 Salt’s
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;
a vision which still permeates
our literature publishing today.
In 1999 John Kinsella, Clive Newman
and Chris Hamilton-Emery formed
a partnership to develop Salt Publishing,
forming the template of today’s
business. When Clive left in 2002
and the original partnership was
dissolved, Jen Hamilton-Emery joined
Chris to take over the running
of Salt, relaunching the business
in the UK. Since that time Salt
has rapidly expanded its size and
the range of the publishing programme.
In November 2004, Salt was incorporated
and Linda Bennett joined as a Director.
In July 2005 John Skelton joined
as a Director.
The international editorial team
includes Janet McAdams, commissioning
editor for the multi-award winning
Earthworks Series of writing by
indigenous peoples, and Katherine
Hedeen and Víctor Rodríguez
Núñez, joint commissioning
editors for the Latin American
Poetry Series.
From its offices in Great
Wilbraham (click here for more),
Cambridge, Salt now publishes
over 80 books a year, focussing
on poetry, biography, critical
companions, essays, literary
criticism and text books by authors
from the US, the UK, Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, the Caribbean
and mainland Europe.
The list includes a widening
range of internationally-acclaimed
authors, including major works
by leading British poets John James,
Tony Lopez, Peter Robinson and
John Wilkinson, landmark titles
by American poets Charles Bernstein,
Maxine Chernoff, Forrest Gander,
Peter Gizzi, Paul Hoover, Ron Silliman
and Susan Wheeler, and new work
by prize-winning Australian authors
Pam Brown, Jill Jones, Kate Lilley,
Peter Rose, Tom Shapcott and John
Tranter. Salt’s authors appear
at festivals and conferences the
world over and their work continues
to receive major critical attention.
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All
Salt paperback titles in the online
catalogue are available on inspection
for 30 days, to enable lecturers
and teachers to evaluate them effectively
before purchase. This means that
after 30 days’ evaluation
the inspection copies may be
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