Drunk Muse Press

20/06/2025

Poets, poetry lovers, and would-be poetry readers - we've got a hat-trick of publications already in print this year, and plenty more to follow. Our poets traverse the world in their backgrounds and themes . . . then bring it back home. For copies, please visit drunkmusepress.com To request a review copy (must be for a named online or print publication, not personal blog), email [email protected]

20/06/2025

Coming soon from Drunk Muse Press – Nettles, a superb debut collection by Nazaret Ranea. “These are poems that imagine much we are not ‘meant’ to see or feel – the eye of a humpback whale, a face persisting lifelessly in a death mask, the stinging welts from nettles – alongside the domestic, the familial made strange, through silences, repetitions. They are powerful poems, and unnerving ones” – Peter Mackay, Scotland’s Makar

17/06/2025

Edinburgh folk - we're hunting a poetry venue for the evening of Friday September 19th. Must be that date. Surprisingly, our usual rota of venues are all booked for that night, even this far in advance. Please ping us a message or email us with suggestion for availability at [email protected] - and we'll put you on the free drinks list!

17/06/2025

This will be special . . . And we're delighted to see Palestinian writers Dareen Tatour and Mohammed Moussa are scheduled to appear at 'Welcome to the Fringe'. Dareen's books 'My Threatening Poem - the Memoir of a Poet in Occupation Prisons', 'I Sing from the Window of Exile', and 'A Balcony Over a City Engulfed by War', and Mohammed Moussa's poetry collection 'Salted Wounds', are all available from Drunk Muse Press drunkmusepress.com

📣 The wait is over, the full programme for Welcome to the Fringe, Palestine is now LIVE 🎉

We’re beyond delighted to share this powerful, joyful, and moving four-day festival of theatre, dance, comedy, food, storytelling, music and poetry, showcasing incredible artists from Palestine and its diaspora. 🇵🇸

🗓 12–15 August
📍 Portobello Town Hall, Edinburgh
🎟 Full Day Pass: £60 | Individual Tickets: £15 (on the door)

💫 Each day features a completely different lineup, from Gazan rap to puppetry, Dabke workshops, poetry in resistance, and Palestinian food + stories right here in Edinburgh, Scotland.

➡️ Full programme + ticket details:
https://www.fringepalestine.com (link in bio!)

This is art as resistance.
Joy as defiance.
And a reminder that Palestine is not just a headline... it’s music, laughter, culture, dance floors, and deeply human stories.

🖤 Everyone is welcome.

13/06/2025

Cracking review here of oor Cáit. Copies still available at drunkmusepress.com

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/the-bone-folder-by-cait-oneill-mccullagh/

In the seventeenth century, Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty wielded an explosive polyglottal prose that, at times, lapsed into manly pretensions. In the twentieth century, MacDiarmid’s synthetic Scots, scientific verse and forays into Gaelic translation all displayed a kaleidoscopic ambition equal...

14/05/2025

Good to see Mohammed Moussa's poetry gaining circulation. Moe's book, Salted Wounds, is still available from drunkmusepress.com and all proceeds go to the Gaza Poets' Society.

MARJORIE MAYO recommends an accessible and unsettling novel that uses a true incident of death in the Channel to raise questions of wider moral responsibility

14/05/2025

Coming soon from Drunk Muse Press - a new 'Reviews' page on our website. The page will feature reviews of our poets' books as well as links to reviews of other poets and publications. Prospective reviewers should email us at [email protected]

02/05/2025

Issue 12 of The Poets' Republic - Scotland's sharpest poetry magazine - is out now. Join us if you can for our launch night hooley at Stonehaven Sheriff Court (really, that's the venue), Dunnottar Avenue, 7-9pm, Saturday May 3rd. Free. Open mic. Vino etc. Be criminal to miss it.

23/04/2025

Join us for a poetry hooley - the launch of Issue 12 of The Poets' Republic (in print, online, on stage and off message since 2015) at Stonehaven Court House, 7pm-9pm, Saturday, May 3rd. A stellar line-up of poets from all over Scotland will be reading in English, Scots and Gaelic. Plus open mic. Plus wine. Free admission. 64-page magazine £7 on the night.

20/03/2025

Saturday 22.03.25. 7–9pm. Free. Join poets Cáit O’Neill McCullagh and John Glenday, and musicians Marguerite and Anthony Kramers for this fresh ensemble piece in which John and Cáit will share […]

20/03/2025

Edinburgh folk, you'd be daft to miss this on Saturday - poetry and song with the inimitable Cáit O’Neill McCullagh, John Glenday, and musicians Marguerite and Anthony Kramers.

https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/we-are-each-others-song-an-evening-of-poetry-conversation-and-music/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJJKgpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbb3oOvxTWmt89ij-QnDUB5yxWTS2FrN4CBAlUkhr5SY4Qw4hNNAZvJm7w_aem_KRSRnFChQuPlbSx5gDZV_w

Saturday 22.03.25. 7–9pm. Free. Join poets Cáit O’Neill McCullagh and John Glenday, and musicians Marguerite and Anthony Kramers for this fresh ensemble piece in which John and Cáit will share […]

04/03/2025

London folk, get along to Bard Books on Friday for a beautiful night of poetry with Eleanor Tennyson and friends for launch of this stunning debut. Spread the word

Jackie Kay (Former National poet of Scotland) says: "Deeply philosophical and thought-provoking, Eleanor Tennyson is a poet that makes you ask all the big questions."