Wrecking Ball Press is an independent poetry & prose publishing company, based in
Hull
Hull may refer to:
Structures
* Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship
* Submarine hull
Mathematics
* Affine hull, in affi ...
,
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire t ...
, England. Wrecking Ball Press was established and is edited by Shane Rhodes; it was born in the back of a café.
Wrecking Ball Press produces regular anthology 'The Reater' as well as live events. Other publications include
Dan Fante
Daniel Smart Fante (February 19, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American author and playwright. He was born in Los Angeles.
Biography
Fante was the son of novelist John Fante whose writing came back into vogue after Charles Bukowski decl ...
''Corksucker'',
Richard Adams (author) ''Daniel'',
Roddy Lumsden ''Roddy Lumsden is Dead'',
Ben Myers
Benjamin Myers (born January 1976) is an English writer and journalist.
Early life
Myers grew up in Belmont, County Durham, and was a pupil at the estate's local comprehensive school where he become interested in reading and skateboarding.
My ...
''The Book Of Fuck'' and
Tony O'Neill ''Digging the Vein''.
Some writers and poets appearing on ''Wrecking Ball Press''
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Richard Adams (author) ''Daniel'' (hb) (special signed edition)
* Elizabeth Barrett
''The Bat Detector''
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Matthew Caley ''The Scene of my Former Triumph''
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Brendan Cleary ''Stranger in the House''
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Tim Cumming ''Contact Print''
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Fiona Curran
Fiona is a feminine given name. The name is associated with the Gaelic traditions of Ireland and Scotland (through the poetry of James Macpherson), but has also become popular in England.. It can be considered either a Latinised form of the Ga ...
''The Hail Mary Pass''
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Dan Fante
Daniel Smart Fante (February 19, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American author and playwright. He was born in Los Angeles.
Biography
Fante was the son of novelist John Fante whose writing came back into vogue after Charles Bukowski decl ...
''Corksucker''
''A Gin Pissing, Raw Meat, Dual Carburettor V-8 Son-of-a-Bitch from Los Angeles''
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Geoff Hattersley ''Harmonica''
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Mark Kotting ''Nappy Rash'' with foreword by UK comedian and writer
Sean Lock
Sean Lock (22 April 1963 – 16 August 2021) was an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian and in 2000 he won the British Comedy Award, in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for the Per ...
.
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Gerald Locklin ''the case of the missing blue volkswagen''
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Roddy Lumsden ''Roddy Lumsden is Dead''
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Daithidh MacEochaidh ''Travels with Chinaski''
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Ben Myers
Benjamin Myers (born January 1976) is an English writer and journalist.
Early life
Myers grew up in Belmont, County Durham, and was a pupil at the estate's local comprehensive school where he become interested in reading and skateboarding.
My ...
''The Book of Fuck''
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Tony O'Neill ''Digging the Vein''
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Milner Place
Milner Place (25 January 1930 – 28 May 2020) was an English writer most well known for his poetry. He was born in Thirsk, North Yorkshire to Dorothy F. Place and Tom Place. He had three siblings, Ullin, Dorothy and David. His brother Ullin Plac ...
''caminante''
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Eva Salzman ''ONE TWO II''
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Jules Smith
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of:
People with the name
* Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer
* Jules Abadie (1876–1 ...
''ART, SURVIVAL AND SO FORTH: The Poetry of
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted ...
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Adam Strickson ''An Indian Rug surprised by Snow''
* Jon Smith
''Toytopia''
Anthologies
* The Reater
* Reater 1
''New British writing with the best of Southern California: great names of
L.A./Long Beach literature, with photographs by James Brown & Simon Rees.''
* Reater 2
''Contributors include Seamus Curran, Joan Jobe Smith, Fred Voss, with artwork by
Kevin Rudeforth.''
* Reater 3
''Contributors include
Simon Armitage
Simon Robert Armitage (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds.
He has published over 20 collections of poetr ...
,
Geoff Hattersley,
Labbi Siffre,
Greta Stoddart, and the first ever published interview with
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted ...
(1963), with artwork by David Hernandez.''
* Reater 4
''From the East Coast of Britain to the West Coast of the States; with accompanying CD of live readings by authors, and paintings by Jayne Jones.''
* Reater 5
''Contributors include Sean Burn, Robert Nazarene, B. Z. Niditch and Rosemary Palmeira, with paintings by
Dee Rimbaud.''
Awards and nominations
Nominated for The
Forward Prize
The Forward Prizes for Poetry are major British awards for poetry, presented annually at a public ceremony in London. They were founded in 1992 by William Sieghart with the aim of celebrating excellence in poetry and increasing its audience. The ...
for Best First Collection
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Matthew Caley ''The Scene of my Former Triumph''
References
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External links
Official website for Wrecking Ball PressThe Reater
Small press publishing companies
Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Poetry publishers