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.
Picador
Prize-winning fiction and non-fiction books from around the world.
Pindrop Press
An independent poetry publisher based in Glasgow with its editorial headquarters in France.
Poetry Salzburg
Poetry Salzburg aims to promote the best of new poetry in the English language, and they are open to all styles and schools.
Polygon
The literary imprint of Birlinn, an independent publishing house based in Edinburgh.
Prototype
A press committed to creating new possibilities in the publishing of fiction and poetry through a flexible, interdisciplinary approach.
Rack Press
A small poetry pamphlet press based in the Welsh Marches and publishes around four titles a year in well-produced limited editions.
Red Ceilings Press
A publisher of contemporary poetry in the form of limited edition chapbooks, who are particularly interested in experiments, trials, off shoots, sequences, and work in progress as well as small collections.
Red Squirrel Press
A Scotland-based independent self-funded small press founded in 2006, publishing poetry pamphlets and full collections.
Salmon Poetry
Salmon Poetry was established in 1981 as an alternative voice in Irish literature.
Seren Books
Wales’ leading independent literary publisher, specialising in English-language writing from Wales.
Shearsman Books
A specialist poetry publisher with an interest in what might loosely be termed the 'modernist tradition', but also with an open mind as to other directions in contemporary writing.
Shoestring Press
An independent publisher based in Nottinghamshire, specialising in poetry usually by established but unfashionable poets, or by poets new to British readers, though they may be well known elsewhere.
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.