Atrium
Claire is co-editor, with Holly Magill, of Atrium poetry webzine.
Atrium publishes a new poem every Tuesday and Friday, and hosts a regular Featured Publication segment to showcase a new or recently published pamphlet, collection or anthology.
As the website says: “The word ‘atrium’ has two main links – to the heart, and to spacious central areas in buildings that are open and light. With this is mind, we want to publish poems that allow our readers to think, feel and see things in a new way.“
Full submission guidelines are available on the Atrium website.
Craft of Care Anthology
Claire is co-editor, with Charley Barnes, of Craft of Care, published by Black Pear Press.
Published in 2026, Craft of Care is an anthology of creative nonfiction and poetic responses to the theme of caregiving. The book, and its brave contents, sheds light on the realities—sometimes harsh, sometimes wholesome—of caregiving, and how a carer carries their responsibilities with them. Featuring writers such as Sophia Argyris, Penelope Shuttle, Paul Atten Ash, Catherine Redford, Rob Walton, Catherine Balaq, and Gaynor Jones, the book offers rich and varied perspectives on the complexities of caregiving, beyond the day-to-day demands and into the heart of helping, listening, and sometimes grieving that comes with caring for another. Here, there are partners, parents, grandparents, children, friends, and patients, who have received care, sometimes from a family member, sometimes from a health professional, sometimes from themselves. The resulting works voice the fragile interplay of emotions and practicalities behind, within, and after the role of carer.
All proceeds from the anthology go to St Richard’s Hospice, Worcester.
‘Deeply intimate, full of tenderness—despite how hard it can often be to care for another person. This book resonates with something almost sacred—a kind of grace and privilege in caring, in being often close to death and to the fragilities of being human.’—Deb Alma, founder and owner of The Poetry Pharmacy
‘For those involved in caring, this book will help with the knowledge that you are not alone. For the rest of us, we can only feel grateful that despite the sheer hard work of caring, the love and the common humanity still shine through. This a wonderful collection.’—Jonathan Davidson, Chief Executive of Writing West Midlands
Further details are available on the Black Pear Press website, here.
Claire Walker - Poet and Editor 