Published on this day in 2020 (and launched with a lockdown party from the author’s bathtub!) – the ‘mesmerising’, ‘dreamlike’ SANATORIUM by Abi Palmer (mainly offline) 🛁

We still have a few copies of this incredible, genre-bending book in our office 👉 pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2020…

On this day in 2012 we published Adventures in Form. Still one of our bestselling books, it introduced a multitude of new & unusual poetic forms – from tweet to time-splice, from skinny villanelle to breakbeat sonnet 📚

Copies are available from us 👉 pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2012…

On this day in 2019 @raymondantrobus won the Ted Hughes Award for his bestselling book of poems The Perseverance and was briefly on the front page of the BBC website! bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Five (5!) years ago we published the remarkable WITCH by Rebecca Tamás 🌋

Published on this day in 2022 – Panic Response by the irrepressible John McCullough 🏳️‍🌈

‘elegiac, rebellious, painful and radiant’ Guardian Books

‘the laureate of plankton and flotsam’ Times Books

Order your copy pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2022…

Delighted to see Mount London (2014) on display in Canada Water Library! There’s a chapter by Tom Chivers on local landmark Stave Hill ⛰️ Southwark Libraries

This afternoon we’re revisiting a collection that perfectly blends experimental work with beauty and introspection in a sea of collective cultural uncertainty.

Panic Response by John McCullough 🏳️‍🌈 is one of those collections you can keep coming back to again and again.

Now & Then… a still from Fergal Keane’s special report in last night’s BBC News (UK)

I’m relieved to see our politicians return to Stormont and I look forward to seeing how Michelle O’Neill will lead this new government. It’s good news, but I’m also interested in all the things..

'The figure of the witch still has a powerful set of jaws.'

Today on the blog, our new #FeministFridays blogger @ImogenShaw_otr writes about Rebecca Tamás's WITCH (@PennedintheM) and 'the radical potential of occult poetry'!

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On this day in 2013 we published Mondeo Man - the first full collection by the man, the myth Luke Wright 💥

‘Celebratory, mournful, critical and tender – Mondeo Man frames the stuttering start to the twenty-first century’ Poetry London

👉 pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2013…

Poem obsession Rebecca Tamás Witch Penned in the Margins ❤️

WITCH by Rebecca Tamás has been recast by composer Freya Waley-Cohen & is performed in London next week🔻

Today Ross Sutherland / Imaginary Advice’s trailblazing debut, Things to Do Before You Leave Town, turns 15 🎉

As the great Ian McMillan said, “If [Ross] were a piece of furniture, he would be an elegant high stool that felt uncomfortable and stylish at the same time”

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Christmas poem.

Publishing on this day in 2014: The Hard Word Box by @slhesketh 📦 🧠

A book of poems and verbatim interviews that reveals dementia as a negotiation with language and silence.

Longlisted Medicine Unboxed creative award

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Very sad to hear of the death of Benjamin Zephaniah. He was a true giant in our world and was always a pleasure to work with. We shall miss him dearly.

We're deeply saddened by the loss of Benjamin Zephaniah, a pioneering Dub Poet and Author whose energy, vibe, and unapologetic work paved the way for Black British Writers. We're forever grateful for his contributions and commitment. He’s legacy will live on forever.

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Found treasure — in Hatchards, London.
The Typo King FRSL / FRSA Penned in the Margins Hatchards

On this day in 2019 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus won the Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Young Writer Award 🥇 thetimes.co.uk/article/raymon… (£)