I'm curious if an answer is possible to my query: How many poetry books are
published per annum in USA? UK? Canada? NZ? Other English writing cultures?
In Australia, a friend who should know says over 150 poetry collections have
been published here in the past year. Amazing - I never thought the figure
would be so high.
Anyone have any figures, or well founded guesstimates? I see lists of new
titles on Poetry Daily and on Ron Silliman's blog and I am always surprised
at the number of poets I have never heard of bringing out their umpteenth
book! Or, even their first.
Btw, on my blog, there is an interesting article from the Guardian in UK
about the Bad Sex awards. Worth reading.
Andrew
'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie bookshops
- list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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