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My alphabetical list of some important poetribes, events, small and less small presses and links to their web pages, blogs, or social media doobries

Against the Grain Poetry Press	indie small press publishing, Big Smoke
Arachne Press	indie small press publishing
Arc Publications	contemporary small press publishing, Lancs
The Artel Press	indie small press publishing, Scouse
Bad Betty Press	indie small press poetry publishing, Big Smoke
Bloodaxe Books	poetry publishing, Brum
Burdizzo Books	indie small press publisher, mostly horror, also Burdizzo Bards, Walsall
Burning Eye Books	indie small press publishing, SouWest
Caffe Grande Slam	monthly slam event, Doodlay
Carcanet Press	indie modern, classical, translation, poetry and fiction, Mancs
The Emma Press	indie small press poetry and fiction, Brum
Enitharmon Editions	allsorts, Big Smoke
Erbacce Press	radical indie small press, Scouse
Eventbrite	spoken word gigs and tickets, also splurges other unrelated boring stuff, wherever
Face Press	indie small press pamphlets, aether
Famous Poets and Poems	resource of those that made it BIG, international (Who is Tadeusz Rozewicz? Tut-tut!)
Fire and Dust	poetry open mic, special guests, 1st Thurs, Cov
Fly On The Wall Press	indie small press publisher with a conscience, collections, aether
Happenstance	indie small press, books, pamphlets, downloads, aether
Hedgespoken Press	indie small press publisher, chapbooks, SouWest
Indigo Dreams Publishing	indie small press poetry, annual Geoff Stevens Prize, SouWest
Iron Press	indie small press publishing, collections, pamphlets
Ink, Sweat and Tears	webzine
Ledbury Poetry Festival	Hereford
Lichfield Literature Festival	Lichfield obvs
Literary Hub	- 30 poets, some living poets of some note for stepping lightly through with Doc Martins and pointe shoes
Mel Wardle Woodend	Staffordshire Poet Laureate 2019-2022
Neon Books	tiny indie literary magazine and chapbook press
Ooh Beehive	slam events, Swindon??
Penteract Press	indie small press poetry publishing, constrained formal visual pamphlets
Platypus Press	indie small press poetry publishing, contemporary poetry and prose
The Poetry Business/Smith Doorstop	indie small press publishing, books, pamphlets, audio, ebooks, NorEast
The Poet’s Billow	competitions, services and resources for poets
Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists	Poetry tag team, event organisers for Walsall’s Yes We Cant (among others) - Emma Purshouse, Steve Pottinger, Dave Pitt, Wolvo
Red Squirrel	indie small press publishing, poetry collections and pamphlets, Scots
Salt Publishing	small press publishing, poetry collections and anthologies
Scottish Poetry Library	Library, Poetry, Scottish. What can I tell you?
Sidekick Books	indie small press publishing, hybrid collaborative poetry, alt, Big Smoke
Spoken Worlds	sort of monthly event, not yet gone for a Burton
Stafford Literature Festival	it’s in Stafford, it’s literature, it’s a festival. 🤗
Tears in the Fence	bi-annual magazine, UK & France (+ Oz + USA - pending)
Templar Poetry	indie small press publishing, poetry, fiction, Iota magazine, Peak
Valley Press	indie small press publishing, collections, Scaerb’ra and the World
Verve Poetry Press	Brum
Walsall Festival of Words	hopefully annual event, 2-3 days, not Warsaw
Walsall Writers’ Circle,	A circle of writers in Walsall
Waterloo Press	indie publishing collective, anthologies, collections &c, radical aesthetic
Wild Pressed Books	indie publishing,
Wolverhampton Lit Fest	annual week-long multi-venue event, Wolvo
Word Stafford	monthly evening’s poetry entertainment and slam, Stafford
Worcester LitFest and Fringe	A litfest in Worcester for a week
Write Out Loud	poetry news, resources, superb poetry gig guide, national UK + the world

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