Publishing your Poetry: Ask Us Anything with Don Paterson and Niall Campbell

We may regret this one … But it’s a session you’ve requested. What really goes on behind the scenes in poetry publishing? What makes an editor sit up and take notice? Why do some poems make it into print and others don’t? Where do you send your work? Why publish at all? How many people read poetry? Is the any fairness in it? Is there any money in it? Maybe you have a question about editing, submitting, resubmitting, or generally understanding the poetry business in the 21st century. Join Don Paterson and Niall Campbell for an informal, two-hour online session where two poet / editors answer whatever you throw at them – and will be as honest as they can (or at least dare) re the world of contemporary poetry publishing.

Don spent twenty-five years as Poetry Editor at Picador, working with some of the finest poets of the age.…