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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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About the developers

Dave and Andrew

This web site went live on 30th September 2001. It was made over the summer of 2001 by Andrew Cumming as part of Dave's MA in Online Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire.

All text, photographs, sound recordings, graphics, design, html and javascript by Dave/ Bloodaxe; MSA database and ASP code by Andrew.

If you'd like us to design your site please get in touch by email or phone:

Andrew Cumming
andrew@blueyonder.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)131 455 2753

Software

The site was developed using the following software: Notepad, Macromedia Dreamweaver 4, Adobe Photoshop 5.5, Adobe ImageReady 2.0, Creative WaveStudio 4, Microsoft Access