- Ambit (magazine)
"Ambit" is a literary periodical published in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1959 by Dr
Martin Bax , a London paediatrician.Uniting art, prose, poetry and reviews, the magazine appears quarterly and is distributed internationally. Notable Ambit contributors have included
JG Ballard ,Eduardo Paolozzi ,Ralph Steadman ,Carol-Ann Duffy ,Fleur Adcock , Peter Blake andDavid Hockney . Despite the wealth of recognisable names, Ambit also features the work of new, unpublished writers.In the sixties Ambit became well-known for testing the boundaries and social conventions and published many anti-establishment pieces, including an issue with works written under the influence of drugs. Ballard became fiction editor alongside
Geoff Nicholson , and Duffy joinedHenry Graham as Poetry Editor. Now after 40 years of publication Ambit’s editorial board consists ofMartin Bax , Kate Pemberton, Michael Foreman,Henry Graham , andGeoff Nicholson .Ambit also publishes novels and poetry collections, including a new series ‘Here from Elsewhere’ by poets from elsewhere but now living in the UK. It is funded by the Arts Council England, and is a non-profit organisation.
Ambit magazine was described by artist
Ralph Steadman as "a surreptitious peek inside a private world. Without it such vital sparks of inspiration could well be lost forever."Fact|date=January 2008Ambit is put together entirely from unsolicited, previously unpublished poetry and short fiction submissions.
External links
* [http://www.ambitmagazine.co.uk/ Ambit website]
* [http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2002_jun/interview_martin_bax.html Interview with Martin Bax on history of Ambit]
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