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poetry & fiction that is very very V. Press is an independent publisher of poetry, founded in 2013. velocity 2. victory 3. vocative 4. volt 5. volume 6. vowel . Press.

The dictionary definition of the abbreviation V offers the following:

1. Our own definitions also include:

1. is for very. We publish work that is very very. This is not to say that we favour extreme art or experimental over mainstream. Nor do we adhere to one set tradition, theme, approach, fashion...or fad. Rather it means that we look for work that is distinctive, very itself. For the reader,

this translates as offering them an experience we hope will be very exciting, very moving, very impactful..every what they do and don't expect.
2. is for vivid - not vague.

3. is for the stereotypical ideogram of a bird in flight. One-dimensional or stereotypical art does not interest us. However, writing that evokes clear images does. As do words in metaphorical flight.

4. Yes, we know V is also a two-finger gesture...

5. We are also all in favour of healthy exercise.

6. Historically, V. is also for the five Vs, four of whom feature in the anthology The Vaginellas, which is the first book published by V. Press.

7. Finally, V. is for an as yet unpulled wishbone. In terms of our readers, we hope that V. Press books will be ones to wish for. In terms of our poets, we see our partnership with them in terms of marketing and promotion as resembling a wishbone. In practical terms, this means that though we think good writers should be able to spend the majority of their time creating rather than promoting, in reality this is a joint endeavour. We are too small to take on poets who never wish to leave their garret to do readings, talk to real people or actively help to sell their book. However, nor do we expect poets to do all their own marketing. The exact length of the two parts of this cracked wishbone will depend on a variety of factors and agreed on an individual poet and collection basis. PLEASE VISIT THE V. PRESS WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ON WHEN WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS. Our team:
Editorial, Management and Marketing - Sarah Leavesley

VPoetry Press Ltd (Company No.08579269) trading as V. VPressPoetryAThotmailDOTcom

16/04/2025

10 Years of Publications -- looking forwards!
Staring with a new area to the website & some new titles!
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05/04/2025

Celebrating 10 Years of Publications -- 2017!
Flash and poetry from David Clarke, Gram Joel Davies, Jude Higgins, Charlie Hill, Romalyn Ante, Antony Owen, Jacqui Rowe, Claire Walker and more...
3 shortlisted/winning an award and the press shortlisted for The Michael Marks Publishers' Award 2017!!!
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06/03/2025

Celebrating 10 Years of Publications -- 2016!
Flash and poetry from Carrie Etter, Kathy Gee, David Calcutt, Alex Reed and Nina Lewis!
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12/02/2025

10 Years of V. Press Publications -- celebrating 2015!

“‘The divorced cannot/bury their dead.’ Nikki Robson scours that truth, asks where it leads. We are used to graphic detonations of trauma, but here, the poet, well able to apply her ‘mummy-smile’, layers words, finds metaphor, draws deeply on sources and places. Unfolding her narrative, sh...

05/02/2025

V. Press is v v delighted to share the publication of The Price of Happiness by Nikki Robson, our first 10-th anniversary year title!
https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/

04/02/2025

“[…] You barely take a breath before you’re holding it in shock at the damage we do each other in the altogether too close up of a dysfunctional relationship. It is a tribute to Nikki Robson’s skill that this is accomplished without sentiment, catching our attention and our compassion entirely through telling detail and command of phrasing […]” W. N. Herbert on The Price of Happiness by Nikki Robson https://buff.ly/3W8txL1

02/02/2025

“Hope begins II

After a long winter
happiness sneaked up
and kissed the back of my neck.”

Nikki Robson, from The Price of Happiness https://buff.ly/3W8txL1

31/01/2025

“Jeans from three children ago pulled to my waist
in the only embrace I knew.”

Nikki Robson, from The Price of Happiness https://buff.ly/3W8txL1

29/01/2025

“It will not get better, improve, reinvigorate,
be alright in the end. Platitudes confetti
over their shoulders as they almost run
down the path to their smug home-lives.”
Nikki Robson, from The Price of Happiness https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-price-of-happiness.html

27/01/2025

“[…] Unfolding her narrative, she never neglects a poet's first responsibility: to language. These poems haunt as mere shock cannot.” Beth McDonough on The Price of Happiness by Nikki Robson https://buff.ly/3W8txL1

25/01/2025

“A plate of spaghetti hits the wall
– sticks –
leaves wee children
with mouths like corrugated iron,
the silence a derelict building.”

Nikki Robson, The Price of Happiness https://buff.ly/3W8txL1

23/01/2025

“Let’s face it, no one sets out
to get involved with a gorilla.

Gorillas are cunning, adept
at disguise and brimful of charm.”
Nikki Robson from The Price of Happiness https://buff.ly/3W8txL1

21/01/2025

“At the door of the church,
a man I hardly knew hugged me
too tightly, catching my veil,”
Nikki Robson, from The Price of Happiness https://buff.ly/3W8txL1

18/12/2024

It's like Christmas come early with copies of The Price of Happiness by Nikki Robson arriving from the printers today! Everyone else will have to wait until next year for one of these beauties but it is available to pre-order now to be sure to get one: https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-price-of-happiness.html

11/12/2024

Wishing our readers, writers and customers the very very best of Seasonal Greetings!!!
More festive and New Year news on the website here: https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/

14/10/2024

V. Press is v. v. delighted to share the publication of The Trajectory of Ghosts by Tom Vowler -- a selection of flash fiction that is very ethereal and very necessary!
https://buff.ly/2FjaWFV

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