The Time Office
Red Squirrel Press invites you to join us on Monday 6th February at 7.00 at the Lit & Phil, the Literary and Philosophical Society in Newcastle's Westgate Road, for the launch of The Time Office, new and selected poems by Tom Kelly. This is a free event, and we look forward to seeing you there.
See our Events page for information about these and more Red Squirrel Press events.
Competition deadline extended
The dealine for entries to the Third James Kirkup Memorial Poetry Competition has been extended: it now remains open to entries until 31st January 2012.
The James Kirkup Annual Memorial Poetry Competition was launched by Red Squirrel's Sheila Wakefield, to enable the memory of James Kirkup to live on and to enable poets, both new and accomplished, to be published. She announced that the winner's prize would be to have a pamphlet published, and the runners up would be featured in an anthology. "I do not believe in charging for competitions," she added, "so it is free to enter and will remain so."
Read more about the Competition, or read the Rules, and how to enter.
About Red Squirrel Press
Red Squirrel Press is an independent publisher based in Northumberland, formed in April 2006 by Sheila Wakefield and aiming to publish novels, novellas and poetry.
- Red Squirrel Press sponsors the James Kirkup Collection (archive) at South Shields Central Library and runs the Annual James Kirkup Memorial Poetry Competition.
- As of February 2010, Red Squirrel Press is a member of Inpress, which represents independent publishers across the UK; this means that all our books are available from Inpress, as well as direct from the publisher here at Red Squirrel. Visit Inpress Books to see some of the best new publications in poetry and prose.
- In 2007, Kevin Cadwallender moved to Scotland; he became Red Squirrel Press Scotland, and brought his highly acclaimed Sand imprint into the Red Squirrel drey.
- In 2009 Valerie Laws' debut crime fiction novel The Rotting Spot was selected as one of New Writing North's Read Regional choices.
- In 2010 Graham Pears' debut crime fiction novel The Myth of Justice was selected as one of New Writing North's Read Regional choices.
- Eleanor Livingstone's collection Even the Sea was short-listed for the London New Poetry Award 2009 and Nalini Paul's pamphlet Skirlags was short-listed for the Callum Macdonald Memorial Award.
Thanks to Allan Potts for the Red Squirrel photograph.
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