Praise for Katy Evans-Bush

The Times Literary Supplement dated 25th June has a group review of new poetry pamphlets and it praises one of the four Rack Press titles published in January, Oscar & Henry, by Katy Evans-Bush. The reviewer, Andrew McCulloch, calls this an "impressive sequence" (we agree) and celebrates the "wit and playfulness of this collection".

You can order an immediate copy by sending an order to the address on the side panel at the right here. Try some of the other titles too!

Welsh Launch at Presteigne Festival

The Rack Press poets, including this year's authors, will be appearing at a special event at the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts in August. As well as being the home turf of the Rack Press, Presteigne in Powys in Mid Wales is the location for the renowned Presteigne Festival which is one of the highlights of the British musical calendar and we are very proud to be there.

We have also been reviewed in the most recent issue of the Bow Wow Shop so check it out.

Rack Press Website

The former Rack Press website no longer exists and this blog-based website is where you should go to find out about our news and titles and how to order. Enjoy our poems!

Amazon: A Warning

I very much regret the fact that Amazon orders are currently being met with an automated reply saying Rack Press titles are "Temporarily Out of Stock" which is nonsense. I am currently trying to deal with this automated behemoth to convey that information to them. In the meantime please order direct from Rack Press, The Rack, Kinnerton, Presteigne Powys LD8 2PF where orders will be despatched immediately.

Nicholas Murray

Publisher

Rack Press

Party goes off with a swing

The Rack Press poetry launch at the Horse Hospital in Bloomsbury was a great success and well-attended and our 5th birthday was celebrated in style. Below are some of the guests, left to right, Alan Jenkins, deputy editor and poetry editor of The Times Literary Supplement, Rack Press founder, Nicholas Murray, and poet and critic Alan Brownjohn. Order now!

New Titles Launched in London Next Week

The new titles described in the post below are launched next week, Thursday 14th January, at the Horse Hospital in Bloomsbury at 6.30pm and all are welcome.

Look at our new website for all the details of the new poets.

And don't worry about the snow. We had it last week (as you can see from the photograph) at Rack Press HQ in the Welsh Marches and we survived.

Four New Poets in Exciting Line-Up for 2010

Four new titles from Rack Press Poetry are being launched on Thursday 14th January in London at the Horse Hospital in Bloomsbury at 6.30pm. More details to follow.

The Press will be celebrating the 5th birthday of its relaunch in 2005, since which date sixteen poets have appeared in the characteristic Rack Press grey livery in finely produced limited editions.

The new year's poets are Katy Evans-Bush with Oscar & Henry, David Kennedy with Mistral, Philip Morre with Here's to the Home Country, and Ian Parks with A Paston Letter.

All pamphlets are priced at £4 and can be pre-ordered now direct (postage free) from:-

Rack Press, The Rack, Kinnerton, Presteigne, Powys LD8 2PF.

Cheques payable to Rack Press.

Date of Publication: 14 January 2010

ALL RACK PRESS TITLES ARE AVAILABLE IN LONDON FROM JOHN SANDOE BOOKS, 10 BLACKLANDS TERRACE, CHELSEA