Defend the Poetry Book Society

Rack Press was one of 39 British poetry publishers who signed a letter to the Arts Council of England protesting against the total withdrawal of funding from this excellent body. Short-sighted, questionable and partial, the decisions of the ACE are not in the interests of the arts in this country.

New Rack Press Poets of 2011 Launched in London

Over 80 people packed into the Marchmont Centre in Bloomsbury for the launch on 22nd February of pamphlets by the four Rack Press poets of 2011: Angela Topping, Roísín Tierney, Christopher Reid and Nicholas Murray.  With readings, wine and conviviality it was a very pleasant evening and the poets are selling well.  There are still a few sets of all four signed by the authors at a special launch price of £12 so order right away 'to avoid disappointment'.

Rack Press Poets Launched in Bloomsbury

The four Rack Press poetry pamphlets of 2011 are being launched in London on Tuesday 22nd at 18.30 at the Marchmont Centre in Bloomsbury (62 Marchmont Street, London WC1). This will be an occasion to hear all four poets, Christopher Reid, Roísín Tierney, Angela Topping, and Nicholas Murray reading from their work. There will be refreshments, pamphlets on sale, and a party atmosphere so cut along and hear some of the best.

Full details of the titles and how to order them are available elsewhere on this blog.

Get Real Gets the TLS Scrutiny

The second of the four new Rack Press pamphlets for 2011, Get Real!, by Nicholas Murray, a scathing verse broadside against the coalition Government, is mentioned in today's Times Literary Supplement where the diarist "J.C." confesses that: "So skilfully does he weave his argument through the aabcccb arrangement that it is difficult to quote effectively: the first four stanzas comprise a single sentence, for example."

In spite of the difficulty, however, he manages to quote some lines and this notoriously stringent, if not acerbic, critic, seems, we think, to like it. If you want to read the whole thing a remedy is at hand: send £4 to Rack Press, The Rack, Kinnerton, Presteigne, Powys LD8 2PF (p&p free). In London you can buy it over the counter at the London Review Bookshop or Bookmarks in Bloomsbury Street.

Rack Press Poets on the March

Over at the excellent blog of poet Katy Evans-Bush is a nice, and characteristically well-informed description of our new offerings for 2011. We were pleased to publish Katy's Oscar & Henry last year and we hope she likes the new batch. See previous post for how to order.

New Titles for 2011 to be Launched in London

Four characteristically rich and varied pamphlet collections from Rack Press are launched in London on 22nd February:

Airs and Ditties of No Man’s Land by Christopher Reid

Dream Endings by Roísín Tierney

Catching On: An Elegiac Sequence for Matt Simpson by Angela Topping

Get Real! by Nicholas Murray

To order simply send a cheque for £4 per pamphlet made payable to Rack Press (postage and packing free) to Rack Press, The Rack, Kinnerton, Presteigne, Powys LD8 2PF.

Four New Titles for 2011

Four new pamphlet titles from Rack Press will be launched next month and will be announced shortly.

Watch this space!