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Major Book Publishers

The following list is of U.K. publishers that publish more than six full-length books of poetry per year, or less if they are a major imprint of other genres.

Now displaying records 1 to 19 of 19

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Anvil Press Poetry

Neptune House, 70 Royal Hill, London, SE10 8RFAnvil book cover
Tel: 020 8469 3033
Website: http://www.anvilpresspoetry.com/
Email: info@anvilpresspoetry.com
Editor: Peter Jay

"Anvil publishes roughly equal quantities of original contemporary English-language poetry and poetry in translation. Much of the latter comprises poets previously unpublished in English. We have a solid
backlist of the best translations of major foreign language poets: Bei Dao, Dante, Baudelaire, Rilke, Tagore and many more. Our English-language poets include such well-known figures as Ros Barber, Dick Davis, James Harpur, Dennis O'Driscoll and Greta Stoddart."

Arc Publications

Nanholme Mill, Shaw Wood Road, Todmorden, Lancs, OL14 6DA
Tel: 01706 812338
Website: http://www.arcpublications.co.uk/
Email: info@arcpublications.co.uk
Editor: Tony Ward

Bloodaxe Books

Highgreen, Tarset, Northumberland, NE48 1RP Bloodaxe book cover
Tel: 01434 240500
Website: http://www.bloodaxebooks.com
Email:  editor@bloodaxebooks.com
Editor: Neil Astley

"Bloodaxe Books is Britain's premier publisher of contemporary poetry, with an international reputation for quality in literature and excellence in book design. With its bold and diverse stable of new and established British, Irish, American, European and Commonwealth writers, Bloodaxe has revolutionised poetry publishing in Britain"

Canongate Books

14 High St, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE Canongate book cover, Lemn Sissay's 'Listener'
Tel: 0131 557 5111
Website: http://www.meetatthegate.com
Email: info@canongate.co.uk
Editor: Jamie Byng

"With a distinctly international outlook, Canongate Books nurtures and publishes new talent from around the world, whilst retaining the essence of the Scottish Canon. We have no specific agenda other than to promote and publish challenging, quality work from as broad a perspective as we are able."

Carcanet Press

4th Floor, Alliance House, Carcanet book cover
30 Cross St., Manchester, M2 7APTel: 0161 834 8730
Website: http://www.carcanet.co.uk
Email: info@carcanet.co.uk
Editor: Michael Schmidt

"Carcanet Press is the UK's leading poetry publisher. Now in its fourth decade, it provides the most comprehensive and diverse lists of modern and classic poetry in English and in translation. The Carcanet website is an invaluable resource for reviews and author biographies, and contains full listings of published books. The poetry magazine PN Review is
produced from the same office"

Chatto & Windus see Random House

Website: http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/poetry/home.htm

Dedalus Poetry Press

13 Moyclare Road, Baldoyle, Dublin 13, IrelandDedalus book cover
http://www.dedaluspress.com

"Founded in 1985, Dedalus is one of the major poetry imprints in Ireland, specialising in contemporary Irish poetry and poetry from  around the world in English translation. The Dedalus website includes excerpts from recent titles, as well as a growing audio archive of  Dedalus authors. Wingspan: A Dedalus Sampler was published in  December 2006 and features a selection of work by 28 Dedalus Press  poets, among them Fergus Allen, Pat Boran, Eva Bourke, Francis Harvey, Thomas Kinsella, Mary Montague, Mary O'Donoghue and Macdara Woods". "Flowing, Still: Irish Poets on Irish Poetry" a collection of essays on Irish Poetry, 1900 to the present, by some of the best-known living Irish Poets, including Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, John Montague and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, was published in March 2009."

Enitharmon Press

26b Caversham Road, London, NW5 2DUEnitharmon book cover
Tel: 020 7482 5967
Website: http://www.enitharmon.co.uk
Email: books@enitharmon.co.uk
Editor: Stephen Stuart-Smith

"Founded in 1967, Enitharmon Press specialises in poetry, but also publishes fiction, essays, memoirs and translations, as well as de luxe artists' books. It is particularly interested in collaborations between artists and writers, recently pairing Blake Morrison with Paula Rego, Robert Creeley with Jim Dine, and Seamus Heaney with Hughie O'Donoghue."

Faber & Faber

Bloomsbury House, 74-77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA
Tel: 020 7927 3800
Website: http://www.faber.co.uk/
Email: contact@faber.co.uk 
Editor: Matthew Hollis

Gallery Press

Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co. Meath, Ireland
Tel: 049 8541779
Website: www.gallerypress.com
Email: gallery@indigo.ie
Editor: Peter Fallon

"Founded in 1970, The Gallery Press has published more than four hundred titles which show off the finest of new writing by established and emerging Irish authors. It has been our pleasure and privilege to publish books of Irish poetry, drama and prose. Marked by careful editing and simple, elegant design, for nearly forty years The Gallery Press has recorded the achievement of Ireland's outstanding literary figures."

Jonathan Cape see Random House

Website: http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/poetry/home.htm

Macmillan

The MacMillan Building, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW
Tel: 020 7833 4000
Website: http://www.international.macmillan.com

Penguin Books Ltd

80 The Strand, London, WC2R 0RL
Website: http://www.penguin.co.uk/

Picador Pan Macmillan Ltd

20 New Wharf Road, London, N1 9RR
Tel: 020 7014 6000
Website:  http://www.panmacmillan.com/displayPage.asp?PageID=4501

Random House

20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London, SW1V 2SA.
For JONATHAN CAPE and CHATTO & WINDUS
Tel: 020 7840 8400
Website: http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/poetry/home.htm
Email: enquiries@randomhouse.co.uk

Salt Publishing

14a High Steet, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5DH
Tel: (0)1223 882220
Email: jen@saltpublishing.com
Web: http://www.saltpublishing.com
Editors: Chris and Jen Hamilton-Emery

Seren Books

57 Nolton Street, Bridgend CF31 3AE, UK
Tel. 01656 663018
Fax. 01656 649226
Email: through website
Website: http://www.seren-books.com/

Shearsman Books

Shearsman book cover58 Velwell Road, Exeter, EX4 4LD
Website: http://www.shearsman.com
Email: editor@shearsman.com  
Tel: 01392 434511
Editor: Tony Frazer

"Shearsman Books is a specialist poetry publisher with an interest in what might loosely be termed the "modernist tradition" but also with an open mind as to other directions in contemporary writing. In addition there is a strong translation list and a recently- inaugurated Classics series,
which seeks to fill gaps on shelves. The press publishes
over 40 books each year, as well as a biannual magazine."

Shoestring Press

19 Devonshire Avenue, Beeston, Shoestring book cover
Nottingham, NG9 1BS
Tel: 01159251827
Email: info@shoestringpress.co.uk
Website: http://www.shoestring-press.co.uk/

"We specialize in sequences as well as collections and  by (usually) established but unfashionable poets or poets whom we are introducing to British readers for the first time, even though they may be well known elsewhere. As well as publishing works by U.K. poets, we also have a selection of poetry and fiction works by Greek and Australian
authors."

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