Keep up with Chris Emery’s writing at his new Web site:

http://chrishamiltonemery.com/

We owe a debt to the wonderful Ivan Salcedo for his suggestions for our Web site, which go back some years. This month, to mark our 10th anniversary, we’re relaunching the Web site.

Hop over and take a look. Every time you pop in for a visit, the sample of new and forthcoming titles will update and you can click on titles that take your fancy to discover more …
http://www.saltpublishing.com/

We’ve started creating a range of button badges for our Salt Cellars …

Last night over fifty people squeezed into the barn at The Punter in Cambridge to witness the inaugural Salt Cellars reading event. Ten Salt authors read a mixture of poetry and short stories to a captivated audience. 

Chris began the evening by saying a few words about the Salt Cellars initiative. Whilst people rustled through the doors, the atmosphere elevated in anticipation as the first reading was introduced. Standing room only accompanied the majority of the night, with a healthy crowd at the back of the room jostling for a good view.

The evening ended with a small open-mic session, and a sense of pride and achievement from all the Salt crew for what was a very successful evening.

Our many thanks go to all the readers, to Andrea Porter for helping to organise the event, and to Ian Cartland for the use of his PA system. Not to mention The Punter for providing such a great venue.

Look out for more photographs and videos which are on their way soon.

To receive information about future Salt readings in your area, sign up to your local Salt Cellar today.

Eleanor Rees’ poem ‘Night Vision’ has been made into a short film. Eleanor reads the poem, accompanied by some beautiful cinematography. Watch the film here. 

‘Night Vision’ is the opening poem of Eleanor Rees’ debut collection Andraste’s Hair, available from the online shop at  £10.39. Her new collection Eliza and the Bear is also available at the same price.

 ‘Contourlines‘ is a unique anthology of new responses to landscape by some of our leading contemporary poets.

Commissioned by Magdalene College, Cambridge, as part of the College’s year-long Festival of Landscape, and to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the University, the book reflects those traits of innovation and tradition, reflection and intellectual engagement, humanity and enthusiasm, of which the College is proud. 

The book will launch at Heffers, Cambridge on Thursday 4th February at 6.30pm. The launch will include an introduction by Jane Hughes of Magdalene College followed by readings from five contributors: Neil Wenborn, Rod Mengham, Joanne Limburg, Ian Patterson and Clive Wilmer.

Today we’ve reached a new height with 27 million hits to our Web site. That’s 2.1 million page views and over 619,000 unique visitors. Over 20 million files have been downloaded, shifting over 484 million kilobytes of data. Thank you for visiting us.