Worple Press

06/07/2024

'The angels keep' by Patricia McCarthy, part of Cork City Poetry in the Park 2024

09/02/2024

Poetry Review – BECAUSE WE COULD NOT DANCE AT THE WEDDING: Jean Atkin discovers that these love poems by Michael McKimm benefit from his keen ear and sharp eye.

09/02/2024

SOME THINGS ARE HARD TO TALK ABOUT I first met writer and poet Clare Best in 2009. That’s when I published her poetry pamphlet Treasure Ground, which grew out of a residency at Woodlands Organic Farm on the Lincolnshire Fens. In the poems, a Romanesco cauliflower has the allure of a Grecian urn; a...

29/09/2023

Join Clare Best to celebrate the launch of her new poetry collection 'Beyond the Gate' in London on Tuesday 10 October🎉with readings from Andrea Witzke Slot and Peter Carpenter 🥂

10/07/2023

Worple Press is greatly saddened to learn of the death of James Aitchison on June 16th, 2023. We were immensely proud to publish ‘Foraging: New and Selected Poems’ in 2009, a weighty and invaluable gathering of James’ poetry from the mid 1970s onwards.

James became a friend and a regular correspondent; we exchanged letters and cards that revealed both his generosity of spirit and his critical acumen. The latter was unsurprising given the range and depth of his knowledge as revealed in his work on Edwin Muir, David Jones and contributions to journals such as ‘The Dark Horse’ and ‘Agenda’.

His work was favourably reviewed by luminaries such as Elizabeth Jennings, Edna Longley and Robert Nye, but it is Richard Price’s observation for ‘PN Review’ that best captures both man and poet: ‘with James Aitchison, there is always a sense of an intelligent and kindly interlocutor’.

The cover of ‘Foraging’ featured an image of rock cress by one of our favourite artists and architects, Charles Rennie Mackintosh: ‘Aubretia, Walberswick 1914’. Its close attention to the natural world and distinctive control of line and form characterised James’ poetry. Here are the last two lines from his sonnet ‘Stars’:

And when a star burns out it shines for years,
Light years, before its starlight disappears.



We send on our condolences to Norma, Nick, Cara and the rest of his family.

Peter and Amanda Carpenter

31/05/2023

Michael McKimm will be launching his new collection 'Because we could not dance at the wedding' on Wednesday 14 June at The Forest Tavern in Forest Gate, east London.

All are welcome!

For further details please contact Michael via his website http://michaelmckimm.co.uk/contact-me/

26/05/2023

🚨NEW PUBLICATIONS!🚨

We are delighted to announce the publication of two new titles – jump into summer with Clare Best's 'Beyond the Gate' and Michael McKimm's 'Because we could not dance at the wedding'!

Pre-order now at https://www.worplepress.com/new-summer-titles/

13/03/2023

Join Worple's Elizabeth Cook for a special event at UCL on Thursday 23 March

(Re)reading, Reception, and “Relay”: in conversation with Elizabeth Cook

Thursday 23 March 2023, 6.00pm
Lecture Theatre G22 – North-West Wing, Gower St., London

Find out more and book a free ticket on EventBrite

Celebrating 10 years of the Summer School in Homer - (Re)reading, Reception, and “Relay”: in conversation with Elizabeth Cook