Category Archives: Publishing

Posts about learning the ropes.

If no news is good news…

…then my news must be bountiful. I believe it is. Ravenshead Press has been quiet since last December and here are the reasons why. 1. My full time job changed to a more demanding role in IT and suddenly my free time diminished. It was/is a role outside my comfort zone with computers and demanded plenty of hands on learning. 2. Early enthusiasm for starting a press doesn’t make up for gaps in knowledge. Some interesting discussions with other publishers have helped to fill in some…

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Box of books titled Making Contact

No news is good news

Although the blog might have seemed a little quiet of late much has been going on behind the scenes. Ravenshead Press has been busy working alongside the poets from the Poets’ Graves forum to produce a collection which captured a cross section of the poetry which passes through it. Many poems were submitted for possible inclusion and each received rigorous examination by the editors. Results were widely mixed with some poems getting equal yes and no votes, others fell into the maybe category. Quickly a…

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Free Verse 2012

Had a great day at Free Verse Poetry Book Fair yesterday. The health of poetry can’t be too bad when around fifty publishers from around the country can meet together and display their wares. The sole downside to the day was not being able to buy everything that caught my eye, as it was I returned home with far more than I had intended and I don’t think I’m the only one, at least one of the stall holders complained their case of books was…

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