Publisher Focus: COMPOUND PRESS

This week we are aiming your attention toward a small press based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. Compound Press publishes excellent and unexpected titles, predominantly poetry, from familiar and not-so-familiar authors working in the Pacific region. Their books are beautifully designed (covers and interiors); often short-run, well-produced (sometimes handbound), and made from recycled materials. 

Here's what they say about themselves: "Compound Press was founded in 2012 after hours in the print room of an unnamed law firm with appropriated materials, the name first appearing on an eclectic array of hyperlimited 3-5 run chapbooks. We maintain a particular though non-exclusive commitment to poetry of the Pacific Region while sea-levels still permit."

Help those sea-levels remain steady by adding to your poetry shelf or delving into new waters.

• Browse Compound.

• We have a copy of The 2024 Compound Press Poetry Calendar to give away. It’s got a poem for each month, and the calendar marks NZ poet birthdays, like alternative saints feast days. In the spirit of poetry, it contains virtually no useful information such as public holidays. To go in the draw, email us a 3—5 line poem (a haiku or a limerick are certainly options) on the New Year. 

• Interested in expanding your poetry horizons further? Let us know if you would like a Special Poetry Subscription.