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Capildeo awarded Poetry Book Society Winter Choice 2021
We're delighted to announce that Vahni Capildeo 's forthcoming collection Like a Tree, Walking is the PBS Winter Choice for 2021, and Owen Lowery 's final collection The Crash Wake and other Poems is the Wild Card. read more
Thomas A Clark Longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2021
It's a pleasure to share the news that Carcanet poet Thomas A Clark is included on the longlist for this years Laurel Prize with his Selected Poems, The Threadbare Coat, which was edited by Matthew Welton. read more
Chakraborty, Galleymore & Kelly on Michael Murphy Memorial Prize Shortlist
We're thrilled to share the news that three Carcanet poets have been selected for the Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize: Sumita Chakraborty with her collection Arrow, Isabel Galleymore with Significant Other, and Lisa Kelly with A Map Towards Fluency. read more
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Carcanet and Covid-19
Carcanet Press’s Manchester office remains open for the present, with a skeleton staff; but most staff, for their safety, are working remotely as we are keen to avoid contributing to the spread of the virus.Most of the live events and conferences we were arranging or collaborating with are being postponed. Decisions currently affect events through May. We will keep you informed via our e-letter and social media for further updates. Some publication dates may be moved. We are reluctant to delay books but given how the situation is affecting the book trade it may soon be necessary to consider doing so for the sake of authors, readers and the trade itself. We are very concerned for bookshops where footfall is already much reduced. We are looking for ways to collaborate with them. While Carcanet’s own on-line bookstore remains in business, we urge all our readers to source books from the bricks and mortar bookshops, using their mail-order services and supporting them wherever possible. Most of our books can be bought as e-books from all the major suppliers. Carcanet’s social media will continue to inform and entertain. PN Review is on course and issue 253 is currently ‘in the works’. Stay in touch with us… And stay well! read more... |
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Carola Luther
Carola Luther ’s first two collections, Walking the Animals (2004) and Arguing with Malarchy (2011) were published by Carcanet Press. Walking the Animals was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for First Collection. Herd, a pamphlet of poems, was published by The Wordsworth Trust where Carola was Poet in Residence in...read more |
Poem of the Day
Majid Sits in a Tree and Sings
This morning, I wake with a bird in my heart.
My mother smiles only for me. I bash my car into the wall.
Sometimes she tells me to be quiet. Today, she laughs.
The men came in the hottest part of the day.
A walk, my love, a small walk, she says.
In the stairwell, the mothers hold their children.
The guns shine in the sun. I am a man,
this is no time for play, I do not hide.
We shuffle in, look for a seat in the stands.
A big black bird comes down from the sky.
The grown-ups hold their breath. They are blinking a lot.
The bird likes the meat hanging on the goalposts.
Tonight, my mother says I can sleep in her bed.
I make my back into a curved shell against her legs.
She strokes her palm across my forehead.
In the middle of the night, I watch her on her knees.
She tips her head backwards. I see all of her neck.
Taken from 'New Poetries VII'...My mother smiles only for me. I bash my car into the wall.
Sometimes she tells me to be quiet. Today, she laughs.
The men came in the hottest part of the day.
A walk, my love, a small walk, she says.
In the stairwell, the mothers hold their children.
The guns shine in the sun. I am a man,
this is no time for play, I do not hide.
We shuffle in, look for a seat in the stands.
A big black bird comes down from the sky.
The grown-ups hold their breath. They are blinking a lot.
The bird likes the meat hanging on the goalposts.
Tonight, my mother says I can sleep in her bed.
I make my back into a curved shell against her legs.
She strokes her palm across my forehead.
In the middle of the night, I watch her on her knees.
She tips her head backwards. I see all of her neck.
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