{{Short description|Independent English publisher based in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use British English|date=April 2023}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=April 2017}} {{notability|Companies|date=February 2018}} {{third-party|date=February 2018}} }} '''Wrecking Ball Press''' is an independent poetry and prose publishing company, based in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England. It was established and is edited by Shane Rhodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wreckingballpress.com/about-us/|title=about us |website=wreckingballpress.com|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref>
Wrecking Ball Press produces a regular anthology, ''The Reater'', as well as live events. Its other publications include [[Dan Fante]]'s ''Corksucker'', [[Richard Adams (author)|Richard Adams]]' ''Daniel'', [[Roddy Lumsden]]'s ''Roddy Lumsden is Dead'', [[Ben Myers]]' ''The Book Of Fuck'' and [[Tony O'Neill]]'s ''Digging the Vein''.
==Some writers and poets appearing on ''Wrecking Ball Press''== {{Excessive examples|section|date=February 2018}} * [[Richard Adams (author)]] <br /> ''Daniel'' {{ISBN|1-903110-37-8}} (hb) {{ISBN|1-903110-36-X}} (special signed edition) * Elizabeth Barrett <br /> ''The Bat Detector'' {{ISBN|1-903110-27-0}} * [[Matthew Caley]] <br /> ''The Scene of my Former Triumph'' {{ISBN|1-903110-29-7}} * [[Brendan Cleary]] <br /> ''Stranger in the House'' {{ISBN|1-903110-06-8}} * [[Tim Cumming]] <br /> ''Contact Print'' {{ISBN|1-903110-10-6}} * [[Fiona Curran]] <br /> ''The Hail Mary Pass'' {{ISBN|1-903110-41-6}} * [[Dan Fante]] <br /> ''Corksucker'' {{ISBN|1-903110-26-2}} <br /> ''A Gin Pissing, Raw Meat, Dual Carburettor V-8 Son-of-a-Bitch from Los Angeles'' {{ISBN|1-903110-07-6}} * [[Geoff Hattersley]] <br /> ''Harmonica'' {{ISBN|1-903110-11-4}} * [[Mark Kotting]] <br /> ''Nappy Rash'' {{ISBN|1-903110-16-5}} with foreword by UK comedian and writer [[Sean Lock]]. * [[Gerald Locklin]] <br /> ''the case of the missing blue volkswagen'' {{ISBN|1-903110-01-7}} * [[Roddy Lumsden]] <br /> ''Roddy Lumsden is Dead'' {{ISBN|1-903110-08-4}} * [[Daithidh MacEochaidh]] <br /> ''Travels with Chinaski'' {{ISBN|1-903110-23-8}} * [[Ben Myers]] <br /> ''The Book of Fuck'' {{ISBN|1-903110-15-7}} * [[Tony O'Neill]] <br /> ''Digging the Vein'' {{ISBN|1-903110-18-1}} * [[Milner Place]] <br /> ''caminante'' {{ISBN|1-903110-12-2}} * [[Eva Salzman]] <br /> ''ONE TWO II'' {{ISBN|1-903110-09-2}} * [[Jules Smith]] <br /> ''ART, SURVIVAL AND SO FORTH: The Poetry of [[Charles Bukowski]]'' {{ISBN|1-903110-03-3}} * [[Adam Strickson]] <br /> ''An Indian Rug surprised by Snow'' {{ISBN|978-1-903110-25-6}} * Jon Smith <br /> ''Toytopia'' {{ISBN|1-903110-24-6}}
== Anthologies == * '''The Reater''' * Reater 1 {{ISBN|1-903110-13-0}} <br /> ''New British writing with the best of Southern California: great names of [[L.A./Long Beach literature]], with photographs by James Brown & Simon Rees.'' * Reater 2 {{ISBN|1-903110-14-9}} <br /> ''Contributors include Seamus Curran, Joan Jobe Smith, Fred Voss, with artwork by [[Kevin Rudeforth]].'' * Reater 3 {{ISBN|1-903110-00-9}} <br /> ''Contributors include [[Simon Armitage]], [[Geoff Hattersley]], [[Labbi Siffre]], [[Greta Stoddart]], and the first ever published interview with [[Charles Bukowski]] (1963), with artwork by David Hernandez.'' * Reater 4 {{ISBN|1-903110-02-5}} <br /> ''From the East Coast of Britain to the West Coast of the States; with accompanying CD of live readings by authors, and paintings by Jayne Jones.'' * Reater 5 {{ISBN|1-903110-04-1}} <br /> ''Contributors include Sean Burn, Robert Nazarene, B. Z. Niditch and Rosemary Palmeira, with paintings by [[Dee Rimbaud]].''
==Awards and nominations==
Nominated for The [[Forward Prize]] for Best First Collection{{cn|date=June 2025}} * [[Matthew Caley]] <br /> ''The Scene of my Former Triumph'' {{ISBN|1-903110-18-1}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.wreckingballpress.com/ Official website for Wrecking Ball Press] * [http://www.wreckingballpress.com/html/reater.php The Reater] * [https://www.theguardian.com/books/forward2006/0,,1819575,00.html Forward Prizes for Poetry - awards for contemporary poetry]
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