Pitt Street Poetry Explained

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

See also

• Pitt Street Poetry Website
• Radio interview with John Knight, founder of Pitt Street Poetry
• The Poetry Book Society online publisher profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Poetry. Physician Turned Publisher: Pitt Street Poetry.
2. Web site: Pitt Street Poetry emporium. Pitt Street Poetry.
3. Web site: Small Press Network. Members. SPN. 2 September 2013.
4. Web site: Australian Publishing Program Grant. Literature Assessment Meeting Report July 2013.
5. Web site: Duwell. Martin. Australian Poetry Review. Jean Kent: Travelling with the Wrong Phrasebooks. 2 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528144941/http://www.hotsdots.com/poetry/2013/07/jean-kent-travelling-with-the-wrong-phrasebooks/. 28 May 2014.
6. Web site: Pitt Street Poetry. Bibliopola. Pitt Street Poetry. 2 September 2013.