Island Press - still going strong!

Please note that Island Press now has a webpage. It is interesting looking back at the poets Island has hosted over the decades. We will be successively adding to the links on this page.

http://islandpress.tripod.com/ISLAND.htm

Cheers


Les Wicks


Illustrated: SWAMP RIDDLES a 1973 collection by Robert Adamson, hand-set and printed by P.Roberts



Island Press was founded in 1970 by Canadian poet, musician and Sydney University lecturer Philip Roberts. He lived on Scotland Island at that time, hence the name. In 1973 Philip moved to Bundeena. The first ten Island Press books were printed on expensive paper on a an old hand-operated press, with hand-set lead type. In the mid seventies this press was sold to Sydney University where it was used to print diplomas for a few years. In 1979 Philip Roberts returned to Canada and gave Island Press to Philip Hammial. PH moved to Woodford in the Blue Mountains in late 1994. In 1993 Island Press became a co-operative with nine members, now eleven. Over its long career Island has published over 50 titles.