Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specialising in poetry. A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ...

It was founded in 1978 by Neil Astley in Newcastle upon Tyne and still has its editorial offices in Northumberland. Its chairman is Simon Thirsk. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Northumberland is a county in northern England. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ...

The firm has published books by British, Irish, American, European and Commonwealth of Nations writers including Fleur Adcock, Paul Auster, Simon Armitage, Stephen Dobyns, Carol Ann Duffy, Tony Harrison, Tom Paulin, Anne Rouse, Jo Shapcott and Benjamin Zephaniah among others. World map showing the location of Europe. ... The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as The Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, the majority of which are former colonies of the United Kingdom. ... Fleur Adcock (born February 10, 1934) is a New Zealand born poet and editor of Irish ancestry who has lived much of her life in England. ... Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947, Newark, New Jersey) is a Brooklyn-based author. ... Simon Armitage Simon Armitage (born May 26, 1963 in Huddersfield) is a British poet, playwright and novelist. ... Stephen Dobyns (born February 19, 1941) is an American poet and novelist born in Orange, New Jersey, and residing in Boston. ... Carol Ann Duffy (born December 23, 1955) is a British poet, playwright and freelance writer born in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Tony Harrison (born April 30, 1937) is an English poet. ... Thomas Neilson Paulin (born January 25, 1949 in Leeds, England) is a Northern Irish poet and critic well-known for his strong political views. ... Anne Barrett Rouse (born 26 September 1954) is a British poet. ... Biography Poet Jo Shapcott was born in London in 1953. ... Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is a British Rastafarian writer and dub poet, and is well known in contemporary English literature. ...

External links

• Official website
• Interview at The Book Depository