Writers Forum

Writers Forum is a small publisher, workshop and writers' network established by the late Bob Cobbing [http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,806019,00.html] . Between 1963 and 2002 Writers' Forum published more than one thousand pamphlets and books including works by John Cage, Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, and P. J. O'Rourke, as well as a wide range of British Poetry Revival modernist poets. While publishing was integral to the Cobbing-led workshop it should be noted that it also provided an opportunity for poets to read their works in a supportive and non-critical environment.

Since Cobbing's death Writers Forum continues to be coordinated by Lawrence Upton and Adrian Clarke.

References

* "Days in the Life: Voices from the English Underground, 1961-1971", Jonathon Green, (Heinemann 1988).
* "verbi visi voco a performance of poetry", edited by Bob Cobbing and Bill Griffiths assisted by Jennifer Pike introduced by Eric Mottram, (Writers Forum 1992).
* "Word Score Utterance Choreography in verbal & visual poetry", edited by Bob Cobbing and Lawrence Upton, (Writers Forum 1998).
* "All Dressed Up: The Sixties and the Counterculture", Jonathon Green, (Pimlico 1999).
* "British Poetry Magazines 1914-2000: A History and Bibliography of "Little Magazines"," David Miller and Richard Price (British Library UK & Oak Knoll Press USA, 2006)