Blue Door Press
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Blue Door Press is a writer-led co-publishing venture: a growing collective of writers, editors, copy-editors and designers.
Joined May 2015
We're delighted to announce today's publication through Blue Door Press of @BarbaraBleiman's debut collection of children's poetry 'Snap!' See the terrific comments by poets @MichaelRosenYes @CaroleBromley1 & Moniza Alvi to get a flavour of it.
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This debut collection by Barbara Bleiman is full of witty, entertaining and sometimes thought-provoking poems for young readers – everything from fresh takes on familiar stories, silly rhymes, funny...
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A heartwarming read on a cold morning. @annabelchown1's new piece in our 'Of Note' series explores the value of gratitude, both in our lives and also as a stimulus for our creativity.
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A fascinating new blog by @wonderfrancis in the 'Of Note' series, exploring how we might respond to an opera like 'Carmen' differently in the light of contemporary thinking about domestic violence & the 'me too' movt.
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New blog in the 'Of Note' series by @BarbaraBleiman in which she asks whether big, long books, plays, films and other cultural experiences are worth the time and effort they require.
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Lovely new 'Of Note' piece by @wordsunlimited on writing memoir - Mishal Husain's, her own, and some advice for those who might want to write about their own lives and family history!
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I’ve been reading Broken Threads: my family from Empire to Independence, the memoir of journalist, Mishal Husain. This engrossing story connects her family history with the larger forces at work in…
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A brand new 'Of Note' piece is up on our website today, in this case a wonderful poem by Jane Kirwan, with powerful reflections on war in Europe, conflict & human suffering refracted through the evocation of birdsong.
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Lovely new piece by @annabelchown1 on Trieste, and the way that writing can attract you to visiting new places.
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RT @wordsunlimited: It’s always worth keeping a notebook says @wonderfrancis - here’s why .
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A photo of me taken by my brother in 1989 when I had grown my hair for three years and was writing a lot notes in my notebooks. Being ‘commissioned’ — if that’s the right wo…
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Terrific new blog in our 'Of Note' series by @wonderfrancis, who talks about notes and their importance in his life. And what a photo of him, in his student note-taking days too!
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RT @charliehacking: @BlueDoorPress @BarbaraBleiman Thank you so much for shining a light on the @clpe1 Poetry Award and Shadowing Scheme Ba….
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Discover the benefits of Shadowing the CLiPPA, the UK's leading award for published poetry for children and young people.
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New post in our 'Of Note' series by @BarbaraBleiman, about things of note in the world of children's poetry, with great suggestions for things to look out for!
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The latest in our new 'Of Note' series, in which @wordsunlimited recommends 'The Nix' and teases out some invaluable ideas about writing at the same time.
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RT @wonderfrancis: Great piece on Nathan Hill's The Nix by @BlueDoorPress author Pam Johnson. 'Of note, then, is the idea that maybe you s….
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The Nix has been my surprise read of 2024, so far. What drew me to it was the promise of a family mystery. Samuel’s mother walked out on the family when he was a boy. They never heard from her agai…
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Here's the start of 'Of Note' - a new series blogs by Blue Door Press writers! Jane Kirwan writes about Anna Burns' novel 'Milkman', exploring what it feels like to re-read it now, in a world that's increasingly fragile, fraught & conflict-ridden.
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Reading a novel again …. in a different world. Milkman Anna Burns Faber 1st pub 2018 Milkman is a novel about, among many other things, reading. The narrator’s habit of reading as she walks, …
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A brand new 'Personal Essay' is up on our website - 'On London Restaurants' by @annabelchown1. It's a lovely set of reflections on restaurants & what they have meant to her, reminders of different people and periods in her life.
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New blog in our series of Personal Essays by @BarbaraBleiman called 'On Grandfathers'. She discusses the stereotypes associated with grandfathers & examines them in relation to the grandfathers in her own life.
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Each month, around this time, we put up another 'Personal Essay'. This one by Jane Kirwan is a wonderful, wistful, personal reflection on Prague and its history, drawing in thoughts on parallels with the current war in Ukraine.
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We’ve arrived in Prague after several months in London, stayed a couple of nights in the flat and are now driving west along Radlicka to the cottage. This road is ugly. It’s too wide to…
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A fabulous new essay in our series of 'Personal Essays'. This one, by @annabelchown1 draws on the writer's challenging experiences of illness, to write about reconstruction in many senses of the word – from buildings to the body to re-constructing a life.
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Beautiful new essay in our online series by @sarahsalway on 'The Literary Picnic'. A joy to read and perfect timing for good spring weather, announcing the start of plenty of opportunities for outdoor eating. and delicious literary reading!
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RT @BarbaraBleiman: I've just written a new piece. This time it's for @BlueDoorPress and it's an essay. on the essay! It's in a series of….
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