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Four knockout new books, just arrived in the office. After a whole afternoon of our poor printer’s driver being lost on the A14 in Cambridgeshire! Then the poor man has to carry pallet loads up our steep stairs (as I rather cleverly drove Gretel home), but they’re all here, they’re gorgeous, they’ve FILLED [...] This is Eleanor Rees‘s Forward shortlisted debut collection Andraste’s Hair. We asked Eleanor about her nomination for the Best First Collection award in 2007: How did it feel to be shortlisted? It was very exciting to be nominated and a real sense of achievement. I was hopeful for my book but also aware that [...] POETRY BANK CHOICE. How To Build A City is the Crashaw Prize-winning debut collection of poetry by Tom Chivers. It is a poetic interrogation of the twenty-first century urban experience, drawing on the history, culture, society and topography of London. Chivers takes his cue from radical writers such as Iain Sinclair and Barry MacSweeney [...] Poetry Marathon Saturday and Sunday 17–18 October Tickets £25/£20 (two day) £15/£10 (one day) Available from the Gallery Lobby Desk or Ticketweb: 08444 77 1000 www.ticketweb.co.uk The Serpentine Gallery Poetry Marathon is an ambitious two-day poetry event taking place in London during Frieze Art Fair week and featuring unique performances from leading poets, writers, [...] Issue three of Horizon Review is the Poetry Issue, featuring provocative and in-depth interviews with Craig Raine, Pascale Petit and Hugo Williams, plus new poems by David Morley, Helen Ivory, Claire Crowther and many others, and a review of the Forward Prize-winning collection Rain by Don Paterson. Countering recent accusations across the [...] The Dusty Era for S.F. One day he was walking behind her with several colleagues from the Embassy when the hairgrip fell out of her hair (bronze, decorated with three parrots) and clattered to the pavement. It was Stockholm, and high winter. She was deep in conversation with a [...] My Salt reading list “An essential reading list for boys aged 14-18.” Robert Sheppard Complete Twentieth Century Blues Luke Kennard The Harbour Beyond the Movie Chris McCabe The Hutton Inquiry Kamau Brathwaite Words Need Love Too What will you get out of these books? “Because teachers don’t have the [...] My Salt reading list “These are, give or take, my favourite Salt offerings. All five are ambitious and unique works that stretch our understanding of what poetry can be. In starkly different ways, they all satisfy Ezra Pound’s dictum to ‘Make it new’.” Anthony Joseph The African Origins of UFOs Luke [...] Come and join Salt each Friday afternoon to ask your questions on getting your work published, promoting it, selling it, or anything at all to do with the world of independent literary publishing. Simply search on saltpublishing or the hash tag #SaltQandA and re-tweet to join each open session. Talk directly to [...] |
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