‘Poets are a lovely bunch’
After much deliberation of what to say/how to come across, it was the phrase ‘poets are a lovely bunch’ that...
5 Questions for: Paul Stephenson
Paul Stephenson is the winner of our poetry pamphlet prize 2017 and his pamphlet, Selfie with Waterlilies, available to order...
Poetry Pamphlet Prize 2017 — Winner
We are thrilled to be able to announce the winner of our Poetry Pamphlet Prize 2017. Firstly, huge thanks to...
Poetry Pamphlet Prize 2017 — Shortlist
With so many entries to The Poetry Pamphlet Prize this year, we have a shortlist of ten. Congratulations and genuine...
Publications, Submissions and Shortlists
As July takes hold, we have (as ever) lots going on at Paper Swans. Two weeks ago, we published our...
Unfest — Poetry Busking
Unfest is a music-based festival held over four days in Tunbridge Wells, which is where Paper Swabs Press is based. Wanting...
The Saboteur Awards 2017 — We won Best Poetry Pamphlet!
It was with much excitement that we attended The Saboteur Awards this year, shortlisted in two categories: Best Anthology and...
#NaPoWriMo 2017
Every day throughout April, we posted a prompt for #NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month). We thought you might like them...
Paper Swans Press is shortlisted for The Saboteur Awards 2017
We are beyond thrilled to have been shortlisted twice for this year’s Saboteur Awards — The Chronicles of Eve for...
Best of British launches at The George, Tunbridge Wells
Our new anthology, Best of British, launched last night at The George, Tunbridge Wells. We were thrilled to have nine...
The Inpress Festival of Publishing 2017
I set off for the Inpress Festival of Publishing, yesterday, with high expectations. Not so much of what I was...
New Year, New Goals
Happy New Year from Paper Swans Press! We hope you got in some reading and writing amongst the merriment and...
The Jellyfish Society
Just in time for Christmas, we are thrilled to publish our second pamphlet of the year, Lydia Popowich’s ‘The Jellyfish...