The Finch Archive Advice For Writers

• Second Aeon: A History
  how it was for the UK's leading poetry magazine during the late 60s and early 70s
• Second Aeon: The Bibliography
  Who contributed? Full issue by issue listing plus details of all Second Aeon Publications and No Walls Broadsheets
• British Poetry Since 1945
  Finch's critical introduction to the period.
  
• How To Publish Yourself - help for beginners
  useful advice for those who, like William Blake and many others before them, decide to go it alone.
  
• How To Publish Your Poetry - how it's done
  How to de-mystify the system and increase your chances
• Links To Author's Sites
  Finch's guide to sites worth looking at
  
• Links To More Literary Places
  Finch's guide to some of the best literary places on the web
• Poetry On Top
  Finch's introduction to the poetry scene
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Literary Places

1. 57 Productions
   the poet's agency now with added value. The poetry jukebox, articles, film clips, information and more
2. Acton
   the online magazine for contemporary poetry and art in Scotland
   
3. The Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
   the best poetry festival in the UK.
   
4. Art Zero
   Michael Blackburn's Art Zero, online arts factory and exhibition site.
5. The Bardroom
   Poet David Hill's Hungarian-based English language performance poetry outfit. Middle European capital of the live word
   
6. Bluenose Poets
   competitions, advise and links from the London group
   
7. Diane Beaver's NLP
   Make life simpler, be more effective, have more time and have more fun with NLP.
   Diane Beaver tells all, and about her self-publishing experiences.
   
8. Lollipop
   The late Bill Griffiths' detailed small press reviews and listings - the List of Little Press Publications
9. Peter Howard
   more poetry links than most of us will ever need
   
10. Jacket
    John Tranter's on-line literary magazine, one of the best there is
    
11. rkosti
    two dozen years of alternative poetry and more from Richard Kostelanetz
12. Literature Training
    up to the minute information for writers on how to improve and where to get help
    
13. Peter Manson's Freebase Accordion
    Wondered what happened to Object Permanence? The answer and the history is here.
    
14. New Hope International Online
    Gerald England's fine magazines of poetry, information, reviews and links: New Hope International Publications, Haiku Talk, & NHI Review.
15. The Open University Poets
    Al Campbell's on-line archive of contemporary work.
16. Ore
    History of Eric Ratcliffe's magazine
    
17. Pif Magazine's Pilot
    the largest literary search engine online. The literary universe can be located here.
    
18. The Poetry Corner
    Michael Loose's magazine
19. Poetry Magazines
    The Poetry Library's on-line little mag collection - includes complete issues of a wide range of important littles
    
20. Poetry Salzburg
    Austria's British poetry base
    
21. The Poetry Society
    the British center of the cyber world
22. Paul Rayson's Literary Links
    links, poetry and fiction
    
23. Riding the Meridian
    Jennifer Ley's excellent on-line literary magazine
    
24. Salmon Publishing
    Jessie Lendennie's home of Irish poetry on the Cliffs of Moher
25. Shadow Train
    Ian Seed's on line magazine - poems, translations, articles and reviews, from the lyrical to the innovative, whatever makes the editor glad to be alive.
    
26. Sound Eye - Irish Poetry & the Universe of Writing
    one of the best designed poetry sites on the web - features work from Brian Coffey, Michael Smith, Tom Raworth, Randolph Healy and Trevor Joyce. The Irish cutting edge.
    
27. SubVerse
    UK alternative writing group exploring the poetry of surrender
    
28. Unesco World Poetry Directory
    A well-funded and large international directory of festivals, events, publishers, prizes and the rest. A bit scatter gun but growing in usefulness.
    

 

 

 

Author's Sites

1. Alison Brackenbury
   slick site of the Carcanet poet
   
2. Maggie Butt
   poems and passion
3. Andy Brown
   Maquette Press and Andy's own excellent poetry
4. Gerry Cambridge
   poems, author photographs, and information of Dark Horse magazine
   
5. David Hill
   rhyme and humour
   
6. Pierre Joris
   Homad Page / The Nomad Manifesto / the future of poetry could be here
7. Alexis Lykiard
   the poet and novelist
   
8. Peter Nicholson
   the Australian poet
9. Edward Picot
   hypertexter and theorist
   
10. Tom Raworth
    the poet and now the photographer - one of the UK's outstanding innovators
11. Tony Rickaby
    the artist, author, and one time second aeon contributor
    
12. Kevin Taylor
    an on the button Canadian with a site full of Real Audio. Poet 'chi - Poetry Radio? It's here.
    
    
    
    
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