Salt Publishing
| Founded | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Founder | John Kinsella, Clive Newman and Chris Hamilton-Emery |
| Country of origin | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | Cromer, Norfolk |
| Distribution | Penguin Random House Publisher Services (UK) Ingram Content Group (US)[1] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Owners | Chris Hamilton-Emery and Jen Hamilton-Emery |
| Official website | www |
Salt Publishing is an independent 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[citation needed]. 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.[citation needed]
Noted for awarding the Crashaw Prize, named in honour of 17th-century metaphysical poet Richard Crashaw.[2]
Overview
[edit | edit source]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 Hamilton-Emery, a senior manager in the National Health Service, joined Chris Hamilton-Emery to take over the ownership of Salt, relaunching the business in the UK.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Chris Hamilton-Emery was given an editor's award for excellence in literature in the 2006 American Book Awards.[3]
In 2007 Salt was shortlisted for an innovation award in the inaugural UK Independent Publishing Awards, though Faber & Faber won the category.[4] In 2008 Salt was shortlisted again for the 2008 Nielsen Innovation of the Year award, and won it.[5]
From its offices in Cromer on the north Norfolk coast, Salt now publishes around 14 works of British fiction each year.
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