Inpress is the UK’s specialist in selling books produced by independent publishers, including Iron Press. Inpress is different to other online bookstores: they work in partnership with publishers so that they, and their writers, profit from your purchase.
Bloodaxe Books, based at Highgreen, Northumberland, is one of Britain’s leading poetry publishers.
Diamond Twig is a small press launched in 1992 by Ellen Phethean and the late Julia Darling to publish vibrant new writing by women in the North East of England.
Flambard Press is a small independent press that nourishes developing talent, particularly new and neglected writers. Poetry forms the backbone of the list, but Flambard publishes some fiction as well.
Books Cumbria is a website specialising in books, maps, travel guides and videos about Cumbria and the Lake District, now listing over 1500 titles.
Vane Women is a writers’ collective from the North of England. They run a Press and workshops and are performers on the stage as well as on the page.
New Writing North is a development agency for creative writing and creative reading based in the north east of England. They specialise in the development of talent and act as a dynamic broker between writers, agents and producers across the creative industries.
Gerald England: Poetry, reviews, haiku, small press publications, travel, photography and more.
Arts Council England supports a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries - from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Iron Press is a grateful recipient of their funding.
Other Poetry is a magazine dedicated to good poetry in all its forms. They publish individual responses to life, in poems of intelligence, sensitivity and skill, whether the writers’ names be familiar or new, and irrespective of fashions in subject matter and style.
Mslexia, the magazine for women who write, provides information and inspiration for published and unpublished women in the UK and beyond. They are open to submissions of poetry, prose, features, reviews, cartoons or illustrations from women writers.
www.myperfectpitch.com claims to contain an unrivalled database of book publishers who are currently accepting submissions. This isn't just a general publishers list. Each link leads directly to the submissions page. It doesn't contain any self-publishing or vanity companies, and it is a genuinely free and open resource.
