Longbarrow Press
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis.
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Past the cutlers, halfway over the Don
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
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I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Past the cutlers, halfway over the Don
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
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Twenty-five years a foot-soldier,
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Twenty-five years a foot-soldier,
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
Past the cutlers, halfway over the Don
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Past the cutlers, halfway over the Don
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
Twenty-five years a foot-soldier,
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Twenty-five years a foot-soldier,
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
pensioned to this high scrape
of heather and bracken.
Build stone walls
against the slow march of hills.
Pace out the acreage:
Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll.
'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
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Grid, Layered Print on Wove Paper
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Grid, Layered Print on Wove Paper
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I'm doing an in person workshop, 'Experimental Ekphrasis: audio guide as poetry', as part of the upcoming exhibition (feat. me and 7 other amazing artists) Another Way of Seeing. Booking essential. Limited places so only book if your'e gonna come: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experiment...
Experimental Ekphrasis: audio guide as poetry workshop with Emma Bolland
Exploring poetic methods for communicating experiences of artworks in the exhibition Another Way of Seeing.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I'm doing an in person workshop, 'Experimental Ekphrasis: audio guide as poetry', as part of the upcoming exhibition (feat. me and 7 other amazing artists) Another Way of Seeing. Booking essential. Limited places so only book if your'e gonna come: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experiment...
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have just won the Oscars of small-press-fair publicity; thank you @longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Top-tier promotional materials for the inaugural @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social, happening at Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November. All welcome, admission free. Hope to see some of you there.
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
have just won the Oscars of small-press-fair publicity; thank you @longbarrowpress.bsky.social
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'What a book! Walking-writing as a collective act, as it should be.' - Robert Macfarlane
'The Footing' comprises poems and sequences on the theme of walking, with contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite
'The Footing' comprises poems and sequences on the theme of walking, with contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
'What a book! Walking-writing as a collective act, as it should be.' - Robert Macfarlane
'The Footing' comprises poems and sequences on the theme of walking, with contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite
'The Footing' comprises poems and sequences on the theme of walking, with contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite
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Durch Bluesky bin ich auf den kleinen und unabhängigen Verlag @longbarrowpress.bsky.social aus Sheffield aufmerksam geworden und habe nun diesen sehr schönen Gedichtband von Peter Riley vor mir. Habe grossen Respekt für den Verleger Brian Lewis
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Durch Bluesky bin ich auf den kleinen und unabhängigen Verlag @longbarrowpress.bsky.social aus Sheffield aufmerksam geworden und habe nun diesen sehr schönen Gedichtband von Peter Riley vor mir. Habe grossen Respekt für den Verleger Brian Lewis
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'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
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If you don't own any Longbarrow books you are definitely missing out. Please take a look at their website shop. Some outstanding books.
Update: we have sold a total of twelve books this month. "The end of the work is the possibility of connection, that the book, if it has been made well, might become 'a site of exchange', that it might have use and value to others, whether the others are many or few."
It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you don't own any Longbarrow books you are definitely missing out. Please take a look at their website shop. Some outstanding books.
Update: we have sold a total of twelve books this month. "The end of the work is the possibility of connection, that the book, if it has been made well, might become 'a site of exchange', that it might have use and value to others, whether the others are many or few."
It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Update: we have sold a total of twelve books this month. "The end of the work is the possibility of connection, that the book, if it has been made well, might become 'a site of exchange', that it might have use and value to others, whether the others are many or few."
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A wonderful selection of poetry books from a small independent publisher if you're looking for a gift for someone or for yourself. Check out their website and be amazed. And then buy one.
It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A wonderful selection of poetry books from a small independent publisher if you're looking for a gift for someone or for yourself. Check out their website and be amazed. And then buy one.
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The Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social is just one week away! 🎉
If you're in Dublin, come say hello and discover your next favourite read. 📚
🗓️ Join us Friday, Nov 28, 6-9 PM & Saturday, Nov 29, All Day. Free entry!
#IrelandiaPress #IndiePublishing #DublinSmallPressFair
If you're in Dublin, come say hello and discover your next favourite read. 📚
🗓️ Join us Friday, Nov 28, 6-9 PM & Saturday, Nov 29, All Day. Free entry!
#IrelandiaPress #IndiePublishing #DublinSmallPressFair
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social is just one week away! 🎉
If you're in Dublin, come say hello and discover your next favourite read. 📚
🗓️ Join us Friday, Nov 28, 6-9 PM & Saturday, Nov 29, All Day. Free entry!
#IrelandiaPress #IndiePublishing #DublinSmallPressFair
If you're in Dublin, come say hello and discover your next favourite read. 📚
🗓️ Join us Friday, Nov 28, 6-9 PM & Saturday, Nov 29, All Day. Free entry!
#IrelandiaPress #IndiePublishing #DublinSmallPressFair
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This day next week we'll be at the Dublin Small Press Fair at the Pearse Street Library. @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social
Apart from vendor, who has plans to drop in to browse the books?
Apart from vendor, who has plans to drop in to browse the books?
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This day next week we'll be at the Dublin Small Press Fair at the Pearse Street Library. @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social
Apart from vendor, who has plans to drop in to browse the books?
Apart from vendor, who has plans to drop in to browse the books?
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there are all kinds of tiny actions, both activist and artistic, that go unseen or are purposely modest or have a narrow circumference and that does not change what they are and what effects they can have. effect is not a measure of volume. it is a measure of density
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
there are all kinds of tiny actions, both activist and artistic, that go unseen or are purposely modest or have a narrow circumference and that does not change what they are and what effects they can have. effect is not a measure of volume. it is a measure of density
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Worth snapping up if there’s only a few left: would also make a good present for anyone who likes walking/the outdoors (or just really good poetry).
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Worth snapping up if there’s only a few left: would also make a good present for anyone who likes walking/the outdoors (or just really good poetry).
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I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
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Another beautiful book, dispatched promptly by @longbarrowpress.bsky.social it also came with a copy of their Inventory pamphlet and a lovely handwritten note.
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Another beautiful book, dispatched promptly by @longbarrowpress.bsky.social it also came with a copy of their Inventory pamphlet and a lovely handwritten note.
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This is a great anthology! Such a rich range of voices on walking and landscapes 👣👇
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is a great anthology! Such a rich range of voices on walking and landscapes 👣👇
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My copy is on its way - looking forward to it.
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
My copy is on its way - looking forward to it.
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It is superb, and I feel lucky to own a copy.
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It is superb, and I feel lucky to own a copy.
Top-tier promotional materials for the inaugural @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social, happening at Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November. All welcome, admission free. Hope to see some of you there.
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Top-tier promotional materials for the inaugural @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social, happening at Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November. All welcome, admission free. Hope to see some of you there.
'What a book! Walking-writing as a collective act, as it should be.' - Robert Macfarlane
'The Footing' comprises poems and sequences on the theme of walking, with contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite
'The Footing' comprises poems and sequences on the theme of walking, with contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
'What a book! Walking-writing as a collective act, as it should be.' - Robert Macfarlane
'The Footing' comprises poems and sequences on the theme of walking, with contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite
'The Footing' comprises poems and sequences on the theme of walking, with contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
'It is the best anthology of new work that I’ve read in years; anyone with an interest in contemporary British poetry should read it.' - Billy Mills
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com
Last few copies of 'The Footing': our first (and, to date, only) anthology (unlikely to be reprinted)
thefooting.wordpress.com