Alice James Books

Alice James Books Alice James Books is committed to collaborating with literary artists of excellence to publish books that matter.

We provide a platform from which to elevate key voices & is dedicated to helping writers achieve purposeful engagement with a broad audience. Alice James Books publishes the best contemporary poetry by both established and beginning poets. The press is an affiliate of the University of Maine at Farmington. Our office is located on the tranquil banks of Rollo Pond near Abbott Park in Farmington, Maine.

🌟 Catch us at the 30th Annual Texas Book Festival in downtown Austin! 🌟AJB poets Cecily Parks and Iain Haley Pollock wil...
10/30/2025

🌟 Catch us at the 30th Annual Texas Book Festival in downtown Austin! 🌟

AJB poets Cecily Parks and Iain Haley Pollock will each appear in poetry events throughout the weekend—sharing the stage with acclaimed poets including Donika Kelly, Douglas Kearney, Rachel Richardson, and more. Join them in the Poetry Tent!

📅 November 8–9, 2025
📍 Downtown Austin
🎟️ Free & open to all!
🔗 Full schedule: https://texasbookfestival.org/schedule/

“‘I would hope that people reading this book kind of feel the quality of attention that’s possible just in our daily liv...
10/29/2025

“‘I would hope that people reading this book kind of feel the quality of attention that’s possible just in our daily lives,’” says poet Cecily Parks in her interview with KUT 90.5 Austin on THE SEEDS—a decade-in-the-making exploration of home, nature, and motherhood 🌱📚

🔗Listen and read the full conversation: https://bit.ly/4oGj3xU

“The traumas of racial prejudice are met with poise and thoughtfulness, even humor, in Iain Haley Pollock’s third collec...
10/20/2025

“The traumas of racial prejudice are met with poise and thoughtfulness, even humor, in Iain Haley Pollock’s third collection, ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES. [Pollock] moves nimbly from Michael Jackson’s lyrics to American lynchings, from quarterbacks to police brutality.” —The Washington Post

We’re thrilled to see "On a Different Day” from Iain Haley Pollock’s ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES featured by the Washington Post Book Club! Huge thanks to Ron Charles for selecting this poem. The collection is available now wherever books are sold — click the link in our bio to get your copy 💛

📚 “Ang's debut volume of poems is a tour de force of passion, longing, and loneliness … An important new poet to watch a...
10/16/2025

📚 “Ang's debut volume of poems is a tour de force of passion, longing, and loneliness … An important new poet to watch and read.” — Library Journal

We’re over the moon to see LET THE MOON WOBBLE by Ally Ang recognized by Karla Huston and Library Journal as a standout 2025 debut. Don’t miss this powerful first collection from a poet to watch 🌙

🔗 More at https://tinyurl.com/3bd2h9mx

⏰ Last call! The 2026 closes TOMORROW, October 17. We’re accepting previously unpublished poetry manuscripts between 4...
10/16/2025

⏰ Last call! The 2026 closes TOMORROW, October 17.

We’re accepting previously unpublished poetry manuscripts between 48–100 pages.

🌟 We welcome work from poets at every stage of their careers.
🔗 Submit by 11:59 PM EST via the link in our bio!

We’re thrilled to celebrate the release of Cecily Parks’ newest poetry collection, THE SEEDS, out now! 🌿THE SEEDS confro...
10/15/2025

We’re thrilled to celebrate the release of Cecily Parks’ newest poetry collection, THE SEEDS, out now! 🌿

THE SEEDS confronts the ecological paradox of homemaking in an environment domesticity rejects—one of mess, disease, and everyday violence—to explore the mix of distress and delight found in caring for a family, a new home, and the earth that sustains them.

Looking to more-than-human guides with an open mind and heart, Parks’ third book is a collection of unconventional contemporary environmental histories, in which places become biological and emotional primers for those who will inherit them.

“Women and the natural world take center stage in these precise and visionary poems by Parks (O’Nights) ... Parks memorably evokes the textures and intricacies of life on earth.” —Publishers Weekly

✨ Available now at bit.ly/the-s33ds!

📦 Amazon who? From Oct 7–9, snag 30% off all Alice James Books + a free book when you buy 2 AJB titles.Support real poet...
10/07/2025

📦 Amazon who? From Oct 7–9, snag 30% off all Alice James Books + a free book when you buy 2 AJB titles.
Support real poets. Keep small presses alive. Make your bookshelf actually matter! ✨

Shop now: https://bit.ly/ShopAJB

Had a blast celebrating ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES this past Thursday at .bookstore in Portland! It‘s always a treat to get...
10/06/2025

Had a blast celebrating ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES this past Thursday at .bookstore in Portland! It‘s always a treat to get the chance to support our poets in person—we would love to have more Alices visit us in Portland!✨

Gratitude to Meg Kearney & .hardy for their wonderful company❣️

Swipe through to hear Iain read a little 📖

📣 Congratulations to Omotara James, whose SONG OF MY SOFTENING has won a 2025 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry. ...
10/06/2025

📣 Congratulations to Omotara James, whose SONG OF MY SOFTENING has won a 2025 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry. We’re so proud to celebrate this extraordinary work!
Check out the full list of honorees: http://bit.ly/4naDYIF 🥳

🏡 Our house could be your house too! 💖 The 2026 is open to previously unpublished poetry manuscripts of 48-100 pages n...
10/01/2025

🏡 Our house could be your house too! 💖

The 2026 is open to previously unpublished poetry manuscripts of 48-100 pages now through October 17th. We encourage submissions from both established and emerging poets of all backgrounds!

Visit the link in our bio to learn more and submit your work ✨

Portland friends, join us for a night of poetry!Iain Haley Pollock (ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES), Myronn Hardy (AURORA AMERI...
09/30/2025

Portland friends, join us for a night of poetry!

Iain Haley Pollock (ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES), Myronn Hardy (AURORA AMERICANA), and Meg Kearney (CARDIAC THRILL) will read this Thursday at Print: A Bookstore on Congress St.

📆 Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕖 7:00–8:00 PM
📍 Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101

Bring your friends and good vibes! 💛
🔗 More info: http://bit.ly/4q30W78

Help discover tomorrow’s poets: join our fall reading team and volunteer remotely through November to enjoy a complime...
09/24/2025

Help discover tomorrow’s poets: join our fall reading team and volunteer remotely through November to enjoy a complimentary season of AJB books. Email us at [email protected] to apply! 💓

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Alice James Books publishes the best contemporary poetry by both established and emerging writers. The press is an affiliate of the University of Maine at Farmington.