Bloodaxe Books
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Bloodaxe Books has revolutionised poetry publishing in Britain over the past 40 years. Internationally renowned for quality in literature and excellence in book design, our authors and books have won virtually every major literary award given to poetry, from the T.S. Eliot Prize and Pulitzer to the Nobel Prize.
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About Bloodaxe Books
Bloodaxe Books, founded in Newcastle in 1978 by Neil Astley, has been revolutionizing poetry publishing in Britain for over four decades. Renowned for their commitment to quality literature and excellent book design, the brand has garnered international acclaim, winning prestigious literary awards such as the T. S.
Eliot Prize, Costa Book of the Year, Pulitzer Prize, and even the Nobel Prize in Literature. Bloodaxe Books has made contemporary poetry accessible to a wider audience through groundbreaking anthologies like the Staying Alive series. With support from Arts Council England, the brand publishes up to thirty new titles annually, featuring a diverse range of established and emerging writers from Britain, Ireland, America, and beyond.
Notably, Bloodaxe prioritizes poetry in translation and releases more collections by women poets than any other British publisher. Though the brand's operations have moved across different locations, Bloodaxe's commitment to publishing poetry with an edge remains unwavering. With their main office in Hexham, Northumberland, they continue to push boundaries and uphold their legacy as a trailblazer in the poetry publishing world
