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100% of the cover price goes to charity. egg box is proud to announce that wake has raised more than 2000 pounds for habitat for humanity to help improve housing in poor communities worldwide. this is why we did it.
egg box has recently published the playful and risk-taking debut collection by martin figura, ahem. for more information, click here
andre mangeot's first full-length collection, mixer, is released. for more information, click here
Trade Orders: Central Books 0845 458 9910 UK stockists: Click here.
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welcome to egg box publishing ltd's online home. we are currently building a new website that will be better able to meet our needs and aspirations - things will be changing a lot during 2007/08. this will still be where we talk about egg box books, but we are hoping that this site will now be able to grow into the comprehensive arts community we've wanted, with forums, handy resources, new writing, reviews and featured new writers and artists. it will still all be for free, just much better. have a browse through the pages here in the meantime, buy some books, and let us know if you have any suggestions or if you would like to be featured or get involved. it is for you lot, after all...
ben borek has been chosen as one of london wordfest's top ten literary stars for 2008. and it's only february! the list was compiled by one tom chivers - a good egg whose considerable critical acumen could only be rivalled, perhaps, by one toby litt - and it can be found in full here.
the third print run of donjong heights by ben borek is finally here! sorry about the delay to all those who have been waiting patiently (your copies are on their way) - demand has been much higher than we could have predicted. this was mainly due to the fact that toby litt chose the book as one of his christmas fiction picks for 2007 (alongside don delillo and a. l. kennedy) on radio4's 'open book'. see here for the list in full and to listen to the broadcast.
donjong heights has been given a rave review in time out london. toby litt says: "equipped with the kind of verbal chutzpah that paul muldoon half-inched from auden, and auden nabbed from byron, ben borek has a contemporary flow all his own. at one point he protests 'i know that i'm no martin amis', but there's something of 'london fields' in borek's mix of the demotic and hieratic. this is a truly fantastic, and wholly unexpected, london book." in this way, litt clearly reveals himself to be a man possessed of extremely good taste and considerable powers of discernment.
more good news for the egg box: we have secured an arts council grant to help develop the company, which means, amongst other things, that we'll be publishing more books in the near future! so thanks very much to the arts council for their generous support.
on another note, sales for the wake anthology have been great, and we are delighted to be able to donate the money from the first 400 copies to habitat for humanity. 2000 GBP is enough to build two habitat for humanity homes in malawi. for more information about what the money will do see here. thanks to everyone who bought a copy. |
latest egg box news:
here are the egg box general headlines. check these side bars for the latest updates and bits and bobs. this is the news.
+ egg on facebook: egg box now has a facebook group - an easier way to keep in touch with what's happening...
join us.
+ in out, in out:
shake it all about. donjong heights is back 'in'. the latest print run has *finally* arrived back from the printers. huzzah. to make sure you don't miss out the third time round, buy your copy now through paypal at our
store.
+ the borek has landed!:
ben borek has been given a grant by the society of authors to help him complete his next book. congratulations ben!
+ arts council grant:
egg box is delighted to receive an arts council grant for a year of development. the money will be used to help us improve as a publisher, as well as release some more awesome books.
+ egg box turns limited:
egg box has finally become a limited company, a change that will see it devote even more time and energy to its busy 2007 publishing schedule. gordon now sits on the board of directors, while nathan is the managing editor. for those who need to know, our company number is 5903491.
+ faber deal:
gordon is delighted to announce that his children's novel was taken on by faber. it was published in april 2007. for more information, check here.
+ fresh egg:
egg box has just appointed a new member of staff, nathan hamilton, to oversee an exciting new phase in our development. in short, it'll mean more books.
+ mailing list:
join the good eggs on our little mailing list. click here to sign up.
+ articles:
we are always looking for personal testimonies from site visitors related to their creative writing or publishing experiences. if you have a story to tell, e-mail us.
+ contributions:
this is a non-profit site that is always looking for volunteers. if you think you can contribute to the site by writing articles, submitting creative writing, helping to create more resources or anything else, then please e-mail us.
new eggs in the box since january 2005 site last updated 13.02.07 |
