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Penned in the Margins publishes risk-taking poetry, fiction, criticism and literary non-fiction.

Since 2004 we have published over 60 titles, ranging from award-winning debuts and ground-breaking anthologies to limited edition mini-books. Browse our online shop by using the menu to the right or scroll down to explore the latest titles.

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Trammel Charlotte Newman Urbane yet uncompromising, Trammel is the powerful debut collection from a voice that demands to be heard.

Sunshine Melissa Lee-Houghton Sunshine is the new collection from Next Generation Poet Melissa Lee-Houghton. A writer of startling confession, her poems inhabit the lonely hotel rooms, psych wards and deserted lanes of austerity Britain.

Cain Luke Kennard Tricksy, acerbic and laugh-out-loud funny, Cain is the dazzling new collection from Next Generation Poet Luke Kennard.

Spacecraft John McCullough Margins, edges and coastlines abound in John McCullough’s tender, humorous explorations of contemporary life and love.

Sunspots (paperback) Simon Barraclough Simon Barraclough (Poet in Residence at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory) is your guide to the Sun in this ambitious and energetic new collection of poems, fusing science and literature, and channelling Shakespeare, Byron, Nabakov and more.

Astéronymes Claire Trévien Formally inventive and intricately composed, Astéronymes is a book of redactions - and an elegy for places and people that have been ruined by time, erosion or neglect.

What I Learned from Johnny Bevan Luke Wright A politically charged modern epic by celebrated poet Luke Wright. Winner of a Fringe First Award.

What I Learned from Johnny Bevan (Special edition hardback) Luke Wright A politically charged modern epic by celebrated poet Luke Wright. Winner of a Fringe First Award.

Forgive the Language: Essays on Poets & Poetry Katy Evans-Bush Typewriters, plagiarism and the poetic line are just three of the subjects under the spotlight in this book of essays by much-loved literary blogger Katy Evans-Bush.

Futures: Poetry of the Greek Crisis Theodoros Chiotis (editor) Futures features some of the most daring new voices in Greek poetry, together with international poets with Greek connections.

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