Salt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. John Kinsella (born 1963 is an Australian poet novelist critic essayist and editor Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics. Over the next decade, Kinsella, together with Tracy Ryan, went on to develop Folio(Salt), publishing and co-publishing books and chapbooks focused on a pluralist vision of contemporary poetry which extended across national boundaries and a wide range of poetic practices. Tracy Ryan (b 1964) is an Australian Poet and Novelist. She has also worked as an editor publisher translator and academic
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In 1999 John Kinsella, Clive Newman and Chris Hamilton-Emery formed a partnership to develop Salt Publishing. Chris Emery also known as Chris Hamilton-Emery born in Manchester, England, on November 23, 1963 is a British poet and When Newman left in 2002 and the original partnership was dissolved, Jen Hamilton-Emery, a senior manager in the National Health Service, joined Chris Hamilton-Emery to take over the ownership of Salt, relaunching the business in the UK. Since that time Salt has rapidly expanded its size and the range of its publishing programme. In November 2004, Salt was incorporated in the UK and Linda Bennett (ex-Waterstone's) joined as a Director. Waterstone's is a United Kingdom –based chain of bookshops. In July 2005 John Skelton joined as a Director. John Skelton, also known as John Shelton (c 1460 &ndash June 21, 1529) English Poet, was born at Diss in Norfolk In March 2007 Janna Rademacher (ex-Graywolf Press) joined as US Sales and Marketing Director.
Chris Hamilton-Emery was given an editor's award for excellence in literature in the 2006 American Book Awards.
In 2007 Salt was shortlisted for an innovation award in the inaugural UK Independent Publishing Awards, though Faber won the category. In 2008 Salt was shortlisted again for the 2008 Nielsen Innovation of the Year award, and won it.
From its offices in Great Wilbraham near Cambridge, Salt now publishes over 70 books a year, covering poetry, drama, fiction, biography, literary criticism and scholarly works by authors from the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Caribbean and mainland Europe. Great Wilbraham is a small village situated in a rural area some seven miles (11 km to the east of Cambridge, between the edge of an area of low-lying drained Fens The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England The press has developed several strands of poetry publishing some associated with the British Poetry Revival and the Language poets. The British Poetry Revival is the general name given to a loose poetic movement in Britain that took place in the 1960s and 1970s The Language poets (or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets, after the magazine that bears that name are an Avant garde group or tendency in United States A Native American writing series, Earthworks edited by Janet McAdams, began in 2005, winning the business the 2006 Publisher of the Year award from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. Janet McAdams is an Alabama Creek/Scottish/Irish poet and the author of The Island of Lost Luggage ( University of Arizona Press) which received an American Book A new series of short stories was launched in 2007, as was the Salt Companions series of author-specific companions.
The list includes works by a British poets Melanie Challenger, Ian Gregson, Bill Griffiths, Tobias Hill, Jane Holland,Sue Hubbard, John James (poet), Tony Lopez, Angela Readman, Peter Robinson , John Wilkinson and Tamar Yoseloff. Ian Gregson is a disabled activist and author in British Columbia, Canada. Bill Griffiths ( August 20, 1948 &ndash September 13, 2007) was a Poet and Anglo-Saxon scholar associated with the Tobias Hill (born London, England 30 March 1970) is an award-winning British Poet and Novelist. Jane Holland (born November 1966 in Barkingside, Essex is an award-winning English poet, performer and novelist whose poems have been widely published in magazines John James (born in Cardiff, England, in 1939 is a British poet "Tony The Tiger (boxer" redirects here For other uses see Tony The Tiger (disambiguation. Angela Readman is an English poet born in Middlesbrough in 1973. Peter Robinson (born 18 February 1953 is a British Poet born in Salford, Lancashire. John Wilkinson is a contemporary English Poet, born in 1953. From 1972 to 1975 he studied English at Jesus College Cambridge United Kingdom where he Landmark titles by American poets Charles Bernstein, Maxine Chernoff, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Aaron Fagan, Forrest Gander, Peter Gizzi, Diane Glancy, Michael Heller, Brian Henry, Ethan Paquin, Paul Hoover,LeAnne Howe, Kimberley Blaeser, John Matthias, Aaron McCollough, Carter Revard, Ron Silliman, Gerald Vizenor and Susan Wheeler, and new work by Australian authors Pam Brown, Jill Jones (poet), Kate Lilley, Peter Minter, Peter Rose, Tom Shapcott and John Tranter. Charles Bernstein (born April 4, 1950) is an American poet, critic editor and teacher Maxine Chernoff was born in Chicago, Illinois in the year of 1952, where she grew up and attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Rachel Blau DuPlessis (b 1941 in Brooklyn New York) an American poet and Essayist, is known as a feminist critic and scholar with a special Forrest Gander (born 1956 is an American poet and the author of various books of poetry essays fiction and work in translation Peter Gizzi was born in 1959 and grew up in Pittsfield Massachusetts is an award-winning American poet (Helen Diane Glancy, a Cherokee poet author and playwright was born in 1941 in Kansas City Missouri. Michael Heller ( May 11, 1937 &mdash) is an American poet, Essayist and critic Brian Henry is a United States poet He lives in Virginia. Education MFA Program for Poets & Writers, University of Massachusetts Ethan Paquin is an American Poet and a native of New Hampshire Paul Hoover (born 1946 is an American poet and editor born in Harrisonburg Virginia. LeAnne Howe is an author and scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Kimberly Blaeser is a Native American ( Chippewa) writer of mixed German and Anishinaabe descent John Matthias is an American poet He was born in Columbus Ohio, in 1941 and attended the Ohio State University and Stanford University. Aaron McCollough is an American Poet. Life and career Aaron McCollough was born in 1971 in Columbus Ohio and raised in Tennessee Carter Curtis Revard (born March 25, 1931) is an American poet writer and scholar Ron Silliman (born August 5, 1946 in Pasco Washington) is a contemporary American poet. Gerald Robert Vizenor (born 1934) is a Native American ( Anishinaabe) writer and an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Susan Wheeler (July 16 1955- is an educator and award-winning Poet whose poems have frequently appeared in anthologies Pam Brown Jill Jones is a poet and writer living in Sydney Australia. In 1993 she won the Mary Gilmore Prize for her first book of poetry The Mask and the Jagged Kate Lilley (born 1960 is a contemporary Australian Poet and Academic. John Ernest Tranter (born 1943 is an Australian Poet, Publisher and editor.
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