Alex Vigue’s 2017 chapbook, The Myth of Man, was caught hanging around with Janus, the two-faced god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. They were comparing facial hair. Find your copy of this sexy book in our shop (& don’t forget, this month you get 25% off your order with code RESOLUTION…
Looking for a New Year’s Resolution you can stick to? How about: Read more poetry? That’s easy and we are here to help make it easier! For the entire month of January get 25% OFF your entire order by using code ‘RESOLUTION’. Visit the shop to get started on your New Year’s Resolution! …
This past Sunday we had the honor of hosting our release reading at Elliott Bay Book Company. We loved getting to see so many people from the community come out to support our amazing poets! New Floating Bridge Press President, Michael Schmeltzer, (more on that soon) got things started. …
We are pleased to reveal the covers of our 2017 Floating Bridge Press chapbooks! Our covers were designed by artist Rob Nance for our winning chapbook, Night Watch by Katy E. Ellis, and 2 our finalists, The Meanest Things Pick Clean by Ben Cartwright and Myth of…
(Drum roll please….) Okay Poets, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. But first, whether you submitted or not, we just want to say thank you for your support and interest. We again received more than one hundred submissions from all across Washington State. We feel this year’s submissions were especially strong, start to finish.…
Join Floating Bridge Press for a night of poetry at SoulFood Coffee House in Redmond, Washington on June 15th! We can’t wait to share some of our favorite FBP & Pontoon Poets with you. Check out some poems by afrose fatima ahmed, Cynthia Neely, and Dennis Caswell. See you soon!
We believe that poetry deserves promotion and increased attention in our community. We want to bring well-written, well-edited poetry to the attention of as many people as possible, including those who cannot afford to buy our books. So, each month we give away multiple copies of a single book on Goodreads. Each title repeats every…
Join Seattle Civic Poet and Floating Bridge Press poet Claudia Castro Luna along with Seattle’s Youth Poet Laureate and other writers as they read poems and bring awareness to the injustice that is homelessness. There will also be a short film “US THEM WE” by Michelle de la Vega. Where: City Hall Plaza, Seattle When: January 26th, 7:00…
We love getting to see our books out in the world, where they belong. This week we spotted Claudia Castro Luna’s This City at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. Get on over there and catch one in the wild while you can!
The editors of Floating Bridge Press believe poetry engages individuals, enriches communities, and enlivens the arts. We want to make sure poetry reaches as many people as possible, so we’ve made it easier for students and teachers to get our books. Students get 25% off their entire order with the code ‘READUP’ at checkout. Teachers and professors…