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

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Powerful author audio of already iconic latest poem by Jennifer Maiden, 'On the weekend when the Stock Markets close'. Focuses on land attack on Iran & links this to Stock Markets, illicit investment & threat to atomic structure, compared to celestial rose quemarpress.weebly.com/news.html

Preview 6 Quemar's new translation Spain's 1st professional female author, 16c feminist Beatriz Bernal's richly expansive novel 'Cristalian of Spain', the sorceress Membrina & entourage accompany Lindedel to castle on mainland where he is dubbed a knight quemarpress.weebly.com/forthcoming.ht…

'On the weekend when the Stock Markets close', a compelling new poem by Jennifer Maiden, focuses on imminent land attack on Iran & links this to effect on Stock Markets, illicit investment & threat to atomic structure, compared to convoluted celestial rose quemarpress.weebly.com/news.html

Preview 35 of our new translation of great French Communard Louise Michel's Kanak Legends & Epics describes superbly Kanak dancing, including a long beautiful dance about harvest, wedding & the dead, culminating in keening music for invasion & displacement quemarpress.weebly.com/forthcoming.ht…

The insightful literary critic & poet Jonathan Shaw recently published a review of our latest paperback 'Mandatory Sentence' by Jennifer Maiden. From the review: '...sharply relevant... it is a call to think, to reject double-talk, maybe even to hope.' shawjonathan.com/2026/03/19/jen…

Author audio Jennifer Maiden's Brookings Becomes the Tanker Sea Horse. Fictional marsupial decides not to play warship Gerald Ford as its toilets don't work, is excited by tanker Sea Horse try to break Cuba blockade & plays Sea Horse combined with real one quemarpress.weebly.com/news.html

Preview 5 of our new Mod English translation delightful 16c classic chivalric feminist novel 'Cristalian of Spain' by Spain's earliest professional female author Beatriz Bernal: powerful sorceress & ruler Membrina brings foster son Lindedel knight armour quemarpress.weebly.com/forthcoming.ht…

As Yemen prepares again to be a crucial factor defending Red Sea & Gulf of Hormuz, readers comment on topicality of Jennifer Maiden's poem The Queen of Sheba Woke in Yemen. Text can be read in sampler for our latest paperback, Maiden's 'Mandatory Sentence' quemarpress.weebly.com/books-for-purc…

Author audio Jennifer Maiden's most recent poem 'George Jeffreys Woke Up as Iran Retaliated': fictional version of Trump appeals to Maiden's well-established character Jeffreys, whom he sees as old friend, for advice in increasingly disastrous predicament quemarpress.weebly.com/news.html

Preview 34 our new translation exiled Paris Communard Louise Michel's Kanak Legends & Epics: her poignant & evocative style reaches even higher levels on aftermath Kanak rebellion, links that & possibility of resilience to powerful New Caledonian landscape quemarpress.weebly.com/forthcoming.ht…

The current political consensus that WW III may have already commenced has resulted in more reader remarks on the relevance of Jennifer Maiden's collection 'WW III: New Poems'. You can read the sampler for this on our Books for Purchase page at: quemarpress.weebly.com/books-for-purc…

Jennifer Maiden's most recent poem 'George Jeffreys Woke Up as Iran Retaliated': fictional version of Trump appeals to Maiden's well-established character Jeffreys, whom he regards as old friend, for sympathy & advice in increasingly disastrous predicament quemarpress.weebly.com/news.html

Preview 4 our new Mod English translation of 1st professional female Spanish author 16c Beatriz Bernal's Cristalian of Spain: the boy Lindedel, who regards ruling sorceress Membrina as his mother, asks to become a knight & about the identity of his parents quemarpress.weebly.com/forthcoming.ht…

Another of George's talks with fictional Trump is in Maiden's 'George Jeffreys Woke Up on Abu Musa Island' from The Espionage Act (Quemar 2020): Clare & George on Abu Musa Island in Persian Gulf near Strait of Hormuz. Poem in sampler for The Espionage Act: quemarpress.weebly.com/books-for-purc…

Jennifer Maiden's new poem 'Brookings Becomes the Tanker Sea Horse': fictional marsupial decides not to play warship Gerald Ford as its toilets don't work, is excited by Russian tanker 'Sea Horse' relieving oil blockade of Cuba so plays it & real sea horse quemarpress.weebly.com/news.html

Preview 33 of our new Mod English translation of exiled Paris Communard Louise Michel's Kanak Legends & Epics continues to describe 1878 Kanak rebellion (which she supported) against the French incl. death of great chief Atai & sending of his head to Paris quemarpress.weebly.com/forthcoming.ht…

As Chinese Lantern Festival nears, enjoy sampler for The China Shelf, Jennifer Maiden's collection that has several poems against war with China quemarpress.weebly.com/books-for-purc… Her other recent books, WW III & Mandatory Sentence also have powerfully relevant poems on situation with China

Author audio Jennifer Maiden's poem Kettle starts with police kettling public in Sydney as seen by late politician Uren who then seeks solace in his Balmain house, haunted by word 'kettle', ends with kettled spirit of Albanese in armchair as Uren makes tea quemarpress.weebly.com/news.html

As French Human Rights Commn criticises abuses by French Security & Judiciary in 2024 New Cal protests, Louise Michel's Kanak Legends & Epics & its describing 1878 Kanak revolt is vital. 32nd Preview our new translation starts to describe Kanak leader Atai quemarpress.weebly.com/forthcoming.ht…