Category: News!
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Poetry by Kurt Newton
Lungfish I guess I’ve been slumming it all these years, big fish in a small pond and all that. But when you’ve never had anyone in your corner whispering in your ear, it’s easy to settle for less and still feel good about it. But there comes a time when…
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URBAN PIGS PRESS REVIEWS…
The Camera Obscure Virginia Betts Supernatural secrets; psychopathy; disturbing dystopias; vanity and Victorian graveyards. Each story, evoking an atmosphere of gothic classics, will take you on a journey through past, present and possibilities, where the familiar becomes strange. The new tenant above a bookshop uncovers a terrifying truth; a man…
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Subs Open For Poetry!
Journeys Urban Pigs Press are opening our first call for poetry. We are lucky to have the more than capable services of Virginia Betts joining us as feature editor for June. Virginia is a successful writer, performer and poet from Ipswich, UK. We’re honoured to open up our doors for…
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We’re having a poetry party!
Urban Pigs Press are opening our first call for poetry. We are lucky to have the more than capable services of Virginia Betts joining us as feature editor for June. Virginia is a successful writer, performer and poet from Ipswich, UK. We’re honoured to open up our doors for poetry…
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It’s Re-Release Day!
Urban Pigs Press Rereleases Parochial Pigs by James Jenkins I’m really excited to announce that my debut novel Parochial Pigs has been rereleased by Urban Pigs Press. I owe a massive thanks to Red from Alien Buddha Press for giving me and pigs a home for the past couple years.…
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Thank you for helping us make a difference

Today was one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I suppose I was a bit naïve thinking that I was just dropping off the funds raised so far from The Hunger Anthology. A quick hello and “here’s £250, thanks for everything you do”. I mean it was pretty…
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Interview with LG Thomson
Greetings LG, thank you for taking part in this interview and even more so for contributing to our cause. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I’m an author and artist living in Ullapool, a small fishing village on the North West coast of Scotland on the same latitude…
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Interview with Mark Burrow
Hi Mark. You’ve been a great help to us in the run up to release. I really appreciated your edits in the anthology. Working with people like yourself really sums up the love in the writing community. I also want to thank you for taking part in this interview and…
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Release day!
We at Urban Pigs Press are buzzing to announce the release of our charity anthology ‘Hunger – In aid of FIND – Families in Need‘. This has been an incredible journey for us and one that has taught us many new things. Aside from the publishing process, we’ve been incredibly…
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Interview with Rob Walton
Hello Rob. It’s great to have you onboard with the Hunger anthology. Thank you for taking part in this interview, can you tell us a little a bit about yourself? I grew up in Scunthorpe and moved to Newcastle to study, and now live in Whitley Bay on England’s north-east…

