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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.

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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 publish roughly equal quantities of original contemporary English language poetry and poetry from around the world 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 Much of the latter comprises poets previously unpublished in English.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: Dante, Baudelaire, Rilke, Tagore and many more."

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
Tel: 0131 557 5111
Website: http://www.canongate.net
Email: info@canongate.co.uk
Editor: Jamie Byng

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

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

3 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AU
Tel: 020 7465 0045
Website: http://www.faber.co.uk/
Email: CONTACT@FABER.CO.UK
E ditor: Paul Keegan

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 7843 3600
Website: http://www.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/imprints/#PICADOR

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

PO Box 937, Great Wilbraham PDO Cambridge, CB1 5JX, UK
Tel: 01223 882220
Email: jen@saltpublishing.com
web: http://www.saltpublishing.com
Editors: John Kinsella and Chris Hamilton-Emery

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."

Stride Publications

4b Tremayne Close, Devoran, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 6QE
Website: http://www.stridebooks.co.uk/
Email: editor@stridebooks.co.uk
Editor: Rupert Loydell

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