My review of @scooterwriter.bsky.social Diane Simmons 'Bereft of Reason,' published by @vpresslit.bsky.social Recommended! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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V. Press publishes poetry and flash fiction that is very very run by @sarahleavesley.bsky.social https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/
V. Press is v v delighted to share the publication of Some Dark God by Cat Balaq – a chapbook of poetry that is very sacred and very profane! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com
So delighted to record a podcast about Hatchery with Tara George @bedsidereading.bsky.social - thankyou for having me ! bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/epis... @vpresslit.bsky.social #poetsonbluesky
Hatchery - Beth Osmond - Bedside Reading
I've got a fabulous guest today, Neonatologist and poet Beth Osmond, talking about her gorgeous collection, Hatchery. This is an utterly, utterly gorgeous collection of beautiful poems, mainly inspire...
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“Such a dark, magnificent creation. I devoured the poems. Strident, compelling dispatches from the underworld, meticulously crafted. These poems will get under your skin, go straight for the heart.” Helen Mort on Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/some-dark-...
Here’s me reading from Hatchery. I will be reading @waterstones.bsky.social in Bristol on 8th July- www.waterstones.com/events/a-poe... @vpresslit.bsky.social #poemsaloud
“Vicious as you are in your pyjamas, incontinent as the moon, you lie awake, stubbornly sleepish in your outer skin.[…]” From Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/some-dark-...
V. v. excited to see Jenny Hope's V. Press collection, Wild Boar, SHORTLISTED in the INTERNATIONAL RUBERY BOOK AWARD 2026 (poetry & short fiction category)!!! Big congrats @jennyhope.bsky.social & all! Award: www.ruberybookaward.com/about-5 Wild Boar: vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/wild-boar....
“He knows the best worms, how to gut the wood for grubs. Webbed feet to hold a mate tightly. […]” From Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/some-dark-...
Great to read the lovely review of Lauren Mason’s Rust Canyon in The Poetry Review! Rust Canyon: vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/rust-canyo... More on The Poetry Review from The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk here: poetrysociety.org.uk/publications...
“A black kimono – soul-thin drapes. See-through ache. […]” From Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/some-dark-...
“[…] her quick imagination moves through bleak, unnerving territory with a lightness of touch, reshaping the world [...] This is sharply observed, stirring writing.” John McCullough on Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/some-dark-...
“search for and enter her name black and still in a white space. the ith of it. the eerie ili lifts us. […]" From Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/some-dark-...
📚 New Review 📚 Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq, out with @vpresslit.bsky.social on 3rd July. Review at victoriaspires.substack.com
“the nothing/formless/what he desires or silence/oil-mouth/musk/she once” From Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/some-dark-...
V. v. excited to share publication of the new bound version of The Neverlands by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social – a flash fiction novella that is very raw and very real! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com
“I am the colour of sand, when sand is crushed to slutch. Ochre, yellow, brown, mottled and crosshatched, ground by years […]” From Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/some-dark-...
Thrilled to get my hands on an advance copy of Cat Balaq’s new book from @vpresslit.bsky.social. Some collections sing, this one dances. Vital, dark and ultimately life-affirming, it's out 3rd July.
“[…] a family epic in flash form, masterfully and movingly distilled, both devastating and hopeful.” Kathy Fish on The Neverlands by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-neverl...
“Mammy is using that shiny voice when everything sounds lovely but it isn’t.” from The Neverlands by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-neverl...
“Nuala doesn’t think she has ever heard Mammy laugh like that. This laugh is beautiful, like fairy whispers.” from The Neverlands by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-neverl...
“The constable says it’s bad news. And you think, was there ever any other kind? Not in this family.” from The Neverlands by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-neverl...
“Funny, clever, warm and sad, this is a beautiful book.” Nuala O’Connor on The Neverlands by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-neverl...
“Nuala wants to fix things even though Mammy says there’s no fixing Da.” from The Neverlands by Damhnait Monaghan vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-neverl...
Lovely to be on here with my pal @downith.bsky.social — if she’d not been silly & moved back to Canada, she would have been round my house for lunch today with lots of other lovely people celebrating 🥲
V. Press@vpresslit.bsky.social · 2mo agoReview news & hot new titles! V. Press summer news & highlights! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com @downith.bsky.social @bethosmond.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social
Review news & hot new titles! V. Press summer news & highlights! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com @downith.bsky.social @bethosmond.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social
“She tells Mammy Sister Angelique is pure of heart and Mammy says she’ll give Nuala pure of heart if she doesn’t eat her cabbage.” from The Neverlands by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-neverl...
A few words from my flash fiction novella ‘Bereft of Reason’ out from @vpresslit.bsky.social on 1 June. Signed pre-orders available from my website. Copies also available from V. Press.
