Press Release: Miscellaneous Announcements
Salt To Expand Its Stable Of Free Online Literary Magazines
Posted at 8:19AM Tuesday 22 Apr 2008
Salt has announced the expansion of its free online magazines with the launch of a new literary review, Horizon, set to appear in September. Since moving its eponymous Salt Magazine from print to the Web in 2007 the literary publisher has seen visits to its popular Web site more than double. Novelist, poet and critic Jane Holland will run Horizon for the next three years, editing two issues a year."The critical review is the lifeblood of the literary magazine," says Holland "As well as the best contemporary poetry, I want to develop a significant new space for debate around British poetry and its future with an emphasis on excellence, reading and judgement." Holland will join a recent surge of high profile women literary editors in the UK: Anne Berkeley at Seam, Patricia Oxley at Acumen, Fiona Sampson at Poetry Review, Zoë Skoulding at Poetry Wales and Merryn Williams at Interpreter's House. Magazine owners Salt intend to develop further magazines over the next two years. "Jane was the obvious choice for us, an experienced editor with a keen mind and active in robust debate; she has always shown considerable courage in her work," says Chris Hamilton-Emery. "Her appointment seems a natural move for us as we expand our stable of magazines and continue to develop our online presence. We hope and intend that this new literary review will provide serious critical attention for British poetry at a time when the art is reengaging with its public and diversifying in very exciting ways."
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