New Walk

New Walk was a literary and arts publishing project associated with the University of Leicester in Leicester, England. It began in 2010 as a high-quality poetry magazine with an editorial ambition that extended beyond a purely local or university audience. Although rooted in Leicester, the publication maintained a national and international focus, presenting contemporary poetry alongside criticism, interviews, essays, fiction, and visual artwork. Poetry was the magazine's primary subject. Its contents also included reviews of poetry books and conversations with significant poets, giving the publication a role both as a venue for new writing and as a forum for broader literary discussion. Contributors named in reference material include Alice Oswald, J. M. Coetzee, Ian Parks, Alan Jenkins, William Logan, Alison Brackenbury, Timothy Murphy, Mark Ford, Andrew Motion, David Mason, Dawn Potter, Tom Pow, and Grevel Lindop. The range of contributors indicates an editorial program that brought together poets, writers, critics, and artists from different parts of the English-language literary world. The magazine was edited by Rory Waterman and Nick Everett, with fiction edited by Libby Peake. New Walk ceased publication as a magazine in 2017. Its publishing activity did not end entirely at that point: from 2017 onward, Waterman and Everett continued the name through New Walk Editions, a series of high-end poetry pamphlets. The editions program was designed to publish both new and established poets and was structured around four pamphlets each year, with two issued in spring and two in autumn. New Walk is therefore best understood not as a mass-market consumer brand or a conventional commercial publisher, but as a literary publishing identity spanning a periodical and a specialist poetry imprint. Its distinguishing characteristics were editorial quality, a strong emphasis on poetry, openness to related art forms and criticism, and a publishing program that connected university-based cultural activity with national and international literary networks. Publicly available reference material does not establish a separate corporate owner, legal entity, headquarters beyond the University of Leicester association, or current publication status for New Walk Editions.

New Walk emerged in 2010 as a high-quality poetry and arts magazine published at the University of Leicester in Leicester, England. Its institutional setting provided a university base, but the magazine's editorial outlook was not limited to campus writing or regional culture. It presented itself as a publication with national and international reach, using poetry as its central form while also incorporating literary criticism, interviews, essays, fiction, and artwork. The magazine was edited by Rory Waterman and Nick Everett. Libby Peake served as fiction editor, reflecting the publication's broader interest in literary forms beyond verse. Poetry remained the principal focus, supported by reviews of poetry books and interviews with prominent poets. The contributor list included Alice Oswald, J. M. Coetzee, Ian Parks, Alan Jenkins, William Logan, Alison Brackenbury, Timothy Murphy, Mark Ford, Andrew Motion, David Mason, Dawn Potter, Tom Pow, and Grevel Lindop. These contributors placed New Walk within a wider contemporary poetry and literary network rather than making it solely a student or local publication. New Walk magazine closed in 2017. The end of the periodical marked a change in format rather than a complete end to the publishing identity. From 2017 onward, Waterman and Everett published New Walk Editions, described in reference material as a series of high-end poetry pamphlets. The program was intended to include both new and established poets and followed a regular schedule of four pamphlets per year, with two released in spring and two in autumn. The available reference material does not identify a founder, separate incorporated publisher, commercial parent, or current executive structure. It also does not provide a complete bibliography of individual magazine issues or pamphlets. On the information available, New Walk is most accurately classified as a literary publication brand that developed from a university-based poetry magazine into a specialist poetry pamphlet imprint.

• 2017

  The magazine closes

  [1]New Walken.wikipedia.org

  New Walk ends its run as a periodical after seven years of publication.

• 2017

  New Walk Editions launches

  [1]New Walken.wikipedia.org

  Rory Waterman and Nick Everett continue the name through a series of high-end poetry pamphlets, planned at four publications per year.

• 2010

  New Walk magazine is established

  [1]New Walken.wikipedia.org

  A poetry and arts magazine is established at the University of Leicester with a national and international editorial focus.

A high-quality, poetry-led literary publication and specialist pamphlet imprint with university roots and national and international reach.

• Poetry and arts magazine · 2010

  New Walk magazine

  The original New Walk publication was a high-quality literary magazine centered on poetry. Its contents also included poetry book reviews, interviews with major poets, essays, fiction, and artwork. It was published at the University of Leicester but pursued a national and international focus. The magazine operated from 2010 until its closure in 2017.

• Poetry pamphlet imprint · 2017

  New Walk Editions

  New Walk Editions is the post-magazine publishing project associated with Rory Waterman and Nick Everett. Beginning in 2017, it published high-end poetry pamphlets by both new and established poets. The stated publishing pattern was four pamphlets annually, with two appearing in spring and two in autumn. The available material does not establish its current operating status or provide a full list of titles.

• 2017

  Shift from magazine publishing to a pamphlet imprintStrategy

  Background

  After the New Walk magazine closed, the editors retained the name and continued literary publishing in a different format.

  Action taken

  Rory Waterman and Nick Everett began publishing New Walk Editions, a scheduled series of high-end poetry pamphlets.

  Aftermath

  The New Walk identity continued beyond the periodical through publications by new and established poets.

  Source

1. 1New Walken.wikipedia.org