Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis. https://longbarrowpress.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mma4s2sbn22vFor the avoidance of doubt, AI sucks19 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma4s2sbn22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mma4s2sbn22vFor the avoidance of doubt, AI sucks19 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma4s2sbn22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3m3au5ahuns2d'My mother grew sunflowers. I’d look out of the window and see them standing up straight against the back fence. She was always planting ahead of time. I understood, at last, what it meant, in the year of her death, to see the garden through its seasons.' https://longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/unrecovered-time15 Oct 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3au5ahuns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mltaprx5gk2tDesigns for Spaceships #1: new work by @emmabolland.bsky.social, selected from collages, drawings, and assemblages produced & used by the artist as ‘objects to think with’. Drawing, papers, pigments, metal. Launch: Sat 23 May, 3-5pm, Reception Space at Bloc Projects, 71 Eyre Lane, Sheffield, S1 4RB14 May 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltaprx5gk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mluviubkn22kLoaded as it is with the means to bestow or withhold the elemental, a cloud is fragile too – all puffed up and overblown meringue whipped from stone. 'The Gleaning' Fay Musselwhite A new collection Out now from Longbarrow Press https://longbarrowpress.com/2026/04/30/the-gleaning/15 May 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluviubkn22khttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mcrn3n7ubc23"The Dutch River is with me now. I can't see it, I can't hear it, I can't reach it from here, but I can start to think with it." Dutch River longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/dutch-river Unrecovered Time https://longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/unrecovered-time Point Zero longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/point-zero19 Jan 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrn3n7ubc23https://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mkwo5yytys2kWho wouldn’t choose this? I’ve eight shades of autumn in skeins on the table beside them are five shades of sky, a river shimmers below in the basket with all that I need to make fire. 'The Gleaning' Fay Musselwhite A new collection Out now from Longbarrow Press https://longbarrowpress.com/2026/04/30/the-gleaning/03 May 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwo5yytys2khttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3lcgeirah6s2jTake thy rod and cast it in Pharaoh’s river, in the presence of his bailiffs, policemen and solicitors; where the maggots released from the feeder shall be transformed into serpents, devouring his salmons, trouts and barbels... 'Eely' Steve Ely Out now https://longbarrowpress.com/current-publications/steve-ely/03 Dec 2024 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgeirah6s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3lsjbdpxcvc2c"A brilliant press." - Ian McMillan "You'll never see a dud from Longbarrow." - Charlie Connelly Current publications https://longbarrowpress.com/current-publications/26 Jun 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsjbdpxcvc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mlypi5zd422z"When I was not yet 13 I flew kites from my bedroom window. When I say kites I mean carrier bags that I tied to cotton reels and unspooled into the wind. There were collisions and snags but the line never frayed or snapped. It was a game that I played alone." longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/to-scale16 May 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlypi5zd422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mlypi5zd422z"When I was not yet 13 I flew kites from my bedroom window. When I say kites I mean carrier bags that I tied to cotton reels and unspooled into the wind. There were collisions and snags but the line never frayed or snapped. It was a game that I played alone." longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/to-scale16 May 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlypi5zd422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mlw2x5r2ys2eGlitch Semaphore A new work by @emmabolland.bsky.social Saturday 16 May Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS6 1SJ (at the intersection of paths near the centre of the park) Performances at 2pm and 2.45pm A sculpture-as-performance for eight or more people15 May 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw2x5r2ys2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mlw2x5r2ys2eGlitch Semaphore A new work by @emmabolland.bsky.social Saturday 16 May Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS6 1SJ (at the intersection of paths near the centre of the park) Performances at 2pm and 2.45pm A sculpture-as-performance for eight or more people15 May 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw2x5r2ys2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mlvlrgmef22cZero sales this week, yay15 May 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvlrgmef22chttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mluviubkn22kLoaded as it is with the means to bestow or withhold the elemental, a cloud is fragile too – all puffed up and overblown meringue whipped from stone. 'The Gleaning' Fay Musselwhite A new collection Out now from Longbarrow Press https://longbarrowpress.com/2026/04/30/the-gleaning/15 May 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluviubkn22khttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mltaprx5gk2tDesigns for Spaceships #1: new work by @emmabolland.bsky.social, selected from collages, drawings, and assemblages produced & used by the artist as ‘objects to think with’. Drawing, papers, pigments, metal. Launch: Sat 23 May, 3-5pm, Reception Space at Bloc Projects, 71 Eyre Lane, Sheffield, S1 4RB14 May 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltaprx5gk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mldlfdbszc2eMoney flees the scenes of its crimes, bolts to its pile on the upland plains to laze on the plumpest cerulean upholstery, warding off gravity with icons and charms lifted from ancient tapestry tales. 'The Gleaning' Fay Musselwhite A new collection Out now https://longbarrowpress.com/2026/04/30/the-gleaning/08 May 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldlfdbszc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mlsrknl3jc2qWesignation [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsrknl3jc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mlslc36d3k2kWeslessness [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlslc36d3k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mlsjdxa3ss22Wes the Unready14 May 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsjdxa3ss22https://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mgwumutcas23"I have a plan and all I need is half of everything you own." 'Cazique' is Matthew Clegg's third full-length collection. You can read the title poem here: https://longbarrowpress.com/featured-poem/index/cazique-matthew-clegg/13 Mar 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwumutcas23https://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mkrqkzwlqc2p"Land, class and nature run through these poems like family threads or mineral deposits." 'The Gleaning' Fay Musselwhite A new collection Out now from Longbarrow Press: https://longbarrowpress.com/current-publications/fay-musselwhite/01 May 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrqkzwlqc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/longbarrowpress.bsky.social/post/3mlo343xrrs27Just make 20 copies of Ed Miliband and put them in charge of everything12 May 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:lz2dyvj62ndomsu6vedmnytk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo343xrrs27