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. Martin Blyth
   opinions of the poetry scene from an ex-journalist. Really worth reading.
   
8. 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.
   
9. Big Bear Publications
   The Alchemy of Passion.
   
10. The Internet: A Writer's Guide
    Jane Dorner's excellent advice and links
11. Lollipop
    Bill Griffiths' detailed small press reviews and listings - the List of Little Press Publications
12. Peter Howard
    more poetry links than most of us will ever need
    
13. Jacket
    John Tranter's on-line literary magazine, one of the best there is
    
14. rkosti
    two dozen years of alternative poetry and more from Richard Kostelanetz
15. Literature Training
    up to the minute information for writers on how to improve and where to get help
    
16. Peter Manson's Freebase Accordion
    Wondered what happened to Object Permanence? The answer and the history is here.
    
17. Multi Storey
    the on-line and very zippy version of this new writing magazine.
18. The Muse Apprentice Guild
    August Highlands' very front facing magazine
    
19. New Hope International Online
    Gerald England's fine magazines of poetry, information, reviews and links: New Hope International Publications, Haiku Talk, & NHI Review.
20. The Open University Poets
    Al Campbell's on-line archive of contemporary work.
21. Ore
    History of Eric Ratcliffe's magazine
    
22. Pif Magazine's Pilot
    the largest literary search engine online. The literary universe can be located here.
23. Performance Poetry
    Billy Marshall Stoneking's excellent site running links, advice, sound and text files and snaps
24. Poettext
    Carole Baldock's bookshop and portal for the aspiring poet
    
25. The Poetry Corner
    Michael Loose's magazine
26. Poetry Magazines
    The Poetry Library's on-line little mag collection - includes complete issues of a wide range of important littles
    
27. Poetry Salzburg
    Austria's British poetry base
    
28. The Poetry Society
    the British center of the cyber world
29. Paul Rayson's Literary Links
    links, poetry and fiction
    
30. Riding the Meridian
    Jennifer Ley's excellent on-line literary magazine
    
31. Salmon Publishing
    Jessie Lendennie's home of Irish poetry on the Cliffs of Moher
32. 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.
    
33. 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.
    
34. SubVerse
    UK alternative writing group exploring the poetry of surrender
    
35. 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.
36. Andrew Wood
    Excellent flash-driven author friendly photography and multi-media.
    
    

 

 

 

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. Jane Dorner
   the original net author
6. David Hill
   rhyme and humour
   
7. Pierre Joris
   Homad Page / The Nomad Manifesto / the future of poetry could be here
8. Alexis Lykiard
   the poet and novelist
   
9. Peter Nicholson
   the Australian poet
10. Edward Picot
    hypertexter and theorist
    
11. Tom Raworth
    the poet and now the photographer - one of the UK's outstanding innovators
12. Tony Rickaby
    the artist, author, and one time second aeon contributor
    
13. Lesley Stanworth
    the floral artist - images and poems
    
14. Kevin Taylor
    an on the button Canadian with a site full of Real Audio. Poet 'chi - Poetry Radio? It's here.
    
15. Richard Tyrrell
    Former Chair of the Poetry Society tells how life now is

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