http://www.saltpublishing.com/news.xml Publishing news from Salt, the independent literary press Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:03:24 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/28/guardian-first-book-award-longlist The only poetry on the longlist is The Missing by Siân Hughes, a collection that deals with parenting, illness, loss, regret and ill-fated love. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:01:11 GMT http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/northwest-passages-shaindel-beers/ One of poet Shaindel Beers' early memories involves a 1972 Chevy Nova with no air conditioning and a blind family friend with a Pomeranian dog. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:57:37 GMT http://www.thebookseller.com/news/93803-guardian-first-book-award-judges-announced.html The panel will comprise: Claire Armitstead, Guardian literary editor; BBC presenter Martha Kearney; poet and novelist Tobias Hill; author Nadeem Aslam; political philosopher and author John Gray; Guardian deputy editor Katharine Viner; and Stuart Broom from Waterstone’s, representing the views of the retailer’s reading groups. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:11:14 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/aug/11/not-the-booker-prize-judges?commentpage=2 The Not the Booker prize is working. Thanks to the enthusiasm, eloquence and good taste of you, the reader there's now a very impressive longlist of books to consider. A list that is far longer than the official Man Booker prize so-called longlist. So, hurray for us. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:05:04 GMT http://www.readings.com.au/news/the-age-book-of-the-year-2009-shortlists-announced The shortlists for this year's Age Book of the Year awards were announced over the weekend. The winners will be announced prior to the keynote speech by Bernhard Schlink at the opening night of the Melbourne Writers Festival on August 21. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:01:07 GMT http://www.thebookseller.com/news/92489-salt-just-one-book-campaign-staves-off-closure.html Independent poetry publisher Salt has raised enough money to get through the rest of 2009 through its "Just One Book" campaign, as long as the company maintains its budgeted sales. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:03:44 GMT http://www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/confidential.php?itemid=678 Siân Hughes has been shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Best First Collection Prize in the 2009 Forward Prizes for her collection The Missing. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:09:54 GMT http://saltpublishing.com/blogs/confidential.php?itemid=682 Dooley's poems could not be more varied in their line-lengths, from long, rolling cadences to ultra precision .... One unifying factor ... is (his) consistently humane vision and concern for the disaffected and inarticulate ... he makes an implicit case for the underground power of art. This is mysterious and alluring writing. Amid the confusions and deceptions of contemporary life Tim Dooley seeks and finds "a real place in the unreal stream". Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:10:14 GMT http://saltpublishing.com/blogs/confidential.php?itemid=676 Our new address is: Salt Publishing Ltd, Fourth floor, 2 Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury LONDON WC1H 9RA Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:11:30 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/may/27/poetry-salt-publishing Pandas and poetry: Salt Publishing spoofs WWF video to save itselfContemporary poetry champion Salt Publishing is in trouble, but you can save it book by book. Wed, 27 May 2009 06:47:14 GMT