We open for submissions in 3 weeks. Here's some free, easy things you can do to find out whether we might be a good fit manuscript. Link to blogs: buff.ly/6AY9fTa Hope you find something helpful! 💡

Have we left it too late for our planet? You decide with these poems from AARDVARK DAY by Vicky Gatehouse! Perfect for KS2 students (Y4-5) exploring living things & their habits, human beings & the environment & poetry 🪴 Available in all good bookshops 14 May 2026 / pre-order: buff.ly/uZuQLN2

'Mary Shelley and I are shipwrecked' by Catherine Redford from her debut collection THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME ✨ ⭐ Order your copy here: buff.ly/JfpT3ta ⭐ Explore more of Catherine's work ~ online launch feat. guest poet Sarah Doyle available on YouTube: buff.ly/fJF8wGL

SPRING 2026 OPEN SUBMISSIONS From Monday 11 May-Sunday 17 May (deadline 11.59pm, UK time) we will be accepting proposals for essays and short fiction that would fit well with our existing catalogue. For full details: buff.ly/7w6gSov

Pre-orders now open for EATING AIR by Suyin Du Bois, a mouth-watering book of poems about food, belonging and connection. Head over to The Emma Press website for more: buff.ly/nER3SEo 🍜 Cover by Reena Makwana ❤️

Pre-orders now open for MILK & MOON-WATER ~ Charm Poems by Milena Williamson 💫 A collection of 11 Old English metrical charms – ancient incantations spoken to ward off harm – creatively translated into magical and medicinal spells for the modern reader: buff.ly/mLxxThz Cover by Maggie Mason

Join us to celebrate the launch of Victoria Gatehouse‘s debut poetry collection for children, Aardvark Day! Vicky will share a selection of fun and fact-filled poems about fascinating creatures and talk about her inspiration for the book. 🐾 Register here: buff.ly/Hcrwoaz

"[...] when that poem happened it really drew all those different things together, and it just felt like the right symbol that seemed to connect what this whole project was." Zain Rishi talks about the process of writing NOON!!🩷 ✨ Order your copy here: buff.ly/YeZhklk ✨

To brighten up your day, here's an ultraviolet triolet from AARDVARK DAY, Victoria Gatehouse's debut children's collection, released on 14 May! 🐝 Pre-order AARDVARK DAY via our webshop to receive your copy ahead of publication: buff.ly/oieyycx

“Her stunning use of image and metaphor gives form to the frightening chaos of grief.” ~ Jenny Hockey, Write Out Loud We're so pleased to receive such a beautiful review of THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME ~ order your copy here: buff.ly/JfpT3ta

THE WAITER by Kwan Ann Tan is available on audiobook on our website!!👾 Please enjoy this little preview narrated by the fantastic Vera Chok 💖 ✨ Order the paperback and audiobook here: buff.ly/hu7wom7 ✨ Generously funded by The Space

Happy publication day to Catherine Redford and her brilliant collection THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME!!💖 Join us at the online launch tomorrow at 7pm ~ get your tickets here: buff.ly/BALW9FZ Order your copy here: buff.ly/dg4W4gn

Join us on 20th March for the online launch on THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME!💖 Catherine will be in conversation with the book’s editor, James Trevelyan, and guest poet Sarah Doyle! ⭐ Book your place here: buff.ly/TzhBrpk ⭐

We are so saddened to hear of the passing of writer, illustrator and translator Lilija Berzinska. We had the pleasure of working with Lilija on the English edition of her book "The Skeleton in the Cupboard" in 2024, and she was an absolute joy. Our thoughts go out to her family. buff.ly/GmMXBCR

Good Friday from THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME by Catherine Redford ❤️ We're now just one week away from publication day!! ~ pre-order your copy here: buff.ly/JfpT3ta ✨

Blackberry Picking from his debut pamphlet NOON!!🩷 ⭐ Order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/YeZhklk ⭐

BOUND audiobook is available on our website!! Enjoy a little sneak peek of the audiobook read by the amazing Maddie Ballard ~ It's perfect to listen to while sewing and crafting!! You can order both the BOUND paperback and audiobook together here: buff.ly/XagQWt1 Generously funded by The Space

It's World Book Day!! What are you reading today? Celebrate with one of our children's fiction or poetry bundles via our webshop here: buff.ly/YUnpVsR 💖 #WorldBookDay

Obituary by Catherine Redford from her debut collection THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME 🩷 ⭐ Publishing 19th March ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/dg4W4gn ⭐

THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME copies have arrived!! We're so grateful to have amazing quotes by Liz Berry and Fiona Benson on the cover! 💖 Cover by: Amy Louise Evans ✨ Pre-order a copy here buff.ly/dg4W4gn ✨

"What a wonder it is to encounter a voice like this, filled with such tenderness and longing." ~ Tishani Doshi, author of A God at the Door 🩷 We are delighted to receive such stunning praise for NOON by Zain Rishi!! ✨ ⭐ Pre-order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/jG6fc5d ⭐

“[...]the stories certainly linger in the mind for a long time after you’ve read them.” Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings wrote a lovely review of HAILMAN by Leanne Radojkovich!🩷 ⭐ Order a copy here buff.ly/VWWe1b8 ⭐

We are beyond thrilled to announce that The Emma Press has been chosen as a Midlands Regional & Country Finalist for The British Book Awards Small Press of the Year!🎊 🎉 It's such a huge honour to be nominated - Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us!!✨ #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies

🌞 Happy Publication day to Zain Rishi!🌞 We are absolutely thrilled to be publishing Zain's debut pamphlet NOON!🩷 It is such a stunning pamphlet and I can't wait for everyone to get their hands on it! ⭐ Order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/jG6fc5d ⭐

📣 COVER REVEAL!!📣 AARDVARK DAY by Victoria Gatehouse is a children's poetry debut about the world's weird and wonderful plants and animals!🌿 Illustrated by: Kate Lucy Foster Publishing 14 May 2026 ~ PREORDERS NOW OPEN!! ⭐ Pre-order here: buff.ly/1AOGF8k ⭐

📣 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!! The Emma Press is absolutely thrilled to announce the acquisition of THERE IS NO WORD ALIVE FOR WHAT I AM by Rachel Jeffcoat!!⭐ ‼️ Read the full acquisition announcement here: buff.ly/Z9Wjrlj ‼️

"I found myself falling into it, and finding that it was a medium of expression where I could say what I really wanted to..." Zain Rishi author of NOON talks about his journey into poetry!🩷 ⭐ Pre-order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/2OIbf9d ⭐

Join us in March to celebrate the launch of THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME by Catherine Redford!❤️ March 20, 7pm (Zoom) ✨ Book your place here: buff.ly/TfbPLgq ✨

Thank you to everyone who has played through and enjoyed our interactive Instagram game written by Kwan Ann Tan!! Sadly we can't keep this active forever and will have to take it down on 20th February! You can find it pinned on our Instagram profile here: buff.ly/QMDCbbh ✨

NOON pamphlets have arrived!! We're so grateful to have such amazing praise from Seán Hewitt and Jackie Kay on the cover! ✨ "Dazzling, tender, unexpected" ~ Jackie Kay "Precise, elegant, surprising and romantic." ~ Seán Hewitt ⭐ Pre-order your copy of NOON here: buff.ly/jG6fc5d ⭐

@kwananntan.bsky.social author of THE WAITER answers what she enjoys most about writing! 👾 ⭐ Order your copy of THE WAITER here: buff.ly/NFNF4X2 ⭐

"[...]a compelling pamphlet, full of tenderness, regret, bewilderment and loss" Aoife Lyall from Magma wrote a beautiful review of AFTER THE RITES AND SANDWICHES by Kathy Pimlott!!🩷 ⭐ You can order a copy here: buff.ly/PYSJSzp ⭐

Announcing the Longlisted and Shortlisted proposals from our August 2025 submissions call out! 📣 Thank you to all the writers for trusting us with your work!🩷 Read more about our Longlisted and Shortlisted titles here: buff.ly/YaoW7n9

It was a pleasure to produce this book for Nottingham City of Literature last year! "Our City, Our Stories" is an anthology of writing gathered and created in six libraries across the city. The book was launched at Nottingham City of Literature's 10th birthday party in December. #OurCityOurStories

Happy New Year! We have so many exciting things coming in 2026 including an audiobook of Tiny Moons by Nina Mingya Powles! Nina did such a great job narrating we can't wait for you all to hear it! Thank you so much to Birmingham Podcast Studios, we had such a great time at the audiobook recording!

We hope you've all been enjoying THE WAITER! Here's the lovely Kwan Ann Tan reading from her book!!👾 If you'd like to hear more of THE WAITER, the audiobook is now available on our website!!🎧 ⭐ You can order here: buff.ly/LDOtIBs ⭐

Here are our favourite moments of 2025! James ~ Launching Rachel Spence's Daughter of the Sun! Georgia ~ PARABLES, FABLES, NIGHTMARES winning the Edge Hill Debut prize! Emma ~ Please Don't Read the Footnotes Please nominated for the Carnegie Medal! Ella ~ Creating an interactive Instagram post!

"A beautiful, heartbreaking book that charts deepest grief and deepest love. Catherine Redford is a luminous writer and her poems will touch your heart." ~ Liz Berry We are so pleased to have received such stunning praise for THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME!! Pre-order here: buff.ly/QdrHsEX

We're so happy that The Waiter is now available as an Audiobook! Thank you to Birmingham Podcast Studios and to Vera Chok for your brilliant voice acting! 👾 Currently on sale while it's being uploaded to all other platforms ~ Order here: buff.ly/DOJuk51 Generously funded by The Space 🙏

PLEASE DON'T READ THE FOOTNOTES PLEASE by Rob Walton is one of School Reading List's Best Children’s Books of 2025! "Reminiscent of Terry Pratchett, the footnotes give an additional, highly comedic layer to this wonderful collection of stories." ~ Melanie Dillon Order a copy here: buff.ly/gTa8ehO

🎄 We will be doing our final trip to the post office on Friday 19th December!! 🎄 It's our last chance to post out your order before Christmas!! Shop the sale here: buff.ly/7X2D2rK 🎁 ❄️ Sale ends 31st December ❄️

It's so great to see Laura's letter showcased in Gardners Children's Catalogue!!🔮 We love how she champions children's poetry being for everyone, taking inspiration from Katherine Rundell!! ⭐ Order a copy of POEMS FROM A WITCH'S POCKET here: buff.ly/WNkAOBh

In case you missed the online Launch of THE WAITER you can now watch it all over on YouTube!🍿 Kwan Ann Tan and James Trevelyan have a lovely chat about the interactive fiction genre and some of the challenges behind writing and editing a novel with multiple endings! Watch here: buff.ly/11aQdAw

We are absolutely thrilled to announce the new cohort of the Birmingham Editorial Readers Group!📚 We are so happy to be able to run this again after the success of last year - it's so exciting to be able to have such insightful and lively discussions! Find out more here: buff.ly/oSOm4nw

The newly reprinted version of HOW KYOTO BREAKS YOUR HEART is now here ❤️ It includes a lovely quote from Jen Campbell on the cover and some amazing reviews on the inside cover from Yuki Tejima, Imogen's Corner, Kris Kosaka for The Japan Times and many more! Order your copy here: buff.ly/3HcZYOr

It's finally December so we're celebrating by putting a selection of our books on sale🎄 These would make some great presents for your loved ones or as a little treat for yourself this Christmas! ⭐ Order these via the sale page here buff.ly/NKRcjVx ⭐ ❄️ Sale is on until 31st December❄️

Delighted to see 'Wild Boar' by Hannah Lutz as one of the VOCE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025. Published @theemmapress.bsky.social, available @vocebooks.bsky.social and translated by me.

🖼️’These paintings are largely empty landscapes / where we can meet them, where we can exist…’ 🎨 Knowing Mark Ward from his editorship of ‘Impossible Archetype’ it was a treat to take in these furtive, intimate, wry and melancholy poems in this lush pamphlet from @theemmapress.bsky.social

Lovely to get direct feedback from children as part of the National Literacy Trust‘s Libraries for Primaries pupil voice project. Thanks to all children who took part - especially these three! @theemmapress.bsky.social

‘Obituary’, from my forthcoming poetry collection ‘The Way the Water Held Me’. Sharing for National Grief Awareness Week (2-8 December) and sending solidarity to anyone experiencing grief, no matter how long ago you were bereaved x #bereavement #griefawarenessweek @theemmapress.bsky.social