Association of Little Presses
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The Association of Little Presses (ALP) was an organisation dedicated to promoting small press publishing activity in Britain
and Ireland
.
ALP was founded at a meeting held at Arlington Mill, Bibury
, Gloucestershire
on July 23, 1966. The meeting had been called by Bob Cobbing
of Writers Forum and Stuart Montgomery of Fulcrum Press
and was attended by representatives of a number of other small press publishers.
Over the years, ALP published a regular newsletter, Poetry and Small Press Information (PALPI). This featured listings of publications by member presses as well as information on printers
, suppliers and bookshops likely to be of interest. The association also ran regular bookfairs at which members could sell their books and published an annual catalogue of publications that was available to the public, libraries and academic institutions.
By the late 1990s, ALP was coming under pressure from the growth of new publishing methods and technologies and the last known catalogue appeared in 1997.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
ALP was founded at a meeting held at Arlington Mill, Bibury
Bibury
Bibury is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the River Coln, about northeast of Cirencester.The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary is Saxon with altar additions...
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
on July 23, 1966. The meeting had been called by Bob Cobbing
Bob Cobbing
Bob Cobbing was a British sound, visual, concrete and performance poet who was a central figure in the British Poetry Revival.-Early life:...
of Writers Forum and Stuart Montgomery of Fulcrum Press
Fulcrum Press
Fulcrum Press was founded in London in the mid-1960s by medical student Stuart Montgomery and his wife Deidre. Montgomery later was an eminent neurologist and expert in depression. The press published major American and British poets in the modernist and the avant-garde traditions in carefully...
and was attended by representatives of a number of other small press publishers.
Over the years, ALP published a regular newsletter, Poetry and Small Press Information (PALPI). This featured listings of publications by member presses as well as information on printers
Printing
Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing....
, suppliers and bookshops likely to be of interest. The association also ran regular bookfairs at which members could sell their books and published an annual catalogue of publications that was available to the public, libraries and academic institutions.
By the late 1990s, ALP was coming under pressure from the growth of new publishing methods and technologies and the last known catalogue appeared in 1997.