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Penned in the Margins is committed to publishing risk-taking poetry and experimental fiction. Since 2004 we have published over 40 titles, ranging from award-winning debuts and anthologies to limited edition mini-books.

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Sunspots 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.

Speculatrix Chris McCabe In his most daring collection to date, Chris McCabe delves into the shadowy recesses of London history, bringing forth unsettling anachronisms and revealing the city as a perilous place to exist.

The Hard Word Box Sarah Hesketh The Hard Word Box is a book of poems and verbatim interviews that takes the reader on a surprising and enriching journey through memory and imagination.

Midland Honor Gavin Midland tells the stories of three young women as they fight to find their feet amidst the accumulated rubble of the twentieth century.

Marginalia Tom Chivers (editor) This new anthology celebrates the first decade of Penned in the Margins, bringing together over seventy-five of the very best poems and texts carefully selected by editor Tom Chivers.

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