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Springing into London Book Fair, new titles, events & review news
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com
@elenibrooks.bsky.social
@jennyhope.bsky.social
Happy birthday to my NIF ‘An Inheritance’, published in Feb 2020 & shortlisted in The Saboteur Awards. Thrilled that @vpresslit.bsky.social will be publishing my latest NIF too! ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be out later this year 😊
Join V. Press’s editor for her Darling Blue Spring Launch at Script Haven @scripthavenltd.bsky.social in Worcester next Sat, 28 Feb!!!
Daytime Poet/Publisher in Residence with evening reading & open mic
Details: www.sarah-james.co.uk?page_id=184 & fb.me/e/6EXr4EYPe
Now in stock and available for pre-order, ‘grown girl’ by Eleni Brooks @elenibrooks.bsky.social, winner of the V. Press Prize for Poetry 2025-26 – a chapbook of poetry that is very raw and very hopeful.
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It was such a treat to hear the wonderful @jennyhope.bsky.social read from her new collection ‘Wild Boar’ last night - her poems are powerful, dark, and visceral. @vpresslit.bsky.social
“Hope writes with a green pen [...] The language is unflinching, raw, and moving as she journeys through the seasons, linking the changes and evolution to those often felt by women as they navigate their lives.”
Pat Edwards, London Grip:
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“Here, the richness of soil and words fill the mouth, and we discover a delicious blurring of human, animal and natural worlds. Our ‘inner raw’ secrets are unlocked while the moon looks on.” Claire Walker on Wild Boar by @jennyhope.bsky.social sky.social
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V. Press is v. v. delighted to announce the publication of Wild Boar by Jenny Hope @jennyhope.bsky.social, a poetry collection that is very visceral and very feminist.
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“Oh, we’re smitten. We watch
you smash up puddles,
squeeze out factories and shimmy
the Balti Belt.”
From ‘Birmingham Moon’ in ‘Wild Boar’ by Jenny Hope @jennyhope.bsky.social
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“Come – I think you will like it here. Follow me.
Let the forest open herself to you, jaw-to-jaw.”
From ‘A night with the forest’ in ‘Wild Boar’ by Jenny Hope
@jennyhope.bsky.social
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“Hawthorn flowers are on the turn, yet
their spent-sex-scent fills her air.
She’s silent. Slack-bellied.”
From ‘Vixen’ in ‘Wild Boar’ by Jenny Hope
@jennyhope.bsky.social
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“I dreamt my lover was a rat.
I felt his sharp tongue on my breast,
and let him steal my breath.”
From ‘Song of owls’ in ‘Wild Boar’ by Jenny Hope
@jennyhope.bsky.social
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"[...] Poems that expand, take up space, howl, cackle and buck with the feel of changing seasons. A mesmerising collection.”
Ruth Stacey on ‘Wild Boar by @jennyhope.bsky.social
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“It’s the stray cat that climbs into your head, an old friend
who, when passing the area, decides to call in to taste
the sugar of your hospitality. […]”
From ‘On talking to myself’ in ‘Wild Boar’ by Jenny Hope
@jennyhope.bsky.social
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“You call me Blame – a crooked-turn, not-fitting: The bus is late – blame. Love is lost – blame. The cow won’t milk – blinkered – bully – blame.”
From ‘Many words for Witch ’ in ‘Wild Boar’ by Jenny Hope @jennyhope.bsky.social
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“I can see clearly here. This place of almost-never-
sleep. Soil is rich, fills my mouth, holds my silence.”
From ‘The unbirthing’ in ‘Wild Boar’ by Jenny Hope @jennyhope.bsky.social
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Am very excited to share that my new historical novella-in-flash ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be published by V.Press in 2026!
Elizabeth Osmond is a neonatal consultant , national training advisor and prize winning poet… followed by publication history … her pamphlet Hatchery invites readers into the world of neonatal medicine and is forthcoming with V Press in 2026
I am very excited to share that my first poetry pamphlet is being published in 2026 with @vpresslit.bsky.social
#poemsabout
#poetsonbluesky
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Thank you, Elly!
A wonderful surprise to see that, due to recent interest and demand, my @vpresslit.bsky.social pamphlet '(m)othersongs' has just gone to a fourth print run – two years after publication! Get 'em while they're hot... ❤️🔥🍂❤️🔥
The very very warmest of Seasonal Greetings & thanks to all our readers, writers and supporters, plus news of our final anniversary-year celebration!!!
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V. v. excited to have another new print run of @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social’s beautiful (m)othersongs in time for Christmas -- It’s rare to do a new run 2 years after publication & this may well be the last, so get a copy while you still can! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/mothersong...
Thanks, Laura, so pleased to have you and 'Sum of her PARTS' on our list!
It was an absolute thrill to have my pamphlet 'Sum of her PARTS' published by @vpresslit.bsky.social 💜 Sarah is wonderful to work with & publishes such quality books. And that cover...! 💜💜 Please do check out the V. Press catalogue.
#fiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
10 Years of publications -- celebrating 2025!
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& more!
My NIF ‘An Inheritance’ was published by V.Press in 2020. There’s just a few copies left (available from V.Press or my website). You might want to check out all their other publications too!
10 Years of Publications – Revealing the real boss, meet N…& lots of thanks!
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JOIN US for the FREE launch of Darling Blue with Worcestershire Poetry Society Stanza Guest Poets at Droitwich Library on Sat, 22 Nov 2025
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/darling-blue-launch-with-worcestershire-poetry-society-stanza-guest-poets-tickets-1832358707219?aff=oddtdtcreator
#poetry fun
Celebrating 10 Years of Publications -- 2024!
Poetry, flash and our new book bundles!
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“[...]These poems are diamond-like in their brilliance and multifaceted reflections, but they are also sharp and tough.[...]”
Tamar Yoseloff on Lauren Mason's Rust Canyon
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#books