Hello! I’m Philippa and I joined the Emma Press team in March. If this email has winged its way into your inbox, it means you’ve signed up to receive our new monthly events bulletin, featuring recent event highlights and details of our upcoming events. Welcome!
Earlier this summer I organised a UK book tour for Rūta Briede, Latvian author and illustrator of children’s picture book Queen of Seagulls, including children’s storytelling workshops at festivals, schools and libraries. A personal highlight was taking part in Rūta’s craft workshop, where she taught us how to make Puplaks - little painted dolls made from Baltic sea-wood. (You can see my creations above!)
Currently I’m busy organising a tour for Ieva Flamingo, the Latvian poet behind children’s poetry collection The Noisy Classroom, which is set to include events at schools, libraries and Halesworth Arts Festival.
Build A Poem: Children’s Poetry Workshops. Saturday 8th September. 11am and 2pm. Birmingham.
Emma will be running two fun poetry-writing workshops for children in the Jewellery Quarter as part of Love Your Buildings day. Participants will walk around JQ looking at buildings, before settling at Hive to write their poems. Book your free tickets for 11am here and 2pm here.
Some Cannot Be Caught Launch Party. Wednesday 12th September 2018. 7pm-10pm. The Betsey Trotwood pub, London.
Come and join the party as we celebrate the launch of Some Cannot Be Caught: The Emma Press Book of Beasts, our new anthology of poems about animals. The evening will feature readings from some of our wonderful anthology poets, including Victoria Briggs, Nancy Campbell, David Hale, Sandra Horn, Helen Ivory, Cheryl Moskowitz, Maggie Sawkins, Jacqueline Saphra and more. RSVP here.
Free Verse: The Poetry Book & Magazine Fair. Saturday 22nd September. 11am-5pm. London.
An all-day bazaar, market, library, meeting place and performance venue, celebrating the vitality of contemporary poetry in the UK, including publishers and organisations both large and small. The Emma Press will have a table, so come and say hi! More info here.
Putting Together a Pamphlet workshop. Saturday 22nd September. 11.15am - 1.45pm. London.
As part of Free Verse, friend of the Emma Press, Rachel Piercey, will be delivering a practical workshop exploring the art of assembling, formatting and submitting poems for a pamphlet. Book your tickets here.
Kings and Queens at Winchester Poetry Festival. Saturday 6th October. 10:30am-11:30am. Winchester.
Richard O’Brien and Rachel Piercey will be reading from The Head that Wears a Crown, our upcoming anthology of poems for children about kings and queens. Tickets booked through the festival website.
That's all for now! Keep an eye on our upcoming events page for details of future events.
Philippa Barker, the Emma Press
