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Poetry Kit
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SALT TO EXPAND
ITS STABLE OF FREE ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINES
Salt, the Cambridge publisher, has announced the expansion of its
free online magazines with the launch of a new literary review,
Horizon, set to appear in September. Since moving its eponymous
Salt Magazine from print to the Web in 2007 the literary publisher
has seen visits to its popular Web site more than double. Novelist, poet
and critic Jane Holland will run Horizon for the next three
years, editing two issues a year.
“The critical review is the lifeblood of the literary magazine,” says
Holland “As well as the best contemporary poetry, I want to develop a
significant new space for debate around British poetry and its future
with an emphasis on excellence, reading and judgement.”
Holland will join a recent surge of high profile women literary editors
in the UK: Anne Berkeley at Seam, Patricia Oxley at Acumen,
Fiona Sampson at Poetry Review, Zoë Skoulding at Poetry Wales
and Merryn Williams at Interpreter's House.
Magazine owners Salt intend to develop further magazines over the next
two years. “Jane was the obvious choice for us, an experienced editor
with a keen mind and active in robust debate; she has always shown
considerable courage in her work,” says Chris Hamilton-Emery. “Her
appointment seems a natural move for us as we expand our stable of
magazines and continue to develop our online presence. We hope and
intend that this new literary review will provide serious critical
attention for British poetry at a time when the art is reengaging with
its public and diversifying in very exciting ways.”
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