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Valley Press

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Valley Press is an independent publishing house based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK. We publish poetry, including collections, pamphlets and the occasional anthology; fiction, including novels and collections of short stories; and non-fiction, including memoirs and travel writing. Valley Press is built on one very important belief: great literature, and great publishing, is for everyone and

anyone. We don't want any reader to feel like an outsider, with their nose pressed against the glass of the 'literary world'; we promise to never be elitist, smug or exclusive. We promise to treat world-famous and first-time writers with the same respect and courtesy; and we promise to keep our submissions process wide open, so we can meet more people from both those categories (and everyone in between). For a start, we believe publications from a ‘small, northern, independent publisher’ (as we are typically referred to) should match those from the big London publishing houses in every sense – production values, editing, distribution and promotion. We're not saying that'll be easy, but we will always try our best. We also believe that poetry can sell just as well as fiction and non-fiction (in fact, we can prove it), and as such deserves to be taken as seriously. That's why all our books are in one big list; whether they are works of intense, thought-provoking literary fiction, performance poetry played for maximum laughs, brick-sized travel epics or sixteen-page children's stories about baby seagulls – because a life spent reading needs all of those, at one time or another. If you feel the same way about any of the above, you should probably get in touch – we'd love to hear from you.

17/01/2024

Help us re-launch this award-winning series for 8-12 year olds – in which young carers discover an alien egg and an intergalactic doppelganger... https://www.valleypressuk.com/crowdfunding

09/01/2024

Re-posting due to some spam issues.

Beginnings & Other Tragedies by Ilaria Boffa – Out now!

With the added opportunity of being able to improve your Italian (or English!) whilst reading – this poetry book is written in both the Italian and English languages!

Drawing on nature, poetry, dystopian fiction, and Greek tragedy, this powerful book-length poem, reimagines scientific and ecological language as sites of beauty, with the strength to change reality.

Available on our website https://www.valleypressuk.com/shop

05/01/2024

Introducing a new writing contest, with the chance to win books and publication:

Announcing the arrival of a happy, healthy new writing challenge

21/12/2023

❄ Perfect gift for your inner chefs! ❄

If you're a bookseller and you'd like to make an order of this extraordinary Valley Press title, please place your order via [email protected] or speak to your local Inpress rep!

21/12/2023

🌴Day 20 of our advent gift reveals is Queen Palm: A Bermuda Christmas. A love letter to the author's Bermudian heritage, this collection celebrates coming home at Christmas.
🌴Bermuda is the gift and Nancy Anne Miller has wrapped it up beautifully. Order your Bermuda Christmas here with 25% off using your member discount code > https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/collections/christmas-gift-guide-2023/products/queen-palm-a-bermuda-christmas-by-nancy-anne-miller-pre-order

12/11/2023

Valley Press author Emma Brankin has a special offer for you! Emma is collaborating with the Hazlemere Bookshop, and if you purchase her short story collection, 'Attention Seekers', from their bookshop, before the end of November, (see image for more details) she will read and provide you with feedback on your writing!! What a great opportunity 😃

Click the link below to buy the book! (It's full of fascinating stories - you won't regret it I'm sure. And even if you aren't an upcoming author, but like quirky, thought provoking stories, buy it anyway!! 😁

https://haslemerebookshop.co.uk/products/9781915606280?_pos=1&_psq=attention%20seeke&_ss=e&_v=1.0

09/11/2023

As we approach Remembrance Day, it is often a time for reflection.

Last year, around this time, we published 'Ampersand' by Lydia Fulleylove .

As we turn the pages of 'Ampersand' we honour the voices of the past, celebrate the unbreakable bond between generations, and bridge the gap between history, heart, and the world's present challenges. Lydia Fulleylove's poetic journey, inspired by her mother's wartime diaries, beautifully weaves the echoes of the past into a tapestry of love and memory.

As we remember those who have passed and those who currently endure ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the turmoil of war in Israel and Palestine, these words remind us of the timeless connections that live on in our hearts. Let us pray for peace, unity, and the strength to overcome.

https://www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/ampersand

06/11/2023

Shipping now from the Valley Press online bookshop, this "remarkable debut collection where the quality of writing, the precision and economy of characterisation, and the deft creation of context – both physical and emotional – ensure the reader is gripped from the first word until the last. A collection full of humour, but also edgy and unsettling at times, and believable throughout. Impossible to put down.” (Patrick Lodge).

Being hunted on a foreign island. Meeting your all-time hero. Seeking love when it doesn’t want to be found. Running through enemy territory. Almost losing a child. Getting lost in a hostile landscape. And realising your lover isn’t the one.

Survival comes in many guises.

https://www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/surviving-larkin

01/11/2023

For anyone who may be interested... we came across this writing opportunity...

We are in search of emerging writers to submit their work for publication opportunity ‘Chapbook Series #6 ‘The Fragile Knots of Time’’. The writing must be your original work inspired by the theme of the call ‘‘The Fragile Knots of Time’’. Write your own ‘‘The Fragile Knots of Ti...

31/10/2023

Queen Palm – Poems by Nancy Anne Miller.

Christmas has come early! and amazingly, we are a little too! :)

The launch date for Queen Palm was November 2nd, however, this beautiful book has arrived already and is ready for dispatch! :)

Available as always, at https://www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/queen-palm

Queen Palm celebrates the power of Christmas as a transformative and introspective time, where the boundaries of poetry and spirituality merge seamlessly.

Miller explores the unique blend of African/English influences found in Bermudian customs, the vibrant and sometimes extravagant American celebrations, the symbolism of Advent, and the poet’s personal creative process.

Nancy Anne Miller is a Bermudian poet with ten published collections, including Pink Typewriter (Kelsay Books, April 2023). Her poetry has been published internationally in journals such as Edinburgh Review, Poetry Ireland Review, The Moth, Salzburg Review, Agenda, Stand, Magma, Ambit, The Fiddlehead, Dalhousie Review, The International Literary Quarterly and The Caribbean Writer, among many others.

“A love letter to the author’s Bermudian heritage, this collection celebrates coming home, especially at Christmas. Bermuda is the gift and Miller has wrapped it up beautifully.”
– Tina Stevenson, The Bermudian

Pre-order: published November 2023 “A love letter to the author’s Bermudian heritage, this collection celebrates coming home, especially at Christmas. Bermuda is the gift and Miller has wrapped it up beautifully.” – Tina Stevenson, The Bermudian In Queen Palm , internationally-published p

05/10/2023

Yay!! Today is National Poetry Day!

I've learned a behind-the-scenes secret – to celebrate, Jamie usually likes to take this day off! He thinks it's like Father's Day... but I'm having none of that! :)

It is also the day of our latest poetry release, the bilingual long poem Beginnings & Other Tragedies by Ilaria Boffa. Why not give your favourite VP poem a shout out in the comments?

22/09/2023

Simon Maddrell Simon Maddrell is a q***r Manx writer, editor and performer living in Brighton & Hove. He’s published in fifteen anthologies and numerous publications including AMBIT, Butcher’s …

05/09/2023

You asked, and Jamie answered... as definitively (and entertainingly) as possible. Guest starring: the man from the Monopoly box and exciting new poet Brian Smethurst.

Answering my most frequently asked question, with a fun thought exercise

01/09/2023

After two years, Valley Press is officially open to submissions again, seeking your book-length works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, for publication in 2024. Find out the full details on Jamie's blog, here: https://valleypress.substack.com/p/on-the-opening-of-submissions-plus

30/08/2023

Join Jamie on Substack... It's a new(ish) platform where you will receive bi-weekly newsletters from Jamie (VP Boss!) He will be covering various topics including interviews with our authors, publishing nuggets and much much more 😁

Regular newsletters are free - but you can support Valley Press by subscribing to By the Book, where for £3.50 a month, you will also have access to more juicy (useful) prose.

His latest (paid) post discusses the Valley Press publishing process - just in time for the opening of our submissions window on September 1st! You also have the opportunity to comment! What's not to like 😅

Jamie is conveniently holding a QR code - scan it, and it will take you straight there. Or click this link. https://valleypress.substack.com/

24/08/2023

Our latest author interview includes cats, Carrie Fisher, and a photo of Harry Styles holding a guide dog training puppy. Who else is offering you that on a Thursday night??

also featuring: cats, Carrie Fisher, and Harry Styles holding a puppy

14/08/2023

Jamie answers questions from blog readers, including how to take a book from words on a screen to printed product, how to achieve "soul on a shoestring", and how our packaging could eventually benefit your garden...

On the basic steps towards printing, soulful production values on a shoestring, and why you may need five hundred "green jiffys" in your life.

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Young carers are investigating aliens, and they need your help! Find out more here: https://www.valleypressuk.com/crowdfunding

We ask Jeffrey Loffman, author of 'The Hauntings' poetry collection, to tell us what is so great about his book, and why we should buy it!!? Go for it Jeffrey ☺️ #poetry #poetrycollection #haunting #HauntinglyBeautiful #ghosts #relationships #60seconds #whybuy #ghost #poetrycollection #hauntings #jeffreyloffman #valleypress #independentpublisher #booklover #bookstagram #poetrylovers @shihte2

Milton Row by R.J. Newlands

Tamsin, grandaughter of R.J.Newlands, author of Milton Row, gives us a little insight into her grandfather's long form poem. Written in 60's, it gives an intriguing portrait of schooling at that time.

OUT TODAY! ‘An Unfamiliar Landscape’ by Amanda Huggins (@troutiemcfish) From a rain-soaked Berlin to a neon-lit Tokyo, the midwest of North America to the Parisian backstreets, a suburban London kitchen to a fishing village on the Yorkshire coast wherever these characters are travelling from or to, they are all navigating unfamiliar ground in search of answers. These are stories of yearning to belong, of the urge to escape – tales of grief and alienation, of loss and betrayal, love and hope. Get your copy from valleypressuk.com

🐊🌸 The Girls Are Pretty Crocodiles 🌸🐊 A love letter to girlhood and a ransom note to all the fairy tales we have been told, @angelareadman’s fairytales have sharp teeth 📚 Head over to valleypressuk.com to get a copy! (Or click the link in our bio!)

Today has all been about the publication of @angelareadman ‘s brilliant collection of short stories - ‘The Girls Are Pretty Crocodiles’ 🥳🍾📚 We’ve raved about this before (naturally we are very proud of all our publications) but others clearly feel the same 👇👇👇 “In this magical collection, Readman creates worlds where nothing is quite as it seems and yet everything is rooted in a skewed reality.” Rosie Garland, author of ‘What Girls Do in the Dark’ “Angela Readman’s stories have a compelling intimacy and gorgeous imagery, and are often deeply moving - highly recommended reading.” Alison Moore, author of ‘The Lighthouse’ “Readman’s subtly dark stories rip the covers from the everyday. These are the stories we always knew existed but were never brave enough to tell, even to ourselves.” Ashley Stokes, author of ‘Gigantic’ “A poetic recontextualising of fairy tales and folklore, ‘The Girls Are Pretty Crocodiles’ manages to be both playful and dangerous, often in the same sentence.” Dan Coxon, author of ‘Only The Broken Remain’ Link to purchase in bio! #shortstories #modernfairytales #indiepublishing #newbook #lovereading #supportindieauthors #publicationday

Today is 22.2.22, a #palindrome and #ambigram hundreds of years in the making. But what do the #numbers mean? Are they random, or is there a #code to decipher? Can you see a #pattern? Have you found a hidden #truth, or is your mind playing tricks on you? What will happen when the #numbers reach the end? What is coming on 12.5.22? #maaslives #ezramaas #palindrome #mirrordate #22222 #22222day #twosday #22222portal #22222revolution #numerology #mathematics #palindromedate

Delighted to brighten your day with this fabulous cover for award-winning writer @angelareadman ‘s forthcoming short story collection - The Girls Are Pretty Crocodiles - which is razor sharp, dark, surreal and curiously funny, too. These stories explore, challenge and ultimately transform the traditional fairy tale narrative. And there are contemporary settings too, where magical things start to happen in our ordinary lives. All expertly balanced; a world where flashes of beauty, lightness and humour shine between the teeth. 🐊 📚 ⭐️Publishing April 7th 2022 ⭐️ Interested in reviewing? Please DM us. Interested in pre-ordering? Link in bio #shortstoriesofinstagram #bookstagram #shortstories #indiepublishing #modernfairytale #coverreveal

Who is Ezra Maas? Ahead of the publication of @danieljameswriter ‘s highly-anticipated new edition of ‘The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas’, Dr Claire Nally shares her views on this enigmatic persona, describing him as a ‘Postmodern, romantic hero… mad, bad and dangerous to know.’ Intrigued? Pre-order your copy now! Link in bio ☝️☝️#ezramaas #maaslives #art #truth #journalism #2022books #bookstagram

Who is Ezra Maas? Ahead of the publication of the much-anticipated new edition of @danieljameswriter ‘s ‘The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas’, Dr Claire Nally shares her views on this enigmatic persona, describing him as a ‘postmodern romantic hero… Mad, bad and dangerous to know’. Intrigued? Pre-order your copy now! Link in bio ☝️☝️#maaslives #ezramaas #bookstagram #2022books #truth #journalism #art

Great to see this in depth, lively review of Anne Ryland’s new collection ‘Unruled Journal’ by Chris Beckett in @butchersdogmag #poetrylovers #poetsofinstagram #indiepublishing

Wishing you all the best for 2022! 🥳🥳⭐️⭐️ We’re looking forward to another year of fantastic titles to share with you. Watch this space! 📚📚#indiepublishing #newbooks