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The Wellsweep Press was a UK-based independent publishing house, specialising in the publication of literary translation from Chinese. It was founded by poet and literary translator John Cayley in the 1980s, and published books from 1988 through the 1990s. [1] It played a particularly important role in publishing contemporary and avant-garde Chinese literature in translation in the 1990s.

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References

  1. John Cayley biography on Serandour website. http://serandour.com/archives/2000-04-27/liens/base_auteurs/cayley.htm Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. "Under-Sky Underground: Chinese Writing Today". paper-republic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. "The Lost Boat". paper-republic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. John Cayley's website. http://www.shadoof.net/in/inhome.html Retrieved 28 October 2018