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NEW RELEASE
The High Flight
50 Poems Inspired by Emily Brontë’s Hawk
Takes its creative inspiration from one of the few details known about Emily Brontë. It is believed she rescued then kept a Merlin hawk who she called Nero. Her bird of prey soars through history and the West Yorkshire landscape both quarry and predator.
Conally-Barklem explores what it means to be captive and to be wild, the condition of the falconer, its lore and mystery through the enigmatic Brontë sister who stands both inside and outside of time.
‘These are poems of great emotional power and range, examining Emily Brontë from quite a different perspective.
In a flood of ornithological and hawk lore,infused with the history and atmosphere of the Haworth Parsonage and a poet’s insight, Emma Conally-Barklem inhabits the moors and wild outdoors of her progenitor, elbow to elbow with her, and uses her own extraordinary talent to explore this world, but also to meditate on mortality. This is an astonishingcollection worthy to stand alongside the
writings of the Brontës’
JAMES NASH, poet and writer
SUBMISSIONS
We’ll be taking a sabbatical in 2026 from our usual October submission window to give ourselves the space to catch up and devote time to nurturing our upcoming titles and our 2027 list.
We may open small submission windows or run competitions along the way, and if we do, we’ll share the details here and on our social channels.