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I wasn’t even aware that the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry had established a prize for first collections until I logged on to Facebook and saw from a post by fellow Salt poet and blogger Tony Williams that I’d been shortlisted! What’s more, there are two other Salt books on the list — Anne Berkeley‘s
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In the run-up to the Salt gig at Utter! on the Free Fringe, I’ll be posting a poem by, and a mini-interview with, the other readers. They’ll all be answering the same questions, which I’m hoping will be an interesting exercise in itself. First up is Julia Bird, whose collection Hannah and the Monk was
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And here is Jen’s Audioboo recording of today’s flashmob in London.
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Right now — 3 pm on Saturday 17 July 2010 — a flashmob is taking place at the Southbank Centre in London to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Salt Publishing. The assembled throng is reciting the great Pablo Neruda‘s “Ode to Salt”, reproduced below. And across the salinated literary blogosphere (there’s a phrase I never
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Wena Poon and Roberto the matador* discuss how they could go about raising money for Wena’s publisher and mine, Salt. Roberto’s old, torn and bloodied matador outfits are out of the running, but he has better ideas. Find out what they are! *One of the eponymous stars of Wena’s new novel, Alex y Robert, generally available
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Just spotted the note below on Chris Hamilton-Emery’s Facebook profile and the Salt blog. Please do what you can to help Salt’s brave, ambitious, essential independent literary publishing to survive this rocky, rocky period. It’s not just about me, or even Chris, Jen and their family, or even the growing number of authors Salt supports,
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Tania Hershman’s The White Road and Other Stories is a wide-ranging and imaginative debut collection of short fiction, some of it very short. Much of this moving, gripping, entertaining and thought-provoking work is inspired by articles from the New Scientist, making it a unique fusion of the two cultures. I was thrilled when Tania agreed
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I’m used to literary raffles: the Shore Poets has been kept afloat for years by raffling the delicious lemon cake that Mark Ogle’s widow bakes and Poetry at the GRV now even sports a raffle. But seldom do you get a raffle with as knock-me-down enticing a prize as the Big Salt Prize, in which
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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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Hard to believe The Ambulance Box was officially published a year ago today. A lot has happened in that time, personally and professionally. I’ve met some great people virtually and face to face, outsold Keats, been shortlisted for a significant poetry book prize, reviewed here and there and delighted to have seen the collection chosen
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Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s Crashaw prize. Here at Tonguefire, the biggest whoop of all — and I tell, you readers, it is a decibelicious whoop indeed — is for the fact that Ryan Van Winkle is among their number.
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As part of Salt’s continuing Just One Book campaign, you can currently avail yourself of some eye-popping, knock-me-down-with-a-feather discounts on 12 titles while stocks last. Details below: No. 1 Full Colour HB anthology “Poets in View” on offer at 70% off — Buy it now for £3.90! http://bit.ly/JsInF No. 2 “Sister Morphine” Crime Fiction HB
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