poetry book publication – Trish Hopkinson

What It Takes to Publish a Book of Poetry – guest post by Megan Alpert

By Trish Hopkinson on February 15, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

When my book, The Animal at Your Side, won the Airlie Prize in 2019, it was the culmination of a seven-year submissions process in which I often wondered whether to keep going. I finished the book in 2012 and started sending it out in earnest in 2013. I didn’t […]

Overcoming obstacles of poetry book publication – guest post by Sherre Vernon

By Trish Hopkinson on May 14, 2022 • ( 5 Comments )

It feels a bit surreal to be publishing my first full length collection of poetry, Flame Nebula, Bright Nova, at 45, after 20 years of being active in the poetry field—and 15 years after the publication of my poetry chapbook. It can be easy, on a journey like […]