 Some poetry links to follow
Diamond Twig - Small Press from the North East who publish new writing by women & promote poetry and other writing in innovative, exciting ways. Libertas - Women's online bookshop based in UK Mslexia - The magazine for women who write. Onlywomen Press - UK publishers of challenging literature that unravels gender stereotypes. Onlywomen prioritises lesbian authors. Vane Women - a writers' collective from the North of England Honno
Welsh women's
Press. Publishing literature by women from Wales
Daniel Trent's List of Little Magazines A useful list and address book, (has some entries not covered by The Poetry Kit) The Poetry Kit - Directory of Poetry Magazines. Another invaluable list. Also has a good competitions list - up to date, in order of deadline and tells you who the judges are and what the prize is too! Use these in conjunction with the review sites (below) which features reviews of lots of these titles. New Hope
International
Review A site full of reviews for poetry magazines, books and other
things. Terrible Work A very entertaining web-zine that reviews new poetery. Dragon's Breath International small press review
Iota Good quality magazine Never Bury Poetry The small magazine with the international reputation. Oxford
Poetry
- Small press poetry magazine
The Affectionate Punch Used to be a magazine, now it's an e-zine. [Note: the site doesn't work with Netscape you need Internet Explorer]. Mudlark 'spread the news, far and wide'. Florida based e-zine see also The Heron's Nest under haiku.
Commonword Manchester, UK Diamond Twig Newcastle, UK Onlywomen Press - London, UK Ragged Raven Press, Stratford on Avon, UK Salmon Press Clare, Ireland The Dedalus Press Dublin, Ireland Wild Honey Press
Wicklow,
Ireland Arc
Libertas - Women's online bookshop based in York, UK. Specialising in lesbian literature. Glee Books - Australian Bookshop that ships worldwide and sells books by Dorothy Porter (among others). NB: When searching put the surname first or it doesn't work... The Internet Talking Bookshop Audio poetry books, based in the uk City Lights Bookshop The San Francisco bookshop online Read Ireland Dublin bookshop on the web selling Irish books. Northwest Passages Online bookshop specialising in Canadian literature. Sells books by rob mclennan among others.
Diamond Twig - Wonderful poetry books at reasonable prices above/ground press - Canadian small press run by a poet rob mclennan Arrowhead Press - Darlington based press producing pamphlets and books. Commonword - Manchester Based Community Publishers / Workshop organisation. They don't do a magazine but they produce books and pamphlets regularly. Happenstance Press
Scottish poetry publisher The Oscars Press - Lesbian & Gay pamphlets and books. The Poetry Business - Publish The North, books and pamphlets. Salt - International not for profit publisher, Produces the journal Salt as well as books and pamphlets (which here are called 'Chapbooks'). Scottish Pamphlet Poetry - A new website set up to allow you to find out about Scottish poetry pamphlets Seren Produces Poetry Wales and books & pamphlets (specialises in Welsh writers) Vane Women - also listed under 'women' above this is their pamphlet section. Wild Honey Press - gorgeous Chap books, books and pamphlets
Blithe House Quarterly A US literary magazine for gay short fiction. One worth reading. The Oscars Press - Lesbian & Gay pamphlets and books.
The Haiku Year I love the idea of this book which I bought at Waterstones last year. 6 friends wrote each other haiku (small poems) for a year & published the best of them here. This is an interactive site where you can not only buy the book, but read haiku from all over the world and post your own. The Heron's Nest A very nice site about Haiku, linked to a US paper journal. It's got a good list of haiku - related links. Jack
Kerouac's
Haiku Page dedicated to Kerouac's Haiku poetry.
Kerouac's Belief
& Technique for Modern Prose & Essentials
of Spontaneous Prose Resources
and info on Kerouac The Beat Page Updated news, features and archives. Features a good list of other Beat pages. No bibliography though. Beat Generation News Same kind of thing but different. The links page has a good list of links to current publications. Lists works by each writer Cosmic Baseball AssociationMany beat writers feature here - in fact they have their own team (it's a fantasy baseball league). Informative as well as a bit weird. Jack Kerouac plays Left field for the Beats. Click on Players - Index of cosmic Player Plates - Jack Kerouac 1998 (which has a good chronology). Beat Generation Catalog Online shop dedicated to Beat stuff City Lights Bookstore The San Francisco bookstore specialising in Beat literature etc.. Empty Mirror Books - Another US bookshop specialising in Beat literature. I like this one because it has a special pamphlets section . Literary Kicks - the site with the bibliography (which seems to be lacking on the other sites) by Sherri Hoffman-Hoye. An excellent site for all things Beat. |