Monitor Books is a publication platform for poetry, etc., founded in 2019. We publish necessary, idiosyncratic writing in bespoke editions.
The press is edited by Rory Cook and Rachael Allen. Designers and friends include Alan Fielden, Rich James, Joseph Haigh, Joe Hales, John Newton. Website photographs are by Liam Chilton.
Monitor previously ran Murmur Reading Series, a programme of occasional live events in Manchester and beyond. Monitor is currently running ‘Feature’, a series of events inviting interactions between the worlds of art, poetry, music; ‘Feature’ is organised by Rory Cook and Alan Fielden.
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Monitor commits to adhering to the Palestinian international call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) and to complying with the underlying guidelines for the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).
Submissions
Submissions are currently closed, but will open later in Summer 2025. Check back here for details.
Distribution
Monitor titles are represented by Public Knowledge Books – an online store, a physical shop in London, and a worldwide distributor. Get in touch with them for wholesale orders: sales@publicknowledgebooks.com.
Stockists
London – Arcadia Missa, Burley Fisher Bookshop, BOOKS Peckham, Cafe OTO, Camden Art Centre, The Common Press, Housmans Bookshop, ICA Bookshop, London Centre for Book Arts, London Review Bookshop, Pages of Hackney, Presse Books/Forma HQ, South London Gallery Bookshop, Tenderbooks.
UK – Beam Editions (Nottingham), Bookhaus (Bristol), The De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill), East Bristol Books, Five Leaves Bookshop (Nottingham), Good Press (Glasgow), The Hastings Bookshop (Hastings), La Bibliotheka (Sheffield), Lyall’s Bookshop (Todmorden), Modern Art Gallery Oxford, Peste {AD England} (Manchester), Public House (Birmingham), Rare Mags (Stockport), The Towner (Eastbourne).
EU – a.p. (Berlin), Hopscotch (Berlin), The Library Project (Dublin), PAGE NOT FOUND (The Hague), Perdu (Amsterdam), rile* books (Brussels), Rotor Books (Leipzig), San Serriffe (Amsterdam).