Poetry Archives - The Artel Press

New Poetry from Bleakley and Neilson

Summer 2025 sees the forthcoming publication by The Artel Press of a collaboration between distinguished poets Prof Alan Bleakley (UK) and Dr Shane Neilson (Canada). Their new collection The Cost of Living features over 60 new poems powerfully reflecting on…

Two Finfer Poetry Podcasts

Two very special readings of Jamie Finfer’s poems have been added to our poetry podcast feed. Actor Alex Zur reads two works from In Foro, the 2022 poetry collection by Jamie Finfer and published by The Artel Press. For this…

Reading (Or Sounding) of Angels

Our new title this month is a tour de force of spoken word poetry from Michael John Gerard Higgins. To experience the unique soundworld that is Or – Sounding – Can Angels Become, listen to our podcast by Grace Clifford.

Poetry Launch in London

On Sunday 16th October 2022 The Artel Press joined with poet Jamie Finfer at the London Book Barge for the launch of his new title In Foro. We were joined by scores of family, friends and readers on the Regent’s…

A Poem for St David’s Day

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus 2021 to all our Welsh readers. What better way to celebrate St David’s Day than some poetry from the 19th century Welsh Bard, Trebor Mai. Iach hardd-lif, drych ei werdd-lan – yw gwynebY Gonwy bereiddlan;Afonig loywaf…

New Poetry from Bleakley and Neilson

Catherine Swire at Into the Wyld Festival

This December sees the opportunity to hear writer Catherine Swire sharing her love of poetry with audiences at the Into the Wyld contemporary art festival in Birkenhead. Please do join Catherine on Saturday 7th December, 3pm at the Williamson Art…

Seeing Is Beveiling 2

We are pleased to announce that a second impression of Seeing Is Beveiling will shortly be available. The first edition, published in February 2024, sold out as predicted. The second impression will be a slightly shorter run. For the perfectionist…

A Hidden Home Re-issued for 2024

Our 2014 title A Hidden Home in the Gwydyr Forest has been reprinted this summer 2024 by Fulwood Books. This new edition features a postscript specially by author Janet Corke for this title, describing the more recent history of her…

Alan Bleakley to speak at Oviedo symposium

Dr Alan Bleakley, Emeritus Professor of Medical Education and Medical Humanities at the University of Plymouth Peninsula Medical School, is an Artel Press author The Bio-illogical (2023) and will be the keynote speaker at the forthcoming Hippocrates Symposium at the…

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