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Praise for Bloodaxe:

"Bloodaxe Books has a ferocious reputation as a publisher of ground-breaking poetry."
The Sunday Times

"That Newcastle is known as one of the centres of English poetry is due in a very large measure to Bloodaxe Books."
Philip Larkin

"If Bloodaxe Books are spoken of, we'll expect
The reverent murmur of - Respect... Respect"
Adrian Mitchell

"The books have class and clout. Bloodaxe is an extremely important venture."
Melvyn Bragg

"Bloodaxe has been the liveliest and most innovative poetry house in the last couple of years."
The Listener

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How to use this site

1: Navigation

To get around the site and read our reviews, interviews and features, use the grey links in the top-left of each page. These link to the main areas and indexes of the site, highlighting the section you are currently in with a light-gray background. Your location is also stated directly below these links.

These links are all repeated for convenience at the bottom of each page in red text. The links on the right-hand side beneath the Search Box highlight areas of the site you might otherwise have overlooked.

Some sections - such as this one - may have more than one page. Links between pages appear just underneath the page title.

2: Searching

We now have all of our 400 titles and 250 poets listed in an online database. Use the Search Box in the top-right of every page to search the catalogue and articles.

2.1 By title

To search for a particular book, replace the words "Search here!" with a few words from the book's title or description, and then click on "Go". You will be taken to a page listing every entry in the catalogue that contains those words, ranked by order of best match. Click on a book or article title to link to that Book Page or article.

Remember to avoid common words like "the" or "poetry" as these will produce too many matches to be useful.

2.2 By author

If you want to find out more about a particular author click on the black arrow next to "Choose an author". Here you can browse through an alphabetical list of all our authors currently in print. Selecting one will take you to an Author Page about that author, with further links to related Book Pages and articles.

2.3 By subject

If you want to browse the catalogue by subject, click on the black arrow next to "Choose a subject", and browse an alphabetical list of the subjects our authors write about. Selecting one will take you to a page of links to related Book Pages.

3: Link colours

All links with the exception of the grey navigation in the top-left of the screen are this colour

Visited links are this colour.

Watch out for links within search result pages: for intstance a Book Page will have an author name at the top. This is always a link to that author's Author Page.