Wrecking Ball Press

Wrecking Ball Press

Wrecking Ball Press is a small press poetry & prose publishing company, based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK. Wrecking Ball Press was established and is edited by Shane Rhodes; it was born in the back of a café.

Wrecking Ball Press produces regular anthology 'The Reater' as well as live events. Other publications include Dan Fante "Corksucker", Richard Adams (author) "Daniel", Roddy Lumsden "Roddy Lumsden is Dead" and Tony O'Neill "Digging the Vein".

Some Writers and Poets Appearing on "Wrecking Ball Press"

* Richard Adams (author)
"Daniel" ISBN 1-903110-37-8 (hb) ISBN 1-903110-36-X (special signed edition)

* Elizabeth Barrett
"The Bat Detector" ISBN 1-903110-27-0

* Matthew Caley
"The Scene of my Former Triumph" ISBN 1-903110-29-7

* Brendan Cleary
"Stranger in the House" ISBN 1-903110-06-8

* Tim Cumming
"Contact Print" ISBN 1-903110-10-6

* Fiona Curran
"The Hail Mary Pass" ISBN 1-903110-41-6

* Dan Fante
"Corksucker" ISBN 1-903110-26-2
"A Gin Pissing, Raw Meat, Dual Carburettor V-8 Son-of-a-Bitch from Los Angeles" ISBN 1-903110-07-6

* Geoff Hattersley
"Harmonica" ISBN 1-903110-11-4

* Mark Kotting
"Nappy Rash" ISBN 1-903110-16-5 with forward by UK comedian and writer Sean Lock.

* Gerald Locklin
"the case of the missing blue volkswagen" ISBN 1-903110-01-7

* Roddy Lumsden
"Roddy Lumsden is Dead" ISBN 1-903110-08-4

* Daithidh MacEochaidh
"Travels with Chinaski" ISBN 1-903110-23-8

* Ben Myers
"The Book of Fuck" ISBN 1-903110-15-7

* Tony O'Neill
"Digging the Vein" ISBN 1-903110-18-1

* Milner Place
"caminante" ISBN 1-903110-12-2

* Eva Salzman
"ONE TWO II" ISBN 1-903110-09-2

* Jules Smith
"ART, SURVIVAL AND SO FORTH: The Poetry of Charles Bukowski" ISBN 1-903110-03-3

* Adam Strickson
"An Indian Rug surprised by Snow" ISBN 0-903110-25-4

Anthologies

* The Reater

* Reater 1 ISBN 1-903110-13-0
"New British writing with the best of Southern California: great names of L.A./Long Beach literature, with photographs by James Brown & Simon Rees."

* Reater 2 ISBN 1-903110-14-9
"Contributors include Seamus Curran, Joan Jobe Smith, Fred Voss, with artwork by Kevin Rudeforth."

* Reater 3 ISBN 1-903110-00-9
"Contributors include Simon Armitage, Geoff Hattersley, Labbi Siffre, Greta Stoddart, and the first ever published interview with Charles Bukowski (1963), with artwork by David Hernandez."

* Reater 4 ISBN 1-903110-02-5
"From the East Coast of Britain to the West Coast of the States; with accompanying CD of live readings by authors, and paintings by Jayne Jones."

* Reater 5 ISBN 1-903110-04-1
"Contributors include Sean Burn, Robert Nazarene, B. Z. Niditch and Rosemary Palmeira, with paintings by Dee Rimbaud."

Awards and Nominations

Nominated for The Forward Prize for Best First Collection
* Matthew Caley
"The Scene of my Former Triumph" ISBN 1-903110-18-1

External links

* [http://www.wreckingballpress.com/ Official website for Wrecking Ball Press]
* [http://www.wreckingballpress.com/html/reater.php The Reater]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/forward2006/0,,1819575,00.html Forward Prizes for Poetry - awards for contemporary poetry]


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