Salt Publishing
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Salt Publishing is a small press publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics. Over the next decade, Kinsella, together with Tracy Ryan, went on to develop Folio(Salt), publishing and co-publishing books and chapbooks focused on a pluralist vision of contemporary poetry which extended across national boundaries and a wide range of poetic practices.
In 1999 John Kinsella, Clive Newman and Chris Hamilton-Emery formed a partnership to develop Salt Publishing. When Newman left in 2002 and the original partnership was dissolved, Jen and Chris Hamilton-Emery took over the management of Salt, relaunching the business in the UK. Since that time Salt has rapidly expanded its size and the range of its publishing programme. In November 2004, Salt was incorporated in the UK and Linda Bennett (ex-Waterstone's) joined as a Director. In July 2005 John Skelton joined as a Director.
From its offices in Great Wilbraham near Cambridge, Salt now publishes over 40 books a year, covering poetry, drama, fiction, biography, literary criticism and scholarly works by authors from the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Caribbean and mainland Europe. The press has developed several strands of poetry publishing some associated with the British Poetry Revival and the Language poets. A Native American writing series, Earthworks edited by Janet McAdams, began in 2005, winning the business the 2006 Publisher of the Year award from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. A new series of short stories is launched in 2007.
The list includes a wide range of internationally-acclaimed authors, including works by a British poets Melanie Challenger, Ian Gregson, Tobias Hill, Jane Holland, John James (poet), Tony Lopez, Peter Robinson and John Wilkinson. Landmark titles by American poets Charles Bernstein, Maxine Chernoff, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Forrest Gander, Peter Gizzi, Diane Glancy, Michael Heller, Paul Hoover, LeAnne Howe, Carter Revard, Ron Silliman, Gerald Vizenor and Susan Wheeler. New work by prize-winning Australian authors Pam Brown, Jill Jones (poet), Kate Lilley, Peter Minter, Peter Rose (poet), Tom Shapcott and John Tranter are some other literary highlights.
