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Carcanet Press
@Carcanet
Award-winning independent publisher of modern/classic/translated poetry & @PN_Review
Manchester
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    Carcanet Press
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    Aug 15, 2024
    We’re withdrawing! This platform has increasingly been used to spread misinformation, stoke division and incite violence, and we’d rather carry on our conversation elsewhere. Biggest thanks to our 21k+ followers! Come say hi on Bluesky (carcanet) and Threads (carcanetpress)! 👋🏼
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    Carcanet Press
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    Oct 13, 2023
    It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Louise Glück. Our statement is below in the images, and our condolences go out to all whose lives she touched --
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    Carcanet Press
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    Oct 8, 2020
    There are just two of us in the office today, so celebrations are necessary... #NobelPrize2020
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    Carcanet Press
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    Mar 8, 2021
    It's #InternationalWomensDay! To celebrate we're giving away 3 bundles of our all-women March books lineup🤩 To enter & win all the books we're publishing this month, like & RT this tweet! Ends next Monday 15th at 12PM - multiple entries allowed across all platforms.
    International Womens Day: Copies of Gillian Clarke's Roots Home, Victoria Kennefick's Eat or We Both Starve & Isobel Williams's Catullus: Shibari Carmina
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    Carcanet Press
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    Apr 29, 2019
    We are deeply saddened at the passing of Les Murray, one of our authors and a true friend of Carcanet for well over 30 years
    Les Murray, poet and 'gentle titan of Australian letters', dies aged 80
    From theguardian.com
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    Carcanet Press
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    Jan 9, 2023
    📣SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!📣 The 2023 submission window is now open for everyone until 20th January! We are looking for new poets and are considering work for Carcanet collections, New Poetries and PN Review – full guidelines here: bit.ly/3Qe9XZq
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    Carcanet Press
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    Oct 8, 2020
    At Glück’s UK publisher Carcanet, which has published the poet for more than two decades, Michael Schmidt said staff were “completely surprised” at the news but also “astonished at the justice of the win”.
    Louise Glück wins the 2020 Nobel prize in literature
    From theguardian.com
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    Carcanet Press
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    Jan 16, 2024
    We're absolutely thrilled that @jallenpaisant has won the T.S. Eliot Prize for his outstanding collection, Self-Portrait as Othello! 🎉 We couldn't be more proud - congratulations from the whole team at Carcanet ⭐ @tseliotprize
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    Carcanet Press
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    Oct 3, 2023
    We're thrilled to announce that THREE Carcanet titles have been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize! 🎉 Huge congratulations to Jason Allen-Paisant, Joe Carrick-Varty and Kit Fan – it’s fantastic to see Northern talent recognised and celebrated✨
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    Carcanet Press
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    Jan 25, 2024
    We are overjoyed to announce that Mimi Khalvati will be awarded the King's Gold Medal for Poetry! Mimi will be receiving the honour in recognition of her outstanding talent and ability to draw on diverse cultural traditions to enrich British poetry. 🔗bit.ly/47X4y0g
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    Carcanet Press
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    Oct 8, 2020
    We are beyond thrilled at this news, and incredibly honoured and humbled to be Louise's UK publisher🎉🙏 A HUGE congratulations to Louise on this well-deserved honour - celebrations are needed!
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    The Nobel Prize
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    Oct 8, 2020
    BREAKING NEWS: The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” #NobelPrize
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    Carcanet Press
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    Sep 24, 2019
    We are saddened to learn that Elaine Feinstein (b. 1930), celebrated writer and Carcanet poet, has passed away peacefully at the age of 88. She was one of Carcanet's dearest and oldest friends, and she will be deeply missed.
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    Carcanet Press
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    Mar 14, 2019
    We won Northern Small Press of the Year! 🥳🌞🎊 Thank you so much to @thebookseller, our authors, editors, translators and our team here in Manchester! Also a massive congratulations to @commapress for their commendation - you're all so wonderful! 🌟💝 #Nibbies
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    Catherine Jessop
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    Mar 14, 2019
    Yippee! Compass are immensely proud to represent @wildthingsbooks WINNER of the first ever British Book Awards Small Press of the Year! And hurrah also for @parthianbooks winners for Wales and @Carcanet winners for the North! And congrats @commapress - highly commended! #Nibbies
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    Carcanet Press
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    Mar 2, 2020
    Publishing powerhouse Michael Schmidt turns 73 today- happy birthday to king Carcanet! 🎂