UK's Hem Press
one of the donors to our crowd funding campaign
Hem Press is an independent publisher from Birmingham, England, publishing contemporary literature from around the world. Our publication schedule includes narrative verse, visual poetry, experimental memoir, radical translation and more.
You can get this excellent bundle of books through the crowd funding campaign.
I had an enriching conversation with Richard Capener, the editor of Hem Press, about the press last year on the Small Machine Talks. Click on the link to listen to the interview.
Hem Press is donating the following books:
Nikki Dudley, Exorcism Becomes Habit
A banishing of negative emotions, Exorcism Becomes Habit drenches readers with language by slipping between narratives and voices: a purge through writing which questions identity, expression and knowledge. This is the author at her most daring and original.
This is a pre-order and is forthcoming in early spring.
Josh Allsop, purge fluid
In this debut collection, Josh Allsop draws mythic and historical narratives. While the influence of Geoffrey Hill and J.H. Prynne is woven into his lyricism, he also calls to mind the ecstasis of John Donne. Yet this remains a verse all its own, framing contemporary lyric poetry as a site of breathtaking experimentation.
James Knight, Cosmic Horror
Over the last four years, James Knight has drawn on the grammar of genre to revitalise contemporary surrealism. Cosmic Horror may be the most realised of this project to date.
A pamphet-length collection of damaged memories and waking nightmares, the narrator finds language becoming as alien as their body. This writing is as unsettling as it is inventive.
Amanda Earl, Trouble
A pamphlet-length poem, Amanda Earl’s Trouble narrates a lust affair that defies convention. Exploring desire through popular culture, literature, language and mythology, Earl takes readers on an intoxicating journey: a jolt of innovative erotica.
