Quote of the Day
It is impossible to imagine literary life in Britain without Carcanet.
William Boyd
Book Search
Subscribe to our mailing list
News
Carcanet Shortlisted for Northern Small Press of the Year
We're over the moon to share the news that we've been shortlisted for Northern Small Press of the Year in the British book Awards! read more
Isabel Galleymore Shortlisted for the 2020 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize
We're delighted to announce the news that Isabel Galleymore ’s debut collection Significant Other has been shortlisted for the 2020 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize! read more
Sinéad Morrissey Shortlisted for European Poet of Freedom Prize
We're delighted to announce the news that Sinéad Morrissey 's Forward Prize winning collection On Balance has been shortlisted for European Poet of Freedom Prize! read more
Featured Audio
Sinead Morrissey reads from T S Eliot Prize-winning Parallax at the Royal Festival Hall
Listen
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.
Browse Carcanet's Jubilee Bundles here - five bundles each for £50!
Browse Carcanet's Jubilee Bundles here - five bundles each for £50!
|
Carcanet at 50
Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years!
Read all about our anniversary plans! Since 1969 Carcanet has been committed to publishing poetry from around the world, and to mark the past fifty years we're busy planning parties, symposia, exhibitions and more to celebrate! You can read an interview with our founder and editorial director, Michael Schmidt, in The Bookseller, where we also reveal key dates for your diaries over from the autumn onwards! read more... |
Featured Author
Gabriel Josipovici
Gabriel Josipovici was born in Nice in 1940 to Jewish parents of Italo-Russian, Romano-Levantine extraction. He lived in Egypt from 1945 to 1956, when he came to England. He read English at a St.Edmund Hall, Oxford and from 1963 to 1998 was first a lecturer, then a Professor in the School...read more |
Poem of the Day
Renting Emily Dickinson's Bedroom by the Hour
I don’t want to do anything.
I just want to watch.
I want to see what she saw.
I don’t want to touch
or be touched;
I want a different kind of pain.
If I can get it once
I won’t come back again.
Taken from 'The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx'...I just want to watch.
I want to see what she saw.
I don’t want to touch
or be touched;
I want a different kind of pain.
If I can get it once
I won’t come back again.
We thank the Arts Council England for their support and assistance in this interactive Project.
This website ©2000-2020 Carcanet Press Ltd