“The Ten Best Valentine’s Gifts” in today’s Independent

We certainly agree with Samuel Watson that you can’t go wrong with poetry on Valentine’s Day — he features The Salt Book of Younger Poets in his top ten. Don’t miss it, your significant other will simply love it.

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Crashaw Reading at AWP, Chicago

Crashaw Prize winners Nathan Hoks, Rebecca Lehmann, Jared Stanley and Catherine Theis will all be reading at the AWP Conference in Chicago on Thursday March 1st 2012, 7 PM. The Hopleaf

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The Shortlist for The Crashaw Prize 2011

This year The Crashaw Prize — England’s only international prize for full-length collections of poetry — received more than eighty entries from four continents; however, worryingly, only sixteen entries were from women.

The prize, now in its fourth year, attracts attention from around the English-speaking world and the winning writers, along with [...]

Manchester launch of The Departure in National Poetry Month, April 12th

 

Ian Duhig, Michael Symmons Roberts and Chris Emery read at Blackwell’s, Oxford Road, Manchester on April 12th.

Don’t miss a super line up for the National Poetry Month reading in Manchester on April 12th.  More information on Facebook.

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#TenFactsAbout — Chris Emery

Chris Emery Names. My middle names are James Frederick, after my paternal and maternal grandfathers — James died the year I was born, so I’ve never really known about my Irish ancestor, but have considered taking Irish nationality. My confirmation name was Michael, which I used happily when I was a Roman Catholic. More than [...]

Enjoy “The Joy of Books”

Unmissable video of Type Bookstore in Toronto (883 Queen Street West, (416) 366-8973).

You can read an interview with Sean Ohlenkamp about this video at the National Post website.

Will Stone’s Drawing in Ash wins 3:AM Magazine 2011 Award for Best Poetry Book

Will Stone’s Drawing in Ash wins 3:AM Magazine’s 2011 Award for Best Poetry Book.

John McCullough’s The Frost Fairs one of The Independent‘s Christmas books of the year

“In his fine debut collection The Frost Fairs (Salt, £9.99), John McCullough turns out tender love poems and imaginative thought experiments with equal aplomb.” —Suzi Feay The Independent

Shared Earth — a major anthology of modern European poetry with an emphasis on writing since 1989

I’m delighted to announce the development of a major new anthology from Salt, Shared Earth: The Salt Book of Modern European Poetry will be published in National Poetry Month 2013.

We’re taking submissions for this book, if you would like to send translations, please email chris at saltpublishing dot [...]

Anthony Joseph on The Verb, BBC Radio 3, 10 p.m. Friday 16th December

Anthony Joseph with, left to right, Ian McMillan, Colin Webster and Andrew John in the BBC studio recording The Verb.