winter Book Fair! We will be at House of Books and Friends selling some of our titles from 11am-3pm, accompanied by lots of other local publishers.
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tomorrow! Come join us in Manchester for the Winter Book Fair! We will be at House of Books and Friends selling some of our titles from 11am-3pm, accompanied by lots of other local publishers.
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
Tomorrow! Join Jeremy Over at the Carlton Club in Manchester, where he will be reading some of his Carcanet work.
The event is free to attend and doesn't require a ticket. For more information:
www.creativetourist.com/event/peter-...
The event is free to attend and doesn't require a ticket. For more information:
www.creativetourist.com/event/peter-...
Peter Barlow’s Cigarette at the Carlton Club | Literature
Our favourite "afternoon of alternative poetries" Peter Barlow's Cigarette is back for the Autumn/Winter season.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Tomorrow! Join Jeremy Over at the Carlton Club in Manchester, where he will be reading some of his Carcanet work.
The event is free to attend and doesn't require a ticket. For more information:
www.creativetourist.com/event/peter-...
The event is free to attend and doesn't require a ticket. For more information:
www.creativetourist.com/event/peter-...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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'Muradali Kane’s poetry provokes you, incites you to grip tightly at her words, at the feelings they evoke.'
Shrinagar Francis interviewing Fawzia Muradali Kane for Smallaxe
Read in full here:
smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
Browse Guaracara:
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Shrinagar Francis interviewing Fawzia Muradali Kane for Smallaxe
Read in full here:
smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
Browse Guaracara:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017487...
A River Most Foul
I was the coward. The others were calm. They knew what they had to do. Our cousin Zen was there, she had done this before. Zen is a happy person. She made us giggle in the waiting room, while the funeral director was telling us everybody have a sense they will pass about say maybe 40 days before. Even if they go by accident, he said, and if you see somebody talking to the dead like normal, then you know it ain’t going to be long now. Our mother had lain on her sickbed, calling out for us to open the gate for my uncle and them to come in.
smallaxe.net
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
'Muradali Kane’s poetry provokes you, incites you to grip tightly at her words, at the feelings they evoke.'
Shrinagar Francis interviewing Fawzia Muradali Kane for Smallaxe
Read in full here:
smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
Browse Guaracara:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017487...
Shrinagar Francis interviewing Fawzia Muradali Kane for Smallaxe
Read in full here:
smallaxe.net/sxsalon/inte...
Browse Guaracara:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017487...
Congratulations to Anthony Vahni Capildeo, who has been named the winner of the 2025 Scotland National Poetry Prize with their collection Polkadot Wounds!🎉
Very well done to Anthony, and all the other category winners and publishers!
Photograph by: Greg McVean/Saltire Society
Very well done to Anthony, and all the other category winners and publishers!
Photograph by: Greg McVean/Saltire Society
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Congratulations to Anthony Vahni Capildeo, who has been named the winner of the 2025 Scotland National Poetry Prize with their collection Polkadot Wounds!🎉
Very well done to Anthony, and all the other category winners and publishers!
Photograph by: Greg McVean/Saltire Society
Very well done to Anthony, and all the other category winners and publishers!
Photograph by: Greg McVean/Saltire Society
Join us this Saturday 22 November in Manchester for the Winter Book Fair! We will be at House of Books and Friends selling some of our titles from 11am-3pm.
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join us this Saturday 22 November in Manchester for the Winter Book Fair! We will be at House of Books and Friends selling some of our titles from 11am-3pm.
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
The fair is free to attend, but please register your interest here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
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Today’s Featured Poem:
“Whit” by Colin Bramwell from Fower Pessoas published by @carcanet.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/whit/
“Whit” by Colin Bramwell from Fower Pessoas published by @carcanet.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/whit/
Whit
I woke up this mornin and I felt a bit weird and I jist didnae ken whit
tae say.
poems.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today’s Featured Poem:
“Whit” by Colin Bramwell from Fower Pessoas published by @carcanet.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/whit/
“Whit” by Colin Bramwell from Fower Pessoas published by @carcanet.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/whit/