Poetry books from local publishers which were collected by Arts Council England based in Newcastle.

Bloodaxe Books authors and books have won virtually every major literary award given to poetry, including the T.S. Elliot Prize, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize. Bloodaxe is also known for its work with translated collections and American poetry, and have published responsively to cultural change in Britain, publishing some of the finest writers in the British-Caribbean and South-Asian diaspora. Another significant achievement is that Bloodaxe publish more female writers than any other British poetry publisher, at a 50:50 male:female ratio. This collection consists of the books published by Bloodaxe Books including poetry and prose.

The collection includes monographs and journal issues featuring Brendan Cleary’s poetry, as well as works by other poets whose work was published in The Echo Room - the poetry magazine which he edited - and by the associated venture Echo Room Press.

A collection of books and periodical issues which attest the poet’s publication history and personal connections within the British literary scene.

The collection documents the author’s published poetry in pamphlet, book and journal format and includes French, Norwegian, German, Serbian and Swedish translations of some of her work.

A collection of monographs and journal issues (including rare student publications) featuring the poet’s work, with examples of “reading” copies for public performances, annotations evidencing edits and textual variations and consistent ownerships inscriptions.

A rich collection of mainly English, Scottish and American poetry and publications relating to the craft of producing verse. The presentation inscriptions point to Roddy Lumsden role as mentor to younger poets on both sides of the Atlantic.

The collection spans the poet’s entire creative life and includes journal issues, volumes and ephemeral “hasty editions” associated with spoken word events. Presentation inscriptions in many items attest to the friendship between Barry MacSweeney and his former journalist colleague Terry Kelly.

A rich collection of mainly Anglo-American poetry with authors’ presentation inscriptions which offer a glimpse into the vast interpersonal network of relationships which Tom Pickard established around the Morden Tower venue over four decades with modernist poets including Basil Bunting, Barry MacSweeney and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

A collection of 20th century British and American authors, including avant-garde local author Barry MacSweeney and “Black Mountain poet” Robert Creeley: the ephemeral and rare nature of the “hasty editions” and the presentation inscriptions attest to the authors’ closeness with Ric and Annie Caddel, whose Pig Press played an important part in the British Poetry Revival.