Congratulations to Scott-Patrick Mitchell winner the 2009 PressPress Chapbook Award for his work songs for the ordinary mass.
Judges said Mitchell’s manuscript showed particular originality and experimentation.
LAUNCH IN PERTH
Scott-Patrick Mitchell will launch his chapbook on Monday 31 August 2009 at 6 pm in the Foyer of the King Street Arts Centre, Perth, WA.
New work from Cornelis Vleeskens CV
Cornelis Vleeskens uses words and visual images. He is famous for his many micro-publications which are highly valued by those who can find them.
His new CV brings together some of the work from a selection of them.
About PressPress
PressPress is a poetry publisher. It is probably the smallest publisher in the known universe. The aim of PressPress is to have good, accessible chapbooks at a reasonable price. It's a bit idealistic, but then, so is writing poetry in a time of fire.
Poetry in a time of fire is the unofficial motto of PressPress. Poetry is what people are interested in. If you're startled by this, you haven't been paying attention. Most people, at some time in their lives, have written a poem or two (usually more). This is something you can't say of novels, or tv scripts or even cartoons. Poetry is a universal thing, like music. We're not quite clear on why we do it but it seems to be one of things human creatures do.
Go to PressPress poets by clicking on the links to the right. You'll find details of their work, background, some reviews, photos and a sample of their work. Enjoy.
Thanks to our lovely intern
PressPress was pleased to have its first intern on the team. Zoe Sturgess took on the role of intern editorial assistant. A recent university graduate, Zoe has a background in marketing and experience in writing and editing.
Zoe’s internship with PressPress saw her working on media releases, preparing work for publication, doing accounts - and a host of other essential PressPress work. Her skill, dedication and patience was very much appreciated and we’re sorry to lose her to her postgraduate studies!
Because PressPress is small and the chapbooks are only available through this site or at readings, we ask that you buy at least one title so that you have a good idea of what the chapbooks are (while supporting the press you want to support you).
After that, make an enquiry via email with one sample poem and then maybe we'll ask for more if it's the sort of thing we're interested in. Be prepared to wait, for an answer and for publication. Or not. Sometimes we're fast, mostly we're not.
PressPress prefers to have all submissions received digitally. Hardcopy submissions without return postage will be thoroughly and thoughtfully recycled.
Contact
email: info@presspress.com.au
PressPress
PO Box 94
Berry NSW 2535
Australia
