Archive - By the Book: Jamie McGarry at Valley Press

The publisher who couldn't look at words

Sep 17 •

August 2024

The Late Crew have landed!

Copies of The Late Crew and its sequel have arrived in Scarborough.

Aug 28 •

July 2024

Publisher's Diary: Hard by Design

Apocalypse, burnout and alcohol – it must be summer!

Jul 21 •

June 2024

Publisher's Diary: My Brain on Books

"Eagerness to read", the anti-social publisher, and your four line poems

Jun 26 •

Can we change the subject?

It was verse versus verse, round 2 – but no knockout blow

Jun 14 •

Back from the beach

with a stack of anthologies for you to stick your beak into

Jun 7 •

May 2024

Parents, poetry, prose and the past

with Caroline Bath and Lydia Fulleylove

May 14 •

New Valley Press books for spring 2024

The soon-to-be-famous five – with an exclusive discount

May 3 •

April 2024

Poetry competition: "Changing the subject"

It's time to come out of your shell – but watch your step

Apr 22 •

How I design Valley Press books

A complete, non-technical overview of the process – inside and out

Apr 14 •

Readers' questions: Bonus round

Following up on recent posts – now with added Larkin

Apr 8 •

March 2024

Surviving Larkin, with Will Kemp

Plus: a hazy post-rock takeover

Mar 30 •

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