publishing
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Just read on Todd Swift’s Eyewear blog that James McGonigal won the Michael Marks pamphlet award for his new chapbook Cloud Pibroch. Huge congratulations to him and to Hamish Whyte of Mariscat Press — himself a poet. I confess I haven’t read Jim’s pamphlet yet, but to judge from the last time I heard him
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So far, The Ambulance Box is available only in hard copy. However, I have been working on an audio book for the still rather bare Salt audio books site, of which more in due course. Also, Amazon.co.uk has now made it possible to request that the collection be made availble for its Kindle e-book reader by
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Just a quick note that Alexander Hutchison has been confirmed for the Salt Scotland launch. He joins me, Rob A. Mackenzie, Wena Poon and Ryan van Winkle, with guest Tim Turnbull. It’s shaping up to be a very good line-up indeed, if I do say so myself. I’m particularly looking forward to hearing Wena read.
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Please note that the times for the Salt Scotland launch reading on 29 May have changed. You are asked to arrive at 4:30 pm for a 5 pm start and we have to be out of the building at 7 pm. I’ve changed the time in the diary page and on the original post. When
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Salt is opening a new Scottish arm based in Glasgow and plans to extend its Scottish list significantly. On Saturday 29 May, there’lll be a series of events in Edinburgh to launch and celebrate this new venture, culminating in a reading of new fiction and poetry 4:30 pm for a 5 pm start, finishing at
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This just in from Salt: In order to keep Salt on track through the wet British summer, we’re offering you another special deal throughout August. All Salt books are available from us at 33% discount yet again. That’s a third off all Salt titles, and free shipping on orders with a cover price of over
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The Bookseller is reporting good news on the Salt front: the press has managed to raise enough money to keep going through 2009 — as long, that is, as it achieves its budgeted sales for the rest of the year, which is far from a given. Which means all sales and efforts such as this
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This latest update on Just One Book comes courtesy of the blog of Salt short story writer Elizabeth Baines: We’ve been busy campaigning over the last two weeks to save Salt. The business has faced some serious financial difficulties as the recession hit us hard. I’m pleased to say we’ve stabilised the business, but we
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I was delighted to read this Facebook status update from Salt‘s Chris Hamilton-Emery mid afternoon today: Salt is now commissioning again, including a children’s poetry list. Thanks for buying us time & for saving the press. Tremendous news! Many thanks to everyone who bought books and helped this vital publisher not only continue but push
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The Just One Book campaign has hit the Guardian books blog here! And that’s not all folks: Chris Hamilton-Emery will be on Newsnight Review this Friday. The campaign is working — 800 orders in the first four days, bringing in £17,000, which is six weeks’ cash for Salt — but Chris, Jen and their stalwart
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The good news is that Salt’s “Just One Book” campaign is beginning to make a difference. It has even been picked up by the Bookseller, but Chris and Jen are far from out of the woods yet and we need to keep it up. I intend to make a few suggestions for your one book
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For sound advice on the publishing world and some exquisite prose, check out Chris Hamilton-Emery’s “Letters from Our Editor” stream on the Salt Office Life blog.
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For any Facebook user interested in contemporary literary publishing — especially writers who hope to be published — Chris Hamilton-Emery’s notes should be essential reading. They are a blog in the strictest sense, a log of daily ups and downs that gives a fascinating insight into the struggle of juggling family life and the heavy
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Just heard the excellent news that Dedalus Press in Dublin will be publishing my friend Ray Givans next year. Ray has had several small press publications previously, but this will be his first full collection. I’m delighted our first collections will be out in the same year.
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In the past few days, this year’s Forward Prize shortlists have been announced. Here they are in full: Main PrizeJamie McKendrick – Crocodiles & Obelisks (Faber)Sujata Bhatt – Pure Lizard (Carcanet)Mick Imlah – The Lost Leader (Faber)Jane Griffiths- Another Country (Bloodaxe)Jen Hadfield – Nigh-No-Place (Bloodaxe)Catherine Smith – Lip (Smith Doorstop) First Book Simon Barraclough –
Amy Jo Philip 