ABOUT

Founded by Merryn Williams in 1996, The Interpreter's House is an independent poetry magazine seeking to platform and provide a welcoming home for the best in new writing. We publish twice a year in April and October. Now an online magazine, all content under the new editorship will be free and accessible, as are submissions to the magazine. 
 

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Louise Peterkin (Editor in chief) is a poet from Edinburgh. She is a recipient of a New Writers Award from the Scottish Book Trust. Her poems have appeared in many publications including Bad Lilies, The Dark Horse, Finished Creatures, Magma, The North, PERVERSE and Poetry Wales. She has been long listed for the National Poetry Competition. Her first collection The Night Jar was published by Salt in 2020. She is currently working on a second collection. She is on instagram at @louloupeterkin

Jo Bratten (Poetry Editor) is an American-British poet based in London, where she teaches English. She completed her PhD at St Andrews and her poetry can be found in numerous publications, including Bad Lilies, The London Magazine, Magma, The North, Poetry Birmingham, Poetry London, Poetry Wales and The Rialto. Her debut pamphlet, Climacteric, was published by Fly on the Wall Press in 2022. She won second prize in The Rialto’s Nature and Place Competition in 2023. You can find her on instagram at @jobratten 

Former Editors

Merryn Williams (founder), Simon Curtis, Martin Malone, Georgi Gill.