Poetry Salzburg Review

18/08/2025

R.C. Thomas - we published him in Poetry Salzburg Review 41 - has been shortlisted as candidate for the new Plymouth Laureate of Words. We want to support him, please vote for him - this is the link:

Plymouth Laureate of Words is a creative partnership between Literature Works, Plymouth Culture and The Box. 

18/07/2025

We would like to thank all our poets who have already ordered copies of their books.

We have also been contacted in the context of donations. If you want to make a donation - please use our email address [email protected] and pay it into our Paypal account - , it will be an important support and help us continue with our very ambitious publishing initiatives.

All the best from Salzburg,
Wolfgang Görtschacher

13/07/2025

As I have to retire at the end of September, I will have to see how things are going to develop at the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Salzburg. I also have to consider my new financial circumstances - the other day I received the shocking statement on operating costs for my rented flat - and whether or not I am allowed to keep the archive at the department with all the correspondence and copies of our publications. However, this means that copies of Poetry Salzburg books and pamphlets may not be available after that date. This is why I would like to appeal to our authors to buy copies of their publications and thus also support us so that we can continue to publish books and pamphlets.

The same applies to back issues of our magazine Poetry Salzburg Review. An appeal to our contributors, authors and readers: please buy copies of our past issues and/or take out a subscription.

All the best,
Wolfgang Görtschacher

18/05/2025

Siegfried Baber's new pamphlet "The Twice-Turned Earth" has been reviewed by Will Daunt in Pulsar Poetry Webzine #63 (115) (June 2025).

"Immediately Baber captivates by crystallizing states of mind. "Gökotta" compares the idyllic Swedishness of the title ("the act of waking early to hear / the birds singing at sunrise") with the poignancy of everyday equals [...]. Baber frequently – and lyrically – softens our sense of the thresholds of time passing. "Millport in Sixty-Seven" depicts the intimacy of a couple's marine research on an island at the Clyde’s mouth [...]. Use of rhyme characterises Baber's poetic diction: understated, apparently occasional and bonded to his affecting use of imagery."

If you want to read the entire review essay: https://www.pulsarpoetry.com/legal-notice/book-reviews-2016-to-2018/book-reviews-2024-2025/

And if you want to order a copy and read two poems from the pamphlet: https://www.poetrysalzburg.com/twiceturnedearth.htm

30/04/2025

We have already started to post copies of the new issue Poetry Salzburg Review 42 (Spring 2025). The authors and subscribers living in EU countries should have received their copies by now. We have also managed to post some US and overseas copies.

Due to Brexit the copies of UK poets and subscribers will be posted in some boxes to Martin Malone who lives in the Republic of Ireland. He will go across the border and post the copies. Be not surprised that the sender address will be one in the UK.

Please do not send us emails asking us when your copy will arrive. We try to deliver your copies as soon as possible, but we do not know how long it takes for copies to arrive.

Encourage your friends, fellow poets and people you know who are interested in poetry to take out a subscription. We need your support. This is the link: http://www.poetrysalzburg.com/psr.htm

28/04/2025

Poetry Salzburg Review 42 (Spring 2025) is once again a fascinating issue: almost 80 contributors, with new work published on more than 180 pages; a substantial translation section introducing poets for the first time to the English-language poetry scene; in-depth review essays; the cover artwork an exquisite linocut from Banff-based visual artist Bryan Angus.

Support a magazine that is independent and does not receive any public funding. This is the link for taking out a subscription: http://www.poetrysalzburg.com/psr.htm

Poetry
Graham Allison, Cecile Bol, Sean Borodale, Anna Bowles, Piers Cain, Matthew Caley, Vuyelwa Carlin, Stephen Carragher, Belinda Cooke, Brian Daldorph, Hilary Davies, Mike Dillon, Mike Di Placido, Kitty Donnelly, Lara Egger, Brett Evans, Massimo Fantuzzi, Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi, Angela France, Chrissie Gittins, Bill Greenwell, Philip Gross, Stuart Handysides, Chris Hardy, Audrey Henderson, Laura Hess, Jenny Hockey, Tamsin Hopkins, Fred Johnston, Will Kemp, Sue Kindon, Peter J. King, Poppy Kleiser, Marilyn Longstaff, Michael Loveday, Suzanne Lummis, Martin Malone, Pat Marum, Sara McNeill, Katherine Meehan, Rafael Mendes, Mary Michaels, Debasish Mishra, Deborah Moffatt, Ross Moore, Daniele Pantano, Matthew Paul, Stuart Pickford, Estill Po***ck, Chris Rice, Carla Schwartz, Nolo Segundo, Huckleberry Shelf, Michael Swan, Michael W. Thomas, Robin Thomas, Vivienne Tregenza, Nick Vazquez, Brian Wake, Rebecca Wheatley, Julian Yacek

Translations
Peter Simon Altmann and Fritz Popp (transl. by David Malcolm and Wolfgang Görtschacher), José-Maria de Heredia (transl. by David Malcolm), Dario Roberto Dioli (Legesse) (transl. by Maura Zerella), Evelyn Schlag (transl. by Karen Leeder), Jonathan Vidgop (transl. by Leo Shtutin)

Prose
Glyn Pursglove on James Kirkup
Lisa Samuels reviewing Martin Malone & Bryan Angus, Angela Leighton, and Lisa Fishman
Martyn Crucefix reviewing Jeremy Reed, Katrina Porteous, Aonghas MacNeacail, and Helen Farish
Neil Young reviewing C. K. Stead, Niall Campbell, and Hamish Whyte
Lisa Fishman reviewing Jordan Dunn and Garth Graeper

Cover artwork by Bryan Angus

03/04/2025

Martin Malone's band Innocents Abroad released their new album "Late Spring" on Monday.

Beautifully produced on 12" heavyweight 180 gm vinyl, with a gorgeous sleeve design by renowned Scottish artist Bryan Angus, this a real treat for the discerning music fan and record-collector.

The Limited Edition Compact Disc comes in a lovely 4-panel Digi-Pack, gatefold case with cover artwork by the renowned Scottish artist, Bryan Angus and inner-sleeve photo montage compiled by Royce Harper.

https://innocentsabroad3.bandcamp.com/album/late-spring

02/04/2025

Siegfried Baber's new pamphlet "The Twice-Turned Earth" has been reviewed by J.S. Watts in "The High Window" (Spring 2025).

"As I have often found to be the case in well-constructed collections, there is tonal variety between the poems. Some poems are upbeat, some are sad, but I found the tone of the pamphlet, when taken as a whole, to be decidedly elegiac – a lament for past times, or current times that will fade into the haze of the past, never to be repeated except as memories [...]. These well-crafted poems form a slim, but rich publication of a depth to support multiple, rewarding re-readings."

If you want to read the entire review, this is the link: https://thehighwindowpress.com/category/reviews/page/2/

To order your copy: http://www.poetrysalzburg.com/twiceturnedearth.htm

01/04/2025

Robin Houghton and Peter Kenny discuss Siegfried Baber's pamphlet "The Twice-Turned Earth" on Planet Poetry podcast — 47 minutes into the episode. This is the link if you want to listen to the podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/episodes/16617732

01/04/2025

Tomorrow our printers will start with the production of Poetry Salzburg Review 42 (Spring 2025). Copies will arrive in Salzburg within 2-3 weeks. Please renew your subscription or take one out. Support our poetry magazine that does not receive any public funding.

15/03/2025

Ricarda Huch's "Autumn Fire", translated by Timothy Adès, has been submitted to the 2025 National Translation Award (NTA) in Poetry, administered by the American Literary Translators Association.

If you want to order a copy, this is the link: https://www.poetrysalzburg.com/autumn%20fire.htm

14/03/2025

Torriano Poetry: Reading with Timothy Ades
Sunday 16 March 2025, 19:30 - 21:30, £6.00
19:30 - 21:30
99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town NR5 2RX

https://torriano.org/whats-on/poetry/torriano-poetry-timothy-ades-16-03-2025
Timothy Adès will launch his new Poetry Salzburg book:
Ricarda Huch. Autumn Fire
If you want to order a copy, this is the link: https://www.poetrysalzburg.com/autumn%20fire.htm