What I Learned from Johnny Bevan <\/em>– Luke Wright<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/classic\/cover-images\/johnnybevan.jpg\")
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We kick things off in February with Luke Wright’s Fringe First Award-winning Edinburgh show. A modern epic written in verse, What I Learned from Johnny Bevan<\/em> is a story of friendship, class ceilings and political disillusionment. We launch the book on 24th February – press night of the show’s run at Soho Theatre<\/a> – in trade paperback, priced \u00a39.99. We have also printed 50 copies of a signed and numbered special edition hardback<\/a>. At time of writing there are only 10 copies left!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
MARCH<\/h3>\nAst\u00e9ronymes <\/em>– Claire Tr\u00e9vien<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/classic\/cover-images\/asteronymes.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
In March we release the second collection from Anglo-Breton poet, Claire Tr\u00e9vien. Following the success of her Guardian First Book Award-longlisted debut,\u00a0The Shipwrecked House<\/em>, these delicate, playful poems take us to a place where ancient stone circles collide with the language of the internet. Formally inventive and intricately composed,\u00a0Ast\u00e9ronymes<\/em> is a book of redactions – and an elegy for places and people that have been ruined by time, erosion or neglect.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
MAY<\/h3>\nSpacecraft <\/em>– John McCullough<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.johnmccullough.co.uk\/application\/files\/4914\/3475\/2242\/JOHN_201.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
We are delighted to welcome John McCullough to our list with his second collection, Spacecraft. <\/em>John’s first book, The Frost Fairs<\/em>, won the Polari First Book Award, and this follow-up conjures floating churches and mobile cities; takes on etymology, obsolete words and punctuation marks; and continues to explore the contemporary gay experience. Watch out in April for launches in Brighton, London and Oxford, alongside Ast\u00e9ronymes<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
JUNE<\/h3>\nCain <\/em>– Luke Kennard<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.waterlines.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Luke21.jpg\")
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Cain <\/em>is the long-awaited new book of poetry from Next Generation Poet (and newCanal Laureate!) Luke Kennard, published as a deluxe hardback edition in June. One of the UK’s most influential poets, Cain <\/em>once again proves Kennard to be a master of the surreal and innovator of form, with a series of cutting and hilarious poems in which the author undergoes therapy from the Bible’s first murderer, debating everything from interfaith dialogue to zombies. Thirty-one poems – anagrams in their entirety of one Biblical passage – makes for a central sequence very few poets could dream up, let alone pull off with such aplomb.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
SEPTEMBER<\/h3>\nThe Old Weird Albion <\/em>– Justin Hopper<\/h2>\nPLEASE NOTE – THE OLD WEIRD ALBION HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.justin-hopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/vanka_reading_2.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
As we move into Autumn we shift from poetry to a book that fits somewhere between literary non-fiction and alternative nature writing. In The Old Weird Albion,<\/em>\u00a0American writer and artist Justin Hopper will set forth into the foggy underculture of the South Downs Way in search of an alternate version of English identity. Taking in urban spaces, suburbs and sweeping landscapes in the Sussex homeland of Hopper’s ancestors, this debut will attempt to reconnect with the land and the self.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
SEPTEMBER<\/h3>\nSunshine <\/em>– Melissa Lee-Houghton<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/melissaleehoughton.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/dsc_0398.jpg?w=300&h=199\")
<\/p>\n
The second Next Generation Poet we’re publishing in 2016 will be Melissa Lee-Houghton’s powerful and provocative third collection,\u00a0Sunshine. <\/em>Continuing the stark confessional style that has garnered critical acclaim and a growing fanbase, Sunshine<\/em>\u00a0is at times explicit, at others tender, sexual and dangerous. These poems ooze confidence and demonstrate Melissa’s ability to shine a light on human emotion with startling precision. Out in September.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
OCTOBER<\/h3>\nCenotaph South –<\/em> Chris McCabe<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tonguefire.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/chris-mccabe.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
Following on from 2014’s In the Catacombs<\/em>, Chris McCabe again turns sleuth to search the cemeteries of London for a forgotten dead poet. This time he walks among the graves of Nunhead Cemetery and across the parklands, heaths and industrial estates of south London. Chris even locates what he believes to be the exact tree where William Blake had a vision of the angels. So expect a literary stir this November!<\/p>\n_<\/span><\/p>\nAnd finally<\/h3>\nA debut poetry collection from Charlotte Newman<\/h2>\n
We have signed up London-based poet Charlotte Newman for a debut collection, to be published in October. The as-yet-untitled book will be bold and experimental and comes from a writer whose first selection of poems won the inaugural Saboteur Award for Best Pamphlet in 2013.<\/p>\n
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MARCH<\/h3>\nAst\u00e9ronymes <\/em>– Claire Tr\u00e9vien<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
In March we release the second collection from Anglo-Breton poet, Claire Tr\u00e9vien. Following the success of her Guardian First Book Award-longlisted debut,\u00a0The Shipwrecked House<\/em>, these delicate, playful poems take us to a place where ancient stone circles collide with the language of the internet. Formally inventive and intricately composed,\u00a0Ast\u00e9ronymes<\/em> is a book of redactions – and an elegy for places and people that have been ruined by time, erosion or neglect.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
MAY<\/h3>\nSpacecraft <\/em>– John McCullough<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
We are delighted to welcome John McCullough to our list with his second collection, Spacecraft. <\/em>John’s first book, The Frost Fairs<\/em>, won the Polari First Book Award, and this follow-up conjures floating churches and mobile cities; takes on etymology, obsolete words and punctuation marks; and continues to explore the contemporary gay experience. Watch out in April for launches in Brighton, London and Oxford, alongside Ast\u00e9ronymes<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
JUNE<\/h3>\nCain <\/em>– Luke Kennard<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Cain <\/em>is the long-awaited new book of poetry from Next Generation Poet (and newCanal Laureate!) Luke Kennard, published as a deluxe hardback edition in June. One of the UK’s most influential poets, Cain <\/em>once again proves Kennard to be a master of the surreal and innovator of form, with a series of cutting and hilarious poems in which the author undergoes therapy from the Bible’s first murderer, debating everything from interfaith dialogue to zombies. Thirty-one poems – anagrams in their entirety of one Biblical passage – makes for a central sequence very few poets could dream up, let alone pull off with such aplomb.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
SEPTEMBER<\/h3>\nThe Old Weird Albion <\/em>– Justin Hopper<\/h2>\nPLEASE NOTE – THE OLD WEIRD ALBION HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
As we move into Autumn we shift from poetry to a book that fits somewhere between literary non-fiction and alternative nature writing. In The Old Weird Albion,<\/em>\u00a0American writer and artist Justin Hopper will set forth into the foggy underculture of the South Downs Way in search of an alternate version of English identity. Taking in urban spaces, suburbs and sweeping landscapes in the Sussex homeland of Hopper’s ancestors, this debut will attempt to reconnect with the land and the self.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
SEPTEMBER<\/h3>\nSunshine <\/em>– Melissa Lee-Houghton<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
The second Next Generation Poet we’re publishing in 2016 will be Melissa Lee-Houghton’s powerful and provocative third collection,\u00a0Sunshine. <\/em>Continuing the stark confessional style that has garnered critical acclaim and a growing fanbase, Sunshine<\/em>\u00a0is at times explicit, at others tender, sexual and dangerous. These poems ooze confidence and demonstrate Melissa’s ability to shine a light on human emotion with startling precision. Out in September.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
OCTOBER<\/h3>\nCenotaph South –<\/em> Chris McCabe<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Following on from 2014’s In the Catacombs<\/em>, Chris McCabe again turns sleuth to search the cemeteries of London for a forgotten dead poet. This time he walks among the graves of Nunhead Cemetery and across the parklands, heaths and industrial estates of south London. Chris even locates what he believes to be the exact tree where William Blake had a vision of the angels. So expect a literary stir this November!<\/p>\n_<\/span><\/p>\nAnd finally<\/h3>\nA debut poetry collection from Charlotte Newman<\/h2>\n
We have signed up London-based poet Charlotte Newman for a debut collection, to be published in October. The as-yet-untitled book will be bold and experimental and comes from a writer whose first selection of poems won the inaugural Saboteur Award for Best Pamphlet in 2013.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
In March we release the second collection from Anglo-Breton poet, Claire Tr\u00e9vien. Following the success of her Guardian First Book Award-longlisted debut,\u00a0The Shipwrecked House<\/em>, these delicate, playful poems take us to a place where ancient stone circles collide with the language of the internet. Formally inventive and intricately composed,\u00a0Ast\u00e9ronymes<\/em> is a book of redactions – and an elegy for places and people that have been ruined by time, erosion or neglect.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We are delighted to welcome John McCullough to our list with his second collection, Spacecraft. <\/em>John’s first book, The Frost Fairs<\/em>, won the Polari First Book Award, and this follow-up conjures floating churches and mobile cities; takes on etymology, obsolete words and punctuation marks; and continues to explore the contemporary gay experience. Watch out in April for launches in Brighton, London and Oxford, alongside Ast\u00e9ronymes<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cain <\/em>is the long-awaited new book of poetry from Next Generation Poet (and newCanal Laureate!) Luke Kennard, published as a deluxe hardback edition in June. One of the UK’s most influential poets, Cain <\/em>once again proves Kennard to be a master of the surreal and innovator of form, with a series of cutting and hilarious poems in which the author undergoes therapy from the Bible’s first murderer, debating everything from interfaith dialogue to zombies. Thirty-one poems – anagrams in their entirety of one Biblical passage – makes for a central sequence very few poets could dream up, let alone pull off with such aplomb.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PLEASE NOTE – THE OLD WEIRD ALBION HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n As we move into Autumn we shift from poetry to a book that fits somewhere between literary non-fiction and alternative nature writing. In The Old Weird Albion,<\/em>\u00a0American writer and artist Justin Hopper will set forth into the foggy underculture of the South Downs Way in search of an alternate version of English identity. Taking in urban spaces, suburbs and sweeping landscapes in the Sussex homeland of Hopper’s ancestors, this debut will attempt to reconnect with the land and the self.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The second Next Generation Poet we’re publishing in 2016 will be Melissa Lee-Houghton’s powerful and provocative third collection,\u00a0Sunshine. <\/em>Continuing the stark confessional style that has garnered critical acclaim and a growing fanbase, Sunshine<\/em>\u00a0is at times explicit, at others tender, sexual and dangerous. These poems ooze confidence and demonstrate Melissa’s ability to shine a light on human emotion with startling precision. 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Spacecraft <\/em>– John McCullough<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nJUNE<\/h3>\n
Cain <\/em>– Luke Kennard<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nSEPTEMBER<\/h3>\n
The Old Weird Albion <\/em>– Justin Hopper<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nSEPTEMBER<\/h3>\n
Sunshine <\/em>– Melissa Lee-Houghton<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nOCTOBER<\/h3>\n
Cenotaph South –<\/em> Chris McCabe<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nAnd finally<\/h3>\n
A debut poetry collection from Charlotte Newman<\/h2>\n