Pitt Street Poetry
Australian poetry publishing company
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Pitt Street Poetry is a Sydney-based poetry imprint.
Founded by Linsay and John Knight in 2012, Pitt Street Poetry aims to publish poetry of lasting value[1] and has published poetry in hardback, paperback and ebook formats.[2] Their books include reprints of classic modern Australian poetry as well as new works.[3] The Literature Assessment Panel of the Australia Council gave an Australian Publishing Program grants to Pitt Street Poetry in 2013-14. [4] and in 2014-5
Martin Duwell in his review of Jean Kent's Travelling with the Wrong Phrasebooks (2012) said the new imprint 'sets a standard in Australian poetry publishing'.[5] The books are distributed through online sales from the publisher's website and a variety of quality booksellers throughout Australia and in Paris and London.[6]
List of poets published or scheduled for publication
- Jenny Blackford
- Eileen Chong
- Tim Cumming
- Luke Davies
- John Foulcher
- Peter Goldsworthy
- Jean Kent
- Lesley Lebkowicz
- Geoff Page
- Ron Pretty
- Melinda Smith
- Mark Tredinnick
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- Jakob Ziguras