>Salt Publishing, the UK based poetry publisher has launched an Irish imprint, Salt Ireland, headed by Irish Pages editor, Chris Agee.
The imprint will publish between found and six titles a year beginning in April 2011.
‘I am delighted and honoured to be invited by Salt to undertake this role,’ says Agee. ‘The Salt Ireland imprint will, uniquely, combine Irish editorial control with large British distribution. Like all other Salt titles, the imprint will produce books of the highest standard, on a par with the production values of The Gallery Press or Faber. In effect, Salt Ireland will become the island’s fifth major poetry press.’
Salt director, Chris Hamilton-Emery, said, ‘Chris Agee is a gifted editor and poet, this new appointment marks our long term commitment to new Irish writing and we all look forward to developing a significant list of the highest quality.’
The imprint will accept submissions from Irish authors, north and south of the border and will be based in Belfast.
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