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Sarah Race's award-winning short documentary on Barbarian Press! In 2015 Sarah Race asked if she might make a short film about us and the press, and the * * * * * On An Eye Made Quiet [An Eye Made Quiet] is here. And it is absolutely lovely. Carefully designed and printed and bound in daffodils! I was very pleased to receive the book this morning. I am still taking it all in, but I am blown away by the loveliness, the fineness, of this edition. All so beautifully and crisply printed. On Pastoral Elegies I was especially impressed by the design and binding of [Pastoral Elegies] … [Having] the slipcase and spines of the book and folder in the same silk and with flat spines works really well in presenting the book as a single slab. The thin strips of green paper behind the central grey panel on the front cover are very effective and the binding has a more contemporary feel which works well with some of the more antique touches in the typography, together adding to the timeless feel. In fact, as I was looking through the book, it was the feeling of timelessness that came to the fore. … I am very pleased to have both these poems in an edition which gives them space to breathe and which is such a pleasure to hold and read. On The Marriage of True Minds The Marriage of True Minds is another triumph for you. The selection of poems seems inspired, and the engravings beautiful and appropriate. It is a splendid tribute to a clearly happy marriage and a lifetime of work in your magnificent press. The layout, the printing, the binding [are all] in perfect harmony. Thank you once again for making these beautiful and important books. On Wayzgoose Pamphlet Two: The Dingbat... Your Wayzgoose Pamphlet on the Noble Dingbat is a delight from start to finish. On Sudden Immobility: Selected Poems of Molly Holden I received your magnificent book. I really don’t know what to say. It is stunning. What a triumph for all of you. This is no slim volume of poetry. What an expansive, glorious tome! |
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‘From the beginning, publishing private press books that collectors actually want to hold and read, over and over again, has always been the Barbarian Press stock-in-trade.’ Jack Katz, Subscriber
Barbarian Press Autumn has brought a glorious display of red, purple, orange, and yellow to the trees and bushes in the garden as the leaves have turned and fallen. Our grandson, Michael, delights alternately in stomping in the piles of leaves and ‘helping’ to rake them back together again. In the pressroom, much has been accomplished or initiated in recent months: Weathers, the selection of Thomas Hardy poems with wood engravings by Jane Randfield, and the fourth in the Loose Canons series are heading out into the world now, and Apollonia is well into the typesetting of poems entitled Let the Bees Go Then, a volume of selected and new poems by the Canadian poet Heather Simeney Macleod. Full descriptions of both may be found in our ‘Books in Print’ and ‘Forthcoming’ sections. Loose Canons Four features the sonnets of American, Merrill Moore, a now little known poet whose meticulous insights into human behaviour and the natural world deserve to be read and savoured once again. We have long admired the writing of Heather MacLeod and consider her among the finest of contemporary poets anywhere. Let the Bees Go Then includes poems from her previously published four trade volumes and a number of stunning unpublished poems that mark an increasingly rich understanding of the world in finely tuned poetic language. This book will largely be in the skilled hands of Apollonia and the newest Barbarian, Lea Sánchez Milde, and should be off to the binder early in 2026. Meanwhile, the ongoing journey of Bordering on the Sublime continues, and its evolution will be more fully described on the page devoted to the book. Not surprisingly, our estimate of a completion date by the end of this year has proved to be overly optimistic. The ‘last’ chapter focusing on the life and work of Curwen compositor, Bert Smith, has necessarily grown from a projected 24 pages to more than 60. This book has all along insisted on a life of its own, and dictated a measured and patient approach on our parts. We look ahead to a summer completion date in 2026 with some optimism and careful consideration. Please go to BOOKS IN PRINT Utile Dulci Now in Print!
Weathers: A Selection of Thomas Hardy's Poems
Loose Canons One and Two
Loose Canons Two
Loose Canons Three
Pastoral Elegies |
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