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About us
NINE ARCHES PRESS emerged from an awareness of our local literary landscape, a conviction that the West Midlands had a rich natural resource of innovative, contemporary poets who quite rightly deserved a platform through publication. In early May 2008, we had just set up Under the Radar, our new magazine, and soon found that our ideas were quickly demanding more space to lay down their roots. Why set up a poetry press? It seemed like something that needed doing, so that was that.
Though we have a firm foot in the Midlands, we do have a national outlook and are interested in meeting poets from both near and far. We're particularly interested in poets whose work engages with contemporary life, who take risks with language and dare to reinterpret poetic traditions through their own accents, landscapes and experiences, amongst many other things.
Nine Arches Press has a DIY ethic - in that we believe in doing a lot of footwork and word of mouth ourselves, but also in that we believe that publishing doesn't have to be complex, horrendously expensive or formulaic. Combining technology and resourcefulness, we aim to create handsome pamphlets and books full of equally desirable poetry. We also believe that poetry is something vital and precious. We hope that all our publications will reflect this ethos in both their aesthetics and content.
Whilst we're very partial to modern poetry, it's also worth mentioning that we are also interested in short stories and fiction, an avenue we hope to explore a bit further down the line.
Over the next year, Nine Arches Press will be growing and developing a sustainable and long-term place on the UK poetry map, with around a dozen publications planned to take us up to Spring 2011. This will include an expanded list of poetry books (single-author collections) and the continuation of our popular pamphlet series. Please keep an eye on the website to follow our progress and, if you can, please support us by purchasing our publications.
Matt Nunn & Jane Commane, Nine Arches Press.
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