Upswell acquires Scott-Patrick Mitchell poetry

Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to poet Scott-Patrick Mitchell’s next collection, Incantations to a Drowned Canyon.

A Perth-based poet and spoken word performer, Mitchell published their first volume of poetry, Clean, with Upswell in 2022. It was shortlisted in the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Western Australian Premier’s Awards and Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. Mitchell also won the XYZ Prize for innovation in spoken word at the 2023 Queensland Poetry Awards. 

Upswell publisher Terri-ann White said, “Many of us have been very keen to see SPM’s next book. This one has come out of a Red Room project in which Scott-Patrick walked 68 kilometres of coastline around Perth to explore ideas about the Perth Canyon and the submerged ecosystem of homelessness and the vulnerabilities of life that occupy this coastline.”

Clean was the first book of poetry Upswell published, said White, and Incantations to a Drowned Canyon will be its 20th poetry release.

Upswell plans to release the book in February 2027.

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