Clutag Press

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Clutag Press
Formation2000
Location
  • Thame, Oxfordshire, England.
Founder
Andrew McNeillie
Website www.clutagpress.com

The Clutag Press was established in 2000 as a venture by Andrew McNeillie to issue Clutag Poetry Leaflets, by established and emerging poets. [1] In 2004, it received backing from The Christopher Tower Fund (in association with Christ Church, Oxford, Oxford University). [1] As a result, it began issuing more substantial poetry pamphlets, full-length books, and CD sound recordings. [1]

Contents

Its literary archive is now collected exclusively by the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, in digital and paper formats. [2]

Bibliography

Its catalogue of poetry pamphlets includes: [3]

Its catalogue of prose books includes:

Its catalogue of CDs and sound recordings includes:

Archipelago

In summer 2007, the Clutag Press launched a new magazine: Archipelago . [4] Its first issue featured contributions from: Paul Thomas Abbott, Norman Ackroyd, John Beatty, Julian Bell, Roger Deakin, Greg Delanty, Seamus Heaney, Mick Imlah, Nicolas Jacobs, Andrew Kahn, Michael Longley, Robert Macfarlane, Derek Mahon, Osip Mandelshtam, Andrew McNeillie, Gail McNeillie, David Nash, Bernard O'Donoghue, Angharad Price and Mark Williams. [4]

Writing in the Guardian , Robert Macfarlane said its tone was "praiseful and attentive, content to acknowledge both the mystery of placehood and the strangeness of material fact." [5]

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References

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  2. "Collections - BEAM". Ouls.ox.ac.uk. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  3. "Clutag Press". Clutag Press. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Archipelago « Clutag Press". Clutag-archipelago.com. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  5. Robert Macfarlane (13 July 2007). "Go wild in the country | Books". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2012.