Bloodaxe Books in 1985

This film profile of Bloodaxe Books was made in March 1985 when Jeni Couzyn's BLOODAXE BOOKS OF CONTEMPORARY WOMEN POETS was launched in Newcastle. Originally shown in the North-East on the "Gallery" arts slot, this excerpt features Bloodaxe's Neil Astley and Simon Thirsk looking dreadfully young as well as anthology editor Jeni Couzyn with Anne Stevenson, who reads two poems, 'The Mother' and 'This House'. Bloodaxe was then based on Newcastle's Quayside, and the film shows the prehistoric predigital book production methods of the time. The anthology went on to sell over 50,000 copies and became a school set text:
http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/titlepage.asp?isbn=0906427800
Anne Stevenson later took her work from Oxford University Press to Bloodaxe, and Bloodaxe have published five of her books since 2000, including her POEMS 1955-2005 which includes the two poems she reads on the film:
http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/titlepage.asp?isbn=1852246995

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this is a gorgeous film