From suburbia and skyscraper scrawl to the open prairies and 'local color', slum life to rural idyll: reprinting American and British literary classics.
PUBLISHERS
And Other Stories : started life in the Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, with Jericho Sessions, specialising in high quality and often hitherto unknown foreign authors; a great eye for new writing, always inventive
Book Ex Machina : quirky book matchboxes
CB Editions : the most immaculately produced books, the best poetry press and small publisher in the UK, sometimes in retirement
Happenstance : a class act and small poetry press with immaculate values
ARTS & CRAFTS
Daniel Balanescu : Romanian artist based in Oxford
Immaginacija : Lucie Forejtova’s bespoke bindery, highly recommended for poetry pamphlets
Ulganate Michael Gills’ type & font design, design for paper & digital media
Leafology : natural beauty products inspired by leaf tea
Chris Vinz : fabulous artist and sculptor based in Prague
Mark Rowan Hull : performance painting on a BIG scale, often with a musical backdrop and inspiration
BLOGS, etc.
Humphrey Astley Oxford based poet
David Attwooll Oxford based poet
Back Room Poets Oxford based group with brilliant workshops
Jo Bell poetry, all roads lead to…
Joseph Butler Oxford poet
Will Burns Wendover poet
Nancy Campbell Oxford poet, interested in ice, snow and water
Peter Hitchens perhaps the only sane journalist still standing
Invisibules cartoon site
Oxford Walking Tours does what it says, very well
Martin Potter poet and photography
Spin Jazz Club Oxford’s jazz club, the best in the UK
WEBSITE MAINTENANCE
QZDesign (Jake Hotson maintains ABPress’s website with a full kit of spanners)