The Hawthorn Press

The Hawthorn Press was set up by Alan and Diane  in 1994. It publishes both hand-printed and machine-printed poetry chap books. Alan Byford, as editor of the Press chooses the poets to publish whilst Diane is responsible for design and often also illustration. Books are printed in small runs. Any hand-printed books are produced in a limited edition of no more than 100.

Originally hand-printed books were produced using an 8 x 5 Adana hand press, which is still in use but has been augmented with an 1865 Figgins Albion, to give more flexibility. Machine-printed books are designed by Diane and digitally printed.

Previous  Poetry publications include(limited quantities available):

• Swimming Lessons
  • Sally Festing 2005 £6.95
• Stretching Horizons
  • David Redfield 2002 £6.50
• Tidelines
  • Alan Peacock 2001 £4.50
• William Wordsworth’s Socks
  • Charles Bennett 2000 £3.00
• The Storm Bell
  • Charles Bennett 1998 £3.00
• Sea Tongue
  • Kevin Crossley-Holland  1998 £6.95
• Swarm & Honeycomb
  • Kevin Crossley-Holland  1998 £5.00
• Probing the Stone
  • Alan Peacock 1997 £6.50
• Selected Poems
  • Alan Peacock 1997 £6.50
• Spring Tides
  • Margaret Richardson 1997 £7.00
• Stamped by the Past
  • John Gibson 1996 £5.00
• Burning Bright
  • Anne-Marie Storey  1996 £6.50
• Us Men of War
  • Henry-Jacques Translated by Mike Copp 1996 £7.50

Prose Titles:

• Postamble
  • Alan Byford 2004 £8.50
• The Dark, The Flowered Way
  • Alan Byford 2002 £8.50

After an interregnum of several years the Press has three current publications:

• 365 Apples
  • 
    Charles Bennett £5.00 2009
• Yes
  • 
    Caroline Gilfillan £5.00 2009
• Utter
  • David Redfield £5.00 2010

All prices are plus p&p