Quemar Press

With our latest paperback, Mandatory Sentence, Quemar Press is proud to have 22 paperbacks. We thank our readers for their warmth and enthusiasm

'Anthony Albanese's younger self woke in the Caribbean', preview poem from Jennifer Maiden's 'When the Trade Winds Weaken' (2027) modifies structure of her well-known woke up poems. Younger self of Albanese wakes at Caribbean CHOGM, watches his older self: quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

Preview 25 pacy Cristalian of Spain by 1st professional Spanish woman writer Beatriz Bernal: under questioning gaze of Flenisa & Constantinople Princess, tournament matches British knight& Lindedel whose greater skills mean knights politely abandon contest quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

Fun to see Medievalists.Net video on our A Shapeshifter in Love (Marie de France's Yonec & Villeneuve's The Beauty & the Beast) accompanied by overture from Disney version of Villeneuve's original 18c story facebook.com/reel/1078309385… Book for purchase quemarpress.weebly.com/books…

Author audio Jennifer Maiden's powerful '9 Haiku on the War Verge' from When the Trade Winds Weaken (2027). Groups new haiku - on upcoming war on Iran - using traditional haiku but can be read as sequence. Traditional has 3 lines, often involving a season: quemarpress.weebly.com/news.…

New preview from works by Louise Michel pivots to her trial before exile. Apt re French protest now: 'Prosecutor was accusing me of wanting to be leader: I have too much pride for that, because I could not lower myself & being leader is lowering oneself.' quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

With a U.S. midterm elections landslide predicted, we fondly remember our dear friend, fine Surrealist painter Vera Rudner, whose NY connections led her to support progressive Democrats & who'd be elated by their victory. Our book on her art, with sampler: quemarpress.weebly.com/books…

Powerful 'Nine Haiku on the War Verge' preview of Jennifer Maiden's 'When the Trade Winds Weaken' (2027) groups 9 new haiku - unusual form for Maiden - about forthcoming attack on Iran, using traditional haiku, but can also be read as sequential stanzas: quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

Preview 24 of our new Mod English translation first professional Spanish woman author Beatriz Bernal: novice knight Lindedel incognito enters tournament against AWOL British prince, glimpses the Constantinople Princess, is overwhelmed by her unusual beauty quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

We were happy that Jennifer Maiden's poem 'Bogong Moths' tapped into so much warm feeling for the moths and for the thoughts expressed in the poem, with several readers saying how much they loved it and sharing their own welcome responses.

Author audio Jennifer Maiden's 'Bogong Moths' from 'When the Trade Winds Weaken' (2027): moths' tendency to linger not steer by stars & join mass trek: non-compliance with which poet sympathises, feeds injured moth on garden blooms. Tradewind theme goes on quemarpress.weebly.com/news.…

Preview 23 our new translation of 1st professional female Spanish author Beatriz Bernal's pacy, eloquent Cristalian of Spain: knight prepares for tournament to impress Court, lady brings gifts from him to Court, praises him to Princess, who falls in love quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

Some readers loving Queen of Sheba waking to rich local coffee in modern Mokha in Jennifer Maiden's recent poem also enjoy 1st Sheba poem, The Queen of Sheba Woke in Yemen: she revives like her great ancient civilisation. Poem in Mandatory Sentence sampler quemarpress.weebly.com/books…

'Bogong Moths' from Jennifer Maiden's When the Trade Winds Weaken (2027) looks at moths' new prevalence, tendency of some not to join mass trek, a non-compliance with which poem sympathises. Poet feeds injured one flowers. Powerful tradewind theme goes on quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

Preview 55 Metge's remarkable 14c Catalan The Dream: garrulous misogynist Tiresias continues dreamlike monologue, as Metge listens in disbelief. Tiresias is correction to orthodox version in Homer & is interesting contrast to current film depiction of him quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

Happy that fullfilling order for A Shapeshifter in Love from customer (who bought book on reading re it in great @Medievalists) living on unincorporated trail in U.S, we mastered latest U.S. tariffs. Book went promptly from Australia to customer letterbox quemarpress.weebly.com/books…

Author audio Jennifer Maiden's 'Gore Vidal Woke in Australia in the Equinoctial Spring' from 'When the Trade Winds Weaken' (2027). In a lyrical but shadowy Australian landscape, poem uses her renowned mode where Vidal wakes concerned for his reader Assange quemarpress.weebly.com/news.…

Preview 22 our new translation 1st professional female Spanish author, 16c Beatriz Bernal. Lady at last in Constantinople. Emperor: 'You really took your time with that errand'. Readers of Cervantes chivalric satire may not know mode had its own subtle wit quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

Happy at enthusiasm on social media for 'The Queen of Sheba Woke in Mokha' (a preview poem from Jennifer Maiden's 'When the Trade Winds Weaken')& comments that, with poem's other powerful aspects, readers enjoy its describing coffee's history & are amused Coffee Day was last week

'Gore Vidal Woke in Australia in the Equinoctial Spring', preview poem from Jennifer Maiden's When the Trade Winds Weaken (2027).In her renowned Vidal/Assange mode, he's in lyrical but shadowy Australian landscape, woken by Assange X declaration 'I'm back' quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…

54th preview our new translation Metge's 14c Lo Sompni (The Dream): Tiresias' uniquely lengthy rabid comic monologue goes on, accusing women of deceiving ancient husbands by larceny, extortion & presenting counterfeit children, as Metge listens incredulous quemarpress.weebly.com/forth…