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Shearsman Books has published some 150 volumes, mostly poetry—almost 100 of them in the period 2003-2007—and is publishing over 50 more in 2008. The May 2008 publications, shown right, are (from the top down) by Scott Thurston, Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Mark Goodwin, D.S. Marriott and Hazel Frew. Due out before the end of the month are two Chinese collections from different ends of literary history: a large collection of work by exiled poet Yang Lian, translated by Brian Holton, and, from 1,300 years earlier, a selection of Du Fu, translated by Jonathan Waley (see below). For access to detailed catalogues and stocklists in PDF form, covering all titles through to the end of 2007, click on the bottom button in the menu to your left. An updated online catalogue is now available and this will be revised as and when new publications are confirmed. The print version of the catalogue will be ready in late May. There are PDF sampler files of many of the books published by Shearsman available on this site; these may be accessed by going to the books page, where you should then click on the publication years in the menu. At present there are samples available for most of the titles from 2006 and 2007 and half a dozen from 2005. More will be made available later in 2008, starting with this year's titles. E-books are also available for free download, including recent titles by Geoffrey Squires, Ken Edwards and Rodney Nelson—just click on the e-books link to your left. The Gallery contains poetry and visual work: the most recent publication there is Waddenzee by Kate Ashton & Gerrit Offringa, and more such exhibits are in preparation. If you're not sure how to find what you're looking for, please use the search field below:
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Shearsman Books Ltd registered office: 58 Velwell Road,
Exeter EX4 4LD.
Shearsman Books Ltd is registered in England as company number 4910496.