NINE ARCHES PRESS emerged from an awareness of our local literary landscape and the importance of providing a platform for new and emerging poets. In early May 2008, we had just set up Under the Radar, our new magazine, and soon found that our ideas were quickly demanding more and more space to lay down their roots. We moved into publishing pamphlets by October of that year, and by the following year we had brought out our first two full-length poetry collections.
Since 2008, we have continued to build the press onwards and upwards. We publish poetry pamphlets and poetry books, as well as short story pamphlets and Under the Radar magazine. As of summer 2011, we will have published 28 separate publications. In 2010, two of our pamphlets (The Terrors by Tom Chivers and The Titanic Cafe closes its doors and hits the rocks) were shortlisted for the Michael Marks Poetry Pamphlet prize. Mark Goodwin's book Shod has also been shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award.
We aim to continue to build a reputation for Nine Arches Press as publishers of well-crafted and innovative contemporary poetry and short story collections.
When we are looking for new writers to publish, our priority is always towards work that we believe will excite, surprise or delights our readers. Our own tastes and preferences are eclectic and wide-ranging and therefore we do not believe in defining a 'type' or genre of work we want to publish, beyond saying that our main criteria is to select high quality work with a unique voice all of its own.
Nine Arches Press has a DIY ethic - in that we believe in doing a lot of footwork and word of mouth ourselves, but also in that we believe that publishing doesn't have to be complex, horrendously expensive or formulaic. Combining technology and resourcefulness, we create handsome pamphlets and books full of equally desirable poetry and stories. We also believe that literature is something vital and precious. We hope that all our publications will reflect this ethos in both their aesthetics and content.
Like all independent publishers, we depend on the sales of our titles to keep us in business. Please browse the site and consider supporting us by purchasing some of our publications.
