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Gabriel Josipovici's 'The Cemetery in Barnes' Longlisted for Republic of Consciousness Prize 2019

We're delighted to announce that Gabriel Josipovici' s The Cemetery in Barnes has been longlisted for the 2019 Republic of Consciousness Prize! read more

Carcanet Press Announce Rebrand

We're delighted to officially announce Carcanet’s bold new branding, which has now rolled out across our various public-facing platforms. read more

PBS Spring 2019 Selection: Jane Yeh & Marilyn Hacker

We're delighted to announce that the 2019 Spring Selections for the Poetry Book Society include two Carcanet collections! read more

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Welcome to Carcanet Press, one of the outstanding independent literary publishers of our time. Now in its fifth decade, Carcanet publishes the most comprehensive and diverse list available of modern and classic poetry in English and in translation, as well as a range of inventive fiction, Lives and Letters and literary criticism.

Incomprehensible Lesson Fawzi Karim and Anthony Howell

Thousandfold Nina Bogin

My Reef My Manifest Array John Wilkinson

Selected Poems Edmund Blunden Ed. Robyn Marsack

Swimming Chenango Lake Charles Tomlinson Ed. David Morley

An English Anthology Leonard Nolens Tr. Paul Vincent

Grimspound and Inhabiting Art Rod Mengham

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Carcanet Press Announces Rebrand

We're delighted to officially announce Carcanet’s bold new branding, which has now rolled out across our various public-facing platforms.

We’re incredibly proud of the excellent writing we publish, and we want to ensure that our readership continues to grow as poetry continues to increase in popularity. You will have noticed the updated cover artwork of recent publications—we’ve worked hard to develop a new look that reflects the brilliance of the work within, as well as our own goal to remain at the forefront of poetry publishing in the UK.

The start of 2019 also marks the year of our 50th anniversary - further details of dates & celebratory events will be announced soon.
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Vahni Capildeo

Vahni Capildeo’s multilingual, cross-genre writing is grounded in time experienced through place. Her DPhil in Old Norse literature and translation theory, her travels, and her Indian diaspora/Caribbean background deepen the voices in the landscapes that inspire her. Her poetry (six books and four pamphlets) includes Measures of Expatriation, awarded the...read more

Poem of the Day

Burning Rubbish

Martina Evans

A peachy sunset
over a line of black fir trees,
fires all over our field.
I am there in shorts and sandals
running with a can of petrol
to revive the drooping flames,
my father’s solid body
standing still among the blazes
like a Roman General,
just here, this evening
for once
like a king.

Taken from 'The Windows of Graceland'...

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