WelcomeChris Emery has published three collections of poetry, as well as a writer’s guide, an anthology of art and poems, and pocket editions of Emily Brontë, Keats and Rossetti. His work has been widely published in magazines and anthologised. He lives in Cromer, North Norfolk, with his wife and children.
Emery’s poems are like highly compressed short stories that we enter at high speed. 
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Like reading a series of captivating novels compressed to their musical essence. IntroductionChris was born in Manchester in 1963. He studied sculpture, painting and printmaking at Manchester College of Art and Design before taking a degree in graphics at Leeds Polytechnic, graduating in 1986.
Emery’s poetry began appearing in journals throughout the 1990s. He was anthologised in New Writing 8 in 1999. A pamphlet, The Cutting Room, was published by Barque Press in 2000, and his first full-length poetry collection, Dr. Mephisto, was published by Arc Publications in 2002. In 1999, together with poet John Kinsella, he founded Salt, the British independent literary publisher. Chris was Poetry Editor of Salt from 2003 to 2011. A second full-length collection of poetry, Radio Nostalgia, was also published by Arc in 2006. He was anthologised in Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets (Bloodaxe 2010), edited by Roddy Lumsden. Chris is a contributor to The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing, edited by David Morley and Philip Neilsen (CUP 2012). He has also contributed to The Insiders’ Guide to Independent Publishing, published by the Independent Publishers Guild, and was a regular contributor to The Writer’s Handbook, edited by Barry Turner. He was a member of the Board of Planet Poetry. In 2013, he was Poet-in-residence at Roehampton University. His most recent collection of poetry is The Departure that was shortlisted for the EDP-Jarrold East Anglian Book Awards. |
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Acerbic and poignant, constrained and ecstatic at once. |
Bibliography
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POETRY
Dr. Mephisto Radio Nostalgia The Departure (Shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards) CHAPBOOKS The Cutting Room WRITERS’ GUIDES 101 Ways to Make Poems Sell: The Salt Guide to Getting and Staying Published AS EDITOR Poets in View: A Visual Anthology of 50 Classic Poems Emily Brontë: The Visionary and Other Poems John Keats: Ode to Psyche and Other Poems Christina Rossetti: Goblin Market and Other Poems The Salt Companion to Maggie O’Sullivan The Salt Anthology of New Writing |
AS CONTRIBUTOR
The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing, edited by David Morley and Philip Neilsen The Insiders’ Guide to Independent Publishing, edited by the Independent Publishers Guild The Writer’s Handbook, edited by Barry Turner ANTHOLOGISED Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets Sculpted: Poetry of the North West Split Screen: Poetry Inspired by Film and Television |
Get In Touch
To enquire about publishing rights or text permissions, or to book readings or events with Chris,
please use the contact form provided. Chris is published by Arc Publications and Salt, and his books
can be ordered from Grantham Book Services, part of Penguin Random House Distribution.
please use the contact form provided. Chris is published by Arc Publications and Salt, and his books
can be ordered from Grantham Book Services, part of Penguin Random House Distribution.