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Welcome to blackheath books, artisan publishing for discerning bibliophiles. A celebration of the ordinary.blackheath books was established in the year two thousand and five as the rest of the world seemed to be forsaking the printed medium. In an age of podcasting and blogging, as your local bookshop is either being squeezed or being taken over by borderstones and filled with bargain bucket loss leaders that are literally not worth the paper costs, we have decided to return to basics. We realised that mainstream publishing wasn't doing or saying what we wanted so we decided to reclaim publishing by publishing the books we wanted to read. In the great tradition of the independent small press blackheath books provides a home for literary outsiders, mavericks who swim against the flow of incessant mainstream specialness.Here at blackheath books we have decided to keep it small. With very limited print runs, signed and numbered editions, chapbooks made by hand and with love. We make books because we like books.blackheath books needs your support, books are available to buy through the website www.blackheathbooks.org.ukBelow is Miles J. Bell reading a poem from his book 'Let's Get Visible'....The making of 'Spam', independent artisan publishing. It's a lonely old business! Here's a promo film for Adelle Stripe's book: Joseph Ridgwell with 'After Sunrise' from his book 'Where Are The Rebels?' also introducing our 'new' pre-war (Boer!) collating machine... Subscriptions and discounts for multiple purchases are available through the website online shop. www.blackheathbooks.org.uk Here's a treat Paris '68 + the Stone RosesLATEST RELEASE

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/07/2007
Band Website: www.blackheathbooks.org.uk
Band Members: Publishers of: Geraint Hughes, Jonathan Grace, Ptolemy Elrington, Graham Bendel, Benjamin Donnelly, Garrie Fletcher, Greg Buddery, Miles J. Bell, Ben Myers, Adelle Stripe, Joseph Ridgwell, Zack Wilson & Vic Templar.

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Influences: Our cherished, creative and fragile minds... and Black Sparrow Press, all the beat poets especially Lawrence Ferlinghetti & City Lights, Sal Paradise, Jack Duluoz, Carlo Marx, Dean Moriarty, Cody Pomeray, Old Bull Lee, Tom Saybrook, Elmo Hassel, Japhy Ryder, Chuck Buck & Henry Chinaski, the punk rock DIY ethic (pinched from skiffle!), Hangman Books, George Sherston, Billy Childish, William Loveday & Jack Ketch, Sexton Ming, The Phyroid Press & Scarecrow Nation, Conrad, Orwell, John Fante & Arturo Bandini, Dan Fante & Bruno Dante, Sniffin' Glue, Search & Destroy, RE/search Publications, the Dylans (Thomas, & Bob) & Caitlin, Laurie Lee, Sa Franko's Max Zajack, Henry D. Thoreau, Émile Zola, Billy Casper, Woody Guthrie, Billy Pilgrim 'So it goes', Paul Baumer, Walt Whitman, Doyle's Holmes, Jesse James, Jerry Dammers, Hunter S. Thompson's fireworks, Loujon Press & The Outsider, Basho & the Haiku masters, John Cooper Clarke, Brian Jones' haircuts and trousers, Brendan Behan, Ernesto Guevara & Regis Debray, P. R. Reid & Eric Williams, Rodney Hughes (my Dad), Chris Broderick, Richard Mabey, Joolz Denby, Ian Fleming, Henry Rollins, The two SI's (Stuckism & the Situationists), Leslie Charteris, Peter O'Donnell, Robert Gerard Sands MP, Trixon Drums, Mick Farren, Jim Carroll, Harry Patch, Henry Allingham & the lost generation, Bruce Robinson, John Sinclair & The White Panthers, Richard Long, Brigitte Lahaie, Andy Goldsworthy & Grizedale forest sculpture, Sally Harding, Ptolemy's sharks, Anselm Kiefer, The Imperial War Museum, Bonny Parker, Clyde Barrow & the Gang, Bill Hamper's woodcuts, Gerard Malanga's whip dances, early Pan Paperbacks, Late 70's comics especially Charleys War (Pat Mills & Joe Colquhoun), Early Dr Who, George Orwell & the International Brigade, Hofner guitars & Selmer amplification, the 2i's coffee bar, UAW/MF, Brutalists, coal fires on cold nights, Baden Powell, Fortune Teller Press, The Aquarium, Evergreen Review and all independent publishers who get off their arses and do it!
Sounds Like:You can purchase 'blackheath books' from the website: www.blackheathbooks.org.uk The books will arrive in a plain brown envelope so no-one need ever know your guilty secret!'blackheath books' receives no external funding and is a 'not for profit' organisation. We refuse to play the profit game and ask no one to underwrite our independence. If you have enjoyed our publications and share our ideals please spread the word about 'blackheath books'.
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My Blog

Load the Guns by Joseph Ridgwell

Load the Guns by Joseph RidgwellPublished by Blackheath BooksPublication date: May 2009 The confederate companion to Ridgwells first chapbook of poetry the highly acclaimed, Where are the Rebels? is ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 15:21:00 GMT

Vic Templar Does A Book Launch

A message from our friend Vic...Hi folksSome of you may already have my new book which came out about a month ago. We are holding a 'launch night' on April 23rd at the Apple Tree in Farringdon, London...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:09:00 GMT

Vic Templar Does His Chunkers

Our next publication, Vic Templar Does His Chunkers by Vic Templar is now available to pre-order from the website shop.www.blackheathbooks.org.uk
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:47:00 GMT

’Where Are The Rebels?’ at Dogmatika of course.

Follow the link to a review of Joseph Ridgwell's 'Where Are The Rebels?' by Alan Kelly of Dogmatika. http://dogmatika.com/dm/books_more.php?id=3371_0_3_0_M  
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Press Release 28.11.08

PRESS RELEASE: 'LESCAR VOLUME ONE' BY ZACK WILSON Published by: Blackheath Books Release Date: Early December 2008   Sheffield, England, 2004 or thereabouts& and a group of losers congregate in ...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:30:00 GMT

Press Release 19.09.08

Published by Blackheath Books Publication date: October 2008 Where are the Rebels? Seemingly from out of nowhere emerges a startling collection of poems from a writer prepared to leave no stone untur...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:56:00 GMT

Hail the Chapbook!

Here's and interesting blog posted by our friend Lee Rourke. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/09/the_need_for_chapb ooks.html Please contribute your favorite chapbooks/publishers.
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:34:00 GMT

Press Release 17.07.08

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid by Adelle Stripe Published by Blackheath Books Publication date: July 2008 Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid& &and some things are better written down. Adel...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:51:00 GMT

LATEST NEWS

LATEST NEWS Well where to start& I've been neglecting the blackheath books myspace for a while. Maybe if I just lift stuff from our website www.blackheathbooks.org.uk and expand on it a bit? Will the ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 13:40:00 GMT

Straight From The Fridge

Oh yes, I almost forgot, please check out the latest issue of Straight From The Fridge for all your Brutalist poetry needs, as recommended by us. Features new work by 'blackheath' authors, Ben Myers, ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 09:01:00 GMT