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Small independent, inclusive, award-winning UK publishing house. Mostly poetry and short fiction, with the occasional fantasy/sci-fi novel. Prioritising LGBTQ+, Global Majority, Disabled, geographically isolated and Older Women writers.
another reward in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is a joy//us prescription from our friends #poetrypharmacy originally created for our Joy//Us crowdfund A perfect seasonal gift paired with the actual book 12 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
one of the rewards in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is '9 golden rules for reading poetry in public' a tiny hand-printed guide from co-editor @hazardpressuk.bsky.social find the secrets to successful poetry reading! 13 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
#globalmajority #LGBTQ+ #Poets send us your poems of #queer #resistance by 26Nov Everyone else - make sure your global majority queer poet friends know, and if you can, contribute to our Crowdfund by 2Dec please-thankyou links via QRcodes on the tiger picture pls share w/ anyone suitable
We're still #crowdfunding for Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance ... but ALSO we've reopened the submissions for about 10 days as we've had suprisingly few submissions from #globalmajority #queerpoets so we are trying again. arachnepress.submittable.com/submit deadline 26thNov tell your friends!
support our NEXT #LGBTQ+ #Queer #poetry anthology, Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance through our Crowdfunder choose from queer books we've already published - poetry, photo portraits, fantasy novel, short stories... make a lesbian publisher happy! tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
Support our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance with these dolly #handmade #badges from editors @hazardpressuk.bsky.social and #cherrypotts 2.5cm, safety back, using cover art by #frankduffy from Joy//Us or original designs. longlisting poems on Tuesday tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
callout period for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance has ended, we have received 326 poems from 127 poets. The longlisting begins - but it's quiet on our crowdfund. We are only 12% funded. please share with everyone you know, and encourage them to help we can't do it alone. tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
LGBTQ+ poetry anthology - Up//Roar, Poems of Queer Resistance, edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon, published by Arachne Press
You’ve got ‘til 11:59pm tonight to submit your work to UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance, to be published in 2026 by @arachnepress.bsky.social! Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only. Thanks to @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social for the loan of a tiger! arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...
get inspiration for our #LGBTQ+ ##poetry #submissions: editors Cherry Potts & Jeremy Dixon on what Up//Roar could be. You have until Sat 1st Nov 23:59GMT. arachnepress.submittable.com/submi… Love the idea? Help fund the book by contributing to our crowdfund. https://youtube.com/shorts/8g2H7sbknA4
YouTube video by ArachnePress
We've collaborated with @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social and @renardpress.com to put together an #audiobook #anthology of quirky #christmas #poems from 300CE to now. Launching online Mon10thNov FREE tickets bit.ly/twasthelaunch many of our poets are included and editors are #CherryPotts & #WillDady
Join us for the World Launch 10 November 19:00 GMT A selection of poets will read their own and others’ poems.
