Poetry publishers
Here you’ll find a list of all the UK’s major and independent poetry publishers.
Each entry contains details about the publishers and, where possible, contact information.
Broken Sleep Books
A working-class indie publisher putting access to the arts at the forefront of what they do.
Burning Eye
Burning Eye publish slam / stand up / performance / spoken word poetry.
Candlestick
Candlestick Press is a small, independent poetry pamphlet publisher in Nottingham.
Canongate Books
Canongate Books nurtures and publishes new talent from around the world, whilst retaining the essence of the Scottish Canon.
Carcanet Press
Carcanet publishes a comprehensive and diverse list available of modern and classic poetry in English and in translation, as well as inventive fiction, Lives and Letters and critical writing.
Chatto and Windus
Chatto has continued its long tradition of publishing outstanding literary fiction and contemporary international writers as well as the best literary biography, memoir, history, cultural comment and poetry.
Cinnamon Press
Cinnamon Press Books is a small, independent publisher run from a hamlet in a forest in Brittany.
Dedalus Press
One of the major poetry imprints in Ireland, specialising in contemporary Irish poetry and poetry from around the world in English translation.
erbacce-press
A poetry cooperative and pamphlet publisher based in Liverpool.
Faber and Faber
Since 1929, Faber has published T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Ted Hughes, Mary Jean Chan, W.H. Auden, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, and many more notable poets.
Face Press
Based in the UK, Face Press publishes contemporary poetry.
Fair Acre Press
An independent publishing house based in Shropshire, committed to publishing high quality books and pamphlets.
For your visit
National Poetry Library Southbank Centre
The National Poetry Library is open six days a week.
Tuesday, 12 noon – 6pm
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 noon – 8pm
Getting here
The National Poetry Library is on Level 5 of our Royal Festival Hall.
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Study & library use
The library is London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Visitors studying another subject or looking for a place to work are kindly asked to find an alternative space in the Royal Festival Hall.
