Wrecking Ball Press is an independent poetry & prose publishing company, based in Hull,

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 to 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 decla ...

''Corksucker'',

Richard Adams (author) Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books ''Watership Down'', ''Maia'', ''Shardik'' and ''The Plague Dogs''. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army ...

''Daniel'',

Roddy Lumsden Roderick Chalmers "Roddy" Lumsden (28 May 1966 – 10 January 2020) was a Scottish poet. He was born in St Andrews and educated at Madras College. He published seven collections of poetry, a number of chapbooks and a collection of trivia, as wel ...

''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. M ...

''The Book Of Fuck'' and

Tony O'Neill Tony O'Neill (born 1978, Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English writer based in New York. A one-time musician with Kenickie (1997–98), Marc Almond (1997–98), The Brian Jonestown Massacre (1999) and Kelli Ali (2001–04), O'Neill is also the ...

''Digging the Vein''.

Some writers and poets appearing on ''Wrecking Ball Press''

''Daniel'' (hb) (special signed edition) * Elizabeth Barrett
''The Bat Detector'' *

Matthew Caley Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Ch ...

''The Scene of my Former Triumph'' *

Brendan Cleary Brendan Cleary (born 1958) is a poet who was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland but lives in England. Early years and career Cleary attended Carrickfergus Grammar School in Northern Ireland. He moved from Northern Ireland in 1977 to Middlesb ...

''Stranger in the House'' * Tim Cumming
''Contact Print'' * Fiona Curran
''The Hail Mary Pass'' *

''Corksucker''
''A Gin Pissing, Raw Meat, Dual Carburettor V-8 Son-of-a-Bitch from Los Angeles'' *

Geoff Hattersley Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the ...

''Harmonica'' * 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 Perri ...

. *

Gerald Locklin Gerald Locklin (February 17, 1941 – January 17, 2021) was an American poet. He was a professor of English at California State University, Long Beach and the poetry editor of '' Chiron Review''. Biography Locklin was born and raised in Rochest ...

''the case of the missing blue volkswagen'' *

''Roddy Lumsden is Dead'' * Daithidh MacEochaidh
''Travels with Chinaski'' *

''The Book of Fuck'' *

''Digging the Vein'' * Milner Place
''caminante'' *

Eva Salzman Eva Salzman (born 1960) is a contemporary American poet. Eva Salzman was born in 1960 in New York City to musicologist/composer Eric Salzman and activist/writer Lorna Salzman. She grew up in Brooklyn, where, from the age of 10 until 22, she was a ...

''ONE TWO II'' * Jules Smith
''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 ...

'' * 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 Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an ...

.'' * 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 ...

Labbi Siffre Claudius Afolabi Siffre (born 25 June 1945) is a British singer, songwriter and poet. Siffre released six albums between 1970 and 1975, and four between 1988 and 1998. His best known compositions include " It Must Be Love" which reached number 1 ...

Greta Stoddart Greta Stoddart (born 1966) is an English poet. She is best known for her poetry collections, ''At Home in the Dark'' , ''Salvation Jane'' and ''Alive Alive O''. Life and career Stoddart was born in 1966 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. She ...

, and the first ever published interview with

(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 Dee may refer to: People Surname * Dee, an alternate spelling of the Welsh surname Day * Dee, a romanization of several Chinese surnames, including: ** Those listed at Di (surname) ** Some Hokkien pronunciations of the surname Li () * Di R ...

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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 *

''The Scene of my Former Triumph''

References

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External links

Official website for Wrecking Ball Press

The Reater

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