About Us

Templar Poetry publishes outstanding modern poetry, in our superbly designed and skilfully made paperback and hardback editions. Our online bookshop offers all our titles in print post free anywhere in the world. Our main Editorial offices are based in the spectacular Derwent Valley World Heritage site in Derbyshire where we also stage the annual Derwent Poetry Festival in mid-november.

The Derwent Poetry Festival is unique in the national poetry calender, launching many of our new collections alongside our annual anthology and the latest issue of Iota. The Festival events are held on the atmospheric upper floors of Masson Mills, on the outskirts of Matlock Bath. It's Just over two hours from Kings Cross St Pancras by train, with the last part of the journey from Derby to Matlock Bath taking visitors deep into the Derwent Valley, with Matlock Bath station nestling at the base of one of the highest inland limestone cliffs in England. It's also close to the MI and M6, and well worth the journey from anywhere in the country. Festival guests and visitors from further afield can come by air to the nearby East Midlands Airport.

We publish Iota Poetry three times each year and are happy to receive submissions throughout the year. We also administer three major annual publishing awards, the Templar Pamphlet & Collection Awards, The Straid Award for Poetry Collections and the iota Shot Awards for short poetry pamphlets.

Many of our published poets have received recognition in major poetry awards and competitions. Please browse our online bookshop to find out more about our books in print.