Pitt Street Poetry
Pitt Street Poetry is a Sydney-based poetry imprint.
Founded by Linsay and John Knight in 2012, Pitt Street Poetry aims to publish poetry of lasting value[1] and has published poetry in hardback, paperback and ebook formats.[2] Their books include reprints of classic modern Australian poetry as well as new works.[3] The Literature Assessment Panel of the Australia Council gave an Australian Publishing Program grants to Pitt Street Poetry in 2013-14. [4] and in 2014-5
Martin Duwell in his review of Jean Kent's Travelling with the Wrong Phrasebooks (2012) said the new imprint 'sets a standard in Australian poetry publishing'.[5] The books are distributed through online sales from the publisher's website and a variety of quality booksellers throughout Australia and in Paris and London.[6]
List of poets published or scheduled for publication[edit]
- Jenny Blackford
- Eileen Chong
- Tim Cumming
- Luke Davies
- John Foulcher
- Peter Goldsworthy
- Jean Kent
- Lesley Lebkowicz
- Geoff Page
- Ron Pretty
- Melinda Smith
- Mark Tredinnick
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- Jakob Ziguras
See also[edit]
- Pitt Street Poetry Website
- Radio interview with John Knight, founder of Pitt Street Poetry
- The Poetry Book Society online publisher profile
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Australian Poetry". Physician Turned Publisher: Pitt Street Poetry.
- ^ "Pitt Street Poetry emporium". Pitt Street Poetry.
- ^ "Small Press Network". Members. SPN. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "Australian Publishing Program Grant". Literature Assessment Meeting Report July 2013.
- ^ Duwell, Martin. "Australian Poetry Review". Jean Kent: Travelling with the Wrong Phrasebooks. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "Pitt Street Poetry". Bibliopola. Pitt Street Poetry. Retrieved 2 September 2013.