{{Short description|Australian poetry publishing company}} '''Pitt Street Poetry''' is a Sydney-based poetry imprint.
Founded by Linsay and John Knight in 2012, Pitt Street Poetry aims to publish poetry of lasting value<ref name="Australian poetry website">{{cite web|title=Australian Poetry|url=http://www.australianpoetry.org/2012/09/10/physician-turned-publisher-pitt-street-poetry/|work=Physician Turned Publisher: Pitt Street Poetry}}</ref> and has published poetry in hardback, paperback and ebook formats.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pitt Street Poetry emporium|url=http://pittstreetpoetry.com/emporium/|publisher=Pitt Street Poetry}}</ref> Their books include reprints of classic modern Australian poetry as well as new works.<ref name=SPN>{{cite web|title=Small Press Network|url=http://spunc.com.au/members/pitt-street-poetry|work=Members|publisher=SPN|accessdate=2 September 2013}}</ref> The Literature Assessment Panel of the Australia Council gave an Australian Publishing Program grants to Pitt Street Poetry in 2013-14. <ref name="2013-14 grant">{{cite web|title=Australian Publishing Program Grant|url=http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grant-decisions/reports/literature2/literature-assessment-meeting-report-july-2013|work=Literature Assessment Meeting Report July 2013}}</ref> and in 2014-5
Martin Duwell in his review of Jean Kent's ''Travelling with the Wrong Phrasebooks'' (2012) said the new imprint 'sets a standard in Australian poetry publishing'.<ref name="Australian Poetry Review">{{cite web|last=Duwell|first=Martin|title=Australian Poetry Review|url=http://www.hotsdots.com/poetry/2013/07/jean-kent-travelling-with-the-wrong-phrasebooks/|work=Jean Kent: Travelling with the Wrong Phrasebooks|accessdate=2 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528144941/http://www.hotsdots.com/poetry/2013/07/jean-kent-travelling-with-the-wrong-phrasebooks/|archivedate=28 May 2014}}</ref> The books are distributed through online sales from the publisher's website and a variety of quality booksellers throughout Australia and in Paris and London.<ref name=distribution>{{cite web|title=Pitt Street Poetry|url=http://pittstreetpoetry.com/argiletum/|work=Bibliopola|publisher=Pitt Street Poetry|accessdate=2 September 2013}}</ref>
==List of poets published or scheduled for publication== * Jenny Blackford * Eileen Chong * Tim Cumming * Luke Davies * John Foulcher * Peter Goldsworthy * Jean Kent * Lesley Lebkowicz * Geoff Page * Ron Pretty * Melinda Smith * Mark Tredinnick * Chris Wallace-Crabbe * Jakob Ziguras
==See also== *[http://pittstreetpoetry.com/ Pitt Street Poetry Website] *[http://eastsidefm.org/2012/12/new-poetry-publishing-venture/ Radio interview with John Knight, founder of Pitt Street Poetry] *[http://www.poetrybookshoponline.com/poetry_portal/publisher_profile_pitt_street_poetry/ The Poetry Book Society online publisher profile]
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Category:Australian poetry Category:Book publishing companies of Australia Category:Small press publishing companies Category:Publishing companies established in 2012
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