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Included in this Issue - Purple Patch Small Press Best of 2009 Lists.....
and now, here are.....
the ‘Bests’ of 2009
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Best U.K. Small Press Poetry Magazines of the Year (last year’s place in brackets)
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1.
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Poetry Scotland No.60 (6)
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2.
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Sarasvati No.3
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3.
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Carillon 24
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4.
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The Journal #26 (12=)
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5.
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Global Tapestry #31 (10=)
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6.
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Poetic Licance 29 (2)
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7.
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Handshake 75
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8.
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Envoi 151
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9=
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First Time 56
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9=
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Reach 131 (12=)
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11=
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Ambit 195
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11=
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Southlight 4
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13=
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Quarry No.7
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13=
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Quarry No.8
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13=
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Carillon 23
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16=
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Mslexia 38
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16=
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The Coffee House No.10
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18.
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Poetry Cornwall 25
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19=
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The Journal 24
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The Journal 25
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19=
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The Ugly Tree 20
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Forty-four magazines on our full list.
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UK Small Press Poets of the Year
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1.
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K V Skene
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2.
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Henry Blake
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3.
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Norman Bissett
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4.
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Joanna Ezekiel
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5.
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Bobby Parker
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6.
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David Eyre
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7.
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Paul Tanner
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8.
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Michael Newman
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9=
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Terry Quinn (12=)
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9=
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Neil Leadbeater (12=)
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11=
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Gordon Scapens
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11=
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Steve Sneyd
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13=
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Ken Champion
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13=
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Kate Edwards
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13=
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Robin Ford
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13=
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Peter Faulkner
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13=
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Peter Johnson
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13=
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C Despardes
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13=
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Gerald Zipper
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13=
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Pat Jourdan
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13=
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Graham Fulton
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291 poets are on the full list
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Best Overseas Small Press Poets of the Year (new category)
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1.
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A D Winans
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2.
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Kyle Lewis
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3.
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Lyn Lifshin
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4.
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Jude Dillon
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5.
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Dave Newman
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6.
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B Z Niditch
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7=
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Robert M Zoschke
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7=
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T Kilgore Sprake
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9=
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Tyson Schroeder
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Ruth Moon Kemper
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9=
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Kirkor N Der Hohannesian
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Best Individual Collections of the Year
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1.
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The Wrong Jarrow
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by Tom Kelly
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Smokestack Books
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2.
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For the Living Dead
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by Eric Greinke
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Freebooks, Lowell, USA
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3.
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Poems for the Disenchanted
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by Henry Blake
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Henry Blake
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4.
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Verses from the Crematorium
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by Henry Blake
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Henry Blake
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Piercing the Darkness
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by Norman Bissett
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Poetry Monthly Press
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6.
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Singular
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by Eleanor Dent
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Indigo Dreams Publishing
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7=
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Listening for Light
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by Ken Head
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Poetry Monthly Press
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7=
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Third Wish Wasted
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by Roddy Lumsden
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Bloodaxe
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7=
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Dreamer in a Cold Climate
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by Tom Kelly
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Red Squirrel Press
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10.
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Salvador Dali Paints Juliet
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by Wendy Webb
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Indigo Dreams Press
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A Tapestry of Absent Sitters
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by Alan Morrison
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Waterloo Press
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12=
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Songs for Lesser Gods
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by Lesley Quayle
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erbacce-press
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12=
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Vincent Van Gogh Would Love Your Mum
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by Bobby Parker
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last chance before bathtime publications
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14.
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Corfu Holiday Poems Galore
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by Simon Robson
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Grosvenor Road Books
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15.
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Dead Cat Bounce
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by Richard Warren
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White Elephant Press
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16.
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Reading Lesson in the Lifers’ Wing
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by F J Williams
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Peterloo Poets
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17.
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This 7-Year-Old Walks Into a Bar
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by Gill O’Halloran
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Indigo Dreams Press
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18.
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The Way of the Dance
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by Ronnie Goodyer
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Indigo Dreams Press
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19.
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Lovelines
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by Tom Kelly
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Red Squirrel Press
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20=
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Science and Magic
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by Richard Warren
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White Elephant Press
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20=
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Walayat Deko
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by Khadim Hussain
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Mudfog
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20=
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If
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by Peter Day
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Poetry Monthly Press
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Best Anthologies
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1.
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1969 And All That
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Edited by Peter Presford
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Malfunction Press
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2.
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Ink, Sweat & Tears
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www.ink-sweat-and-tears.com
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3.
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Irish Lifelines
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Edited by Eamer O’Keeffe
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London Irish Women’s Centre
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4.
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Subterranean Homesick Yorkshire Blues
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Indigo Dreams Press
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5.
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and again last night
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Indigo Dreams Press
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6.
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Get It
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Onya Wick
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Cestrian Press
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Trouble Swapped for Something Fresh
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Edited by Rupert Loydell
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Salt
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8.
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Norfolk Poets and Writers
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Edited by Wendy Webb
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Wendy Webb Books (3)
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9.
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Waves 2009
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Society of Civil & Public Service Workers (5)
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10.
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The Exhibitionists
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Stairwell Books
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Best Overseas Magazines of the Year
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Chiron Review 85 (USA)
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2.
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Chiron Review 87 (USA)
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3.
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Chimera No.7 (France)
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4.
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The Moon Volume 7 No.7 (USA)
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The Moon Volume 7 No.9 (USA)
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The Moon Volume 7 No.8 (USA)
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7.
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Labour of Love No.32 (Canada) (3)
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8=
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Labour of Love No.31 (Canada)
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8=
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People Cant Drive (USA)
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10.
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Waterways Vol.29 No.10 (USA) (4)
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11=
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Litspeak 24 (Germany)
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11=
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Waterways Vol.29 Nos.7 & 8 (USA)
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