Inpress Secures IPSO Funding from Arts Council England

Inpress is delighted to announce receipt of a conditional offer of future funding from Arts Council England. Inpress has been a member of the National Portfolio since 2012 and has secured funding as a newly named IPSO (Investment Principles Support Organisation – previously known as SSO, Sector Support Organisation).

The leading sales and marketing agency for independent literary publishers, Inpress offers print, ebook and audio representation to the book trade with a USP of supplying publishers with business development as well as its key offering of sales representation. Working with 70 of the UK’s most vibrant and innovative independent publishers, Inpress has an excellent reputation within the book trade and has consistently achieved sales growth year on year.  Inpress also runs the Poetry Book Society, an organisation committed to promoting the best published contemporary poetry to a national and international audience.

This funding will allow Inpress and the Poetry Book Society to continue to support the growing independent publishing sector, authors, poets and poetry publishers. 

 Sophie O’Neill, managing director of Inpress said, “It was not a given that Inpress would receive an offer of this funding, so we are relieved and thrilled that Inpress and the Poetry Book Society can carry on our work of supporting independent publishers and bringing the best in contemporary literature and poetry to readers worldwide.  We look forward to working with Arts Council England to embed their Investment Principles into our work and support the organisations and practitioners we work with to do the same.  Inpress publishers and those associated with Inpress and the Poetry Book Society have always had diversity and inclusivity at their heart, with this ACE support we can look to continuing this work and build on environmental concerns also. There is lots to be done!”

Chairperson, Joanna Reynolds said, “This is fabulous news.  Inpress work with some of the best diverse and inclusive independent publishers in the UK, with this offer of funding we can continue to support these brilliant publishers in their essential work.  We look forward to growing the membership of the Poetry Book Society and bringing new and innovative poetry to readers across the country.”