Ten Poets Do Their Bit for the Secret Service will be available, ahead of publication date, at this Saturday's Free Verse Poetry Book Fair at St Columba's Church in Knightsbridge!

We're at the Alternative Book Fair in Islington Library till 5, still with some mystery micro books left!

This Saturday from 10-5, we'll be joining the fine publishers of the @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social at Islington Central Library for the Indie Book Fair, part of the Alternative Book Fair! Hop off the tube at Highbury & Islington, grab yourself some bargains and hear some damn fine #poetry.

A shot from our Cambridge launch in this!

"Blood for the water, blood for the foam." Megan Pattie is the poet behind the goriest poem in our Ten Poets Spend the Night in a Vampire's Castle anthology. And she's about to publish a full gothic collection with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social! www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

All the old crew (and the new) should converge on London, like a host of shapeshifting bats! Let us revive the spirit of Trotwood!

We're doing a London launch for the latest two Sidekick titles a week tomorrow (a day before the deadline for our current submissions call)! Come join us.

Four new 100-word reviews, thematically linked to our current submissions call -- in case any of you need further inspiration! sidekickbooks.substack.com/p/100-word-r...

Have you published poetry dealing with assisted reproduction/IVF? Can you recommend a piece/collection you've read? Dr Carrie Smith would like to hear from you for a project exploring representation of assisted reproduction in literature, media & the arts research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk/representing...

SUBMISSIONS CALL. Our next titles in the 10 Poets series are '... Do Their Bit for the Secret Service' and '... Lose Themselves in the Land of the Fae'. We're looking for original, weird and imaginative poems to fill these books! sidekickbooks.com/booklab/subm...

Just officially launched this wonderful @sidekickbooks.bsky.social anthology which I contributed to... it's perfectly stocking-sized, just right for the vampire lover in your life! sidekickbooks.com/booklab/book...

Two days to go! If you're near Cambridge, drop by our book launch to chat with the writers and editors, knock back a tot of rum or wine, and listen to some very weird poems. Details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Can you host? We're peering round the castle door at the queer history of fictional #vampires and their hideouts, over on Substack. sidekickbooks.substack.com/p/can-you-ho...

Strange Tales 72, 1959. Art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.

In case you haven't seen our latest trailer, hop inside the dark coach for the Vampire's Castle! 🦇🧛‍♀️🏰 youtu.be/HnrunnHfLgg?...

Two new Cambridge Writing Centre events for your calendar! Firstly, on Friday 28th, a double book launch for @sidekickbooks.bsky.social 's latest anthologies, which feature a number of alumni from ARU's Creative Writing MA course. More details/booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

We're launching our two new 10 Poets books on 28th November at ARU, in a hybrid event you can join in-person or via Zoom! For more details, and to book ahead: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... #poetry #gothic #pirates!

We're keeping our Bats & Vampires #poetry Halloween sale on until firework night! Spread the word far and wide. sidekickbooks.com/booklab/prod...

Over on Substack, we dive into the process of designing 2018's Batallion. And is that a Halloween Special deal I see mentioned in the first para? sidekickbooks.substack.com/p/cover-proc...

A short Substack post on 'Terms & Conditions Apply' by Nikki Marrone, from Ten Poets Spend the Night in a Vampire's Castle. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Sidekick does Substack! With the publication of 'Ten Poets Spend the Night in a Vampire's Castle', we've set the stage for an epic duel. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Clawbear is our Halloween mascot!

This year's #nationalpoetryday theme is 'play'! How about a #poem and a #dicegame from the same book? Here's Abigail Ottley's 'The Sea Always Wins' ... 1/2 @poetrydayuk.bsky.social

Don't they look pretty together? Soon to be joined by a dark sister ... sidekickbooks.com/booklab/prod...

It’s halfway between Talk Like a Pirate Day and National Poetry Day and this shiny treasure has washed up on my shelf 🏴‍☠️⚓️🌊🏝️

You can now pre-order Ten Poets Prowl the Seas in Searc of Plunder, out next week, from our website!: sidekickbooks.com/booklab/book...

A little 15th anniversary post, with some photos of early Sidekick memorabilia! sidekickbooks.com/booklab/2025...

Editors having a blast today testing a new tiny dice & coin role-playing game that will be published in the appendix of Ten Poets Prowl the Seas in Search of Plunder ...

New sticker for our sand martin microbooks ...

What an opening weekend we had! Here's to the next five days! #ForewordFestival #books #fringe #festival #literature

Not entirely sure I can live without this

On the Sidekick blog today, we talk speculative fiction, a forthcoming #folklore anthology and creative riches in the north-east with @nathanielspain.bsky.social, founder of new micropress @carnyxpress.co.uk. Link to interview in bio! #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #indiepublishing

Last day for your Ten Poets submissions! We're seeking brave souls willing to spend a night with the soulless... 1/2

happy #independentbookshopweek to #poetrypharmacy where we spent a happy sunday morning launching #Afonydd in #BishopsCastle our only non-Wales event (so far). We had a lovely time in their new performance/workshop space The Lab, with lots of poets reading their own and other peoples poems.

News! Thought Bubble @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and Travelling Man @travellingmanuk.bsky.social Team Up to Provide Another Round of Micro-Bursaries in 2025 for Early Career, Marginalised Creators. www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb... Great stuff!

Two more days to get your submissions in!

Couple of beauties in the post from @sidekickbooks.bsky.social 💫

The #Cambridge #Poetry Festival returns in 2026. This year it's the 50th anniversary of the original 1975 festival, so under the CPF branding, we're helping to promote a whole load of Cambridge-based poetry events over the summer. bsky.app/profile/angl... bsky.app/profile/angl...

Just over a week to go on our call for submissions! sidekickbooks.com/booklab/subm...

Not the slightest pang-olin of regret. Also loving this:

Submissions open till 18 June for two new books! First up: channel your inner pirate with Ten Poets Prowl the Seas in Search of Plunder!

All the fun of the (National Writing Centre / City of Literature Publishers) Fair!

Loving my mystery microbook

Looking forward to the @writerscentre.bsky.social City of Literature Publishing Fair this Sunday in the incredible Dragon Hall, Norwich! Time to hoof it down to the Library of Things for the trolley!📚🛒🐲

This looks so much fun. And @sidekickbooks.bsky.social are a joy to work with!

People at book fairs keep asking us for business cards, so we finally got some more printed up!

SUBMISSIONS EXTENSION. Want to be part of the Ten Poets series? Fancy playing the part of Jacquotte Delahaye or Jonathan Harker? We've extended our latest call for submissions to 19 June. Share far and wide! sidekickbooks.com/booklab/subm...

Experimenting with new ebook versions of the books. Would you want to collect Sidekick titles on Kobo or Kindle?

Cambridge launch of 'Ten Poets Travel to the Dark Side of the Moon': tomorrow, 6pm, Waterstones. Here I am discussing it and other space poetry books, inc. 'Space Baby' by @suzannahevans.bsky.social and 'Watcher of the Skies' by @theemmapress.bsky.social. shotscarecrow.substack.com/p/low-gravit...