Calling all readers – VP is BACK! We are publishing 16 books in the next 4 months(!), and you can find details of all of them in the thread below. (Why not retweet and help us drum up attention for these great authors – or reply and tag a bookish friend or five?) (1/10)

Out this week: SUPERPOWERS by Mark A Radcliffe, offbeat short stories about ordinary people with extraordinary gifts ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/140/superpowers) and THEY, the first English collection by acclaimed Latvian poet Arvis Viguls (translated by Jayde Will) ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/139/they ) (2/10)

Mid-August: a new edition of GATECRASHING EUROPE by Kris Mole, with maps and photos of his incredible journey ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/11/gatecrashing_europe_) and SHE WROTE THE SONGS, an enthralling group biography of unsung female composers by Patricia Hammond ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/126/she_wrote_the_songs) (3/10)

Early September: SAMPLER, edited by Sean Ashton, a selection of entries from an encyclopaedia written by poets ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/141/sampler) and THE PEREGRINE FALCONS OF YORK MINSTER, the fourth collection by beloved York-based poet Carole Bromley ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/143/the_peregrine_falcons_of_york_minster) (4/10)

Mid-September: HERD QUEEN, the second collection by poet and animal sanctuary founder Di Slaney ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/137/herd_queen) and BLUE MOMENTS, a coming-of-age story set in Finland, the debut novella from acclaimed translator Emily Jeremiah ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/144/blue_moments) (5/10)

Early October: a new edition of JOURNEYING, the classic 2012 collection by veteran Canadian poet Paul Sutherland ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/41/journeying) and A SUITABLE LOVE OBJECT, the posthumous poetry collection from Literary Consultancy pioneer Rebecca Swift ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/135/a_suitable_love_object) (6/10)

Mid-October: GLASS WORK HUMANS, stories and poems from 21st-century Scotland by a team of three authors ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/142/glass_work_humans) and THE MINNOW WOULD BE LOST, the long-awaited epic autobiographical poem from Nora Chassler ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/145/the_minnow_would_be_lost) (7/10)

First half of an all-poetry November: THE MINISTRY OF FLOWERS by Andrea Witzke Slot, poems seeking hope in a changing world ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/146/the_ministry_of_flowers) and LITTLE QUAKES EVERY DAY, the first full-length collection by Caroline Hardaker ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/147/little_quakes_every_day) (8/10)

... and finally, late November, ALICE AND THE NORTH by Anne Caldwell, prose poems that form a love-song to the North ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/148/alice_and_the_north) and THE GARLAND KING by Matthew Hedley Stoppard, where traditional customs meet modern anxieties ( https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/149/the_garland_king) (9/10)

This list represents the culmination of years of work for the VP team, and especially for these authors – so thanks for reading (both this thread and the books!) and thanks to @ace_national for the £10k "emergency" grant that made all this possible. Enjoy! (10/10)