Item K/PP106/7/23/1-69 - ALP newsletter, 1977-1994

ALP (Association of Little Presses, London) Newsletter Jul 1977: prior to AGM, in aftermath of severance from The Poetry Society;

Issue, Aug 1977: AGMs of ALP, ALMS (Association of Little Magazines) and COLP (Consortium of London Presses), 2 copies;

Issue, Sep 1977, with note of AGM, 22 Jul 1977;

Issue, May 1978;

Issue, Nov-Dec 1978: includes letter from Allen Fisher on boycotting The Poetry Society;

Issue, Jan 1979: material on little presses and The Poetry Society;

Issue, May 1979: includes profile of Oleander Press, and records of the Arts Council of Great Britain's attitude towards little presses;

Issue, July 1979: includes profile of Kropotkin's Lighthouse Publications (Jim Huggon);

Issue, Aug-Sep 1979, celebrating ALP's 15th year: features on Pig Press and Keepsake Press;

Issue, Oct 1979: includes profile of Openings Press (John Furnival);

Issue, Dec 1979: includes profile of Lobby Press (Richard Tabor);

Supplementary issue, Jan 1980, announcing bookfair at Whitechapel Art Gallery;

Supplementary issue, Feb 1980, advertising Whitechapel bookfair;

Issue, March-April 1980;

Issue, May 1980;

Issue, July 1980;

Issue, Aug-Sep 1980;

Issue, Jan-Feb 1981, with Arts Council press notice on Trio Exvoco;

Issue, March-May 1981, with members' flyers;

Issue, July 1981, 2 copies;

Issue, Aug-Sep 1981, with flyers from New Departures;

Issue, Oct 1981: announces Darlington bookfair, and includes list of poets reading at King's College London for autumn 1981;

Issue, Nov 1981;

Issue, Jan 1982;

Issue, Apr-May 1982;

Issue, Oct-Nov 1982, with flyer for abortive publication of Allen De Loach's Mudhead Kachina in this country;

Issue, Dec 1982;

Issue, Mar-Apr 1983: includes poster for New Departures Third International Poetry Olympics;

Issue, May-Jun 1983;

Issue, Sep 1983;

Issue, Nov 1983;

Issue, Sep 1984: includes note on the genesis of New River Project;

Issue, Nov 1984;

Issue, March 1985;

Issue, May 1985, with promotional enclosures, including material from Pig Press;

Issue, Sep 1985: opens with a note from Allen Fisher as Chairman;

Issue, July 1986, with financial statement 1985-1986;

Issue, Oct 1986;

Issue, Dec 1986: includes letters from Michael Farley of Taxvs Press and Roland John of Hippopotamus Press;

Issue, Jan-Feb 1987: includes article, 'Publishing by photocopier' by Bob Cobbing, accompanied by leaflet, 'Summary of answers to ALP Questionnaire, June 1986';

Issue, Mar-Jun 1987, supplementary newsletter with financial statement for 1986-1987;

Issue, Jul-Sep 1987: contains inserts on forthcoming ALP Catalogue;

Issue, Oct-Dec 1987;

Issue, Jan-Mar 1988;

Issue, Apr-Jun 1988: news on the Arts Council of Great Britain, and on the Basil Bunting Archive appeal;

Issue, Jul-Sep 1988;

Issue, Sep 1988;

Issue, Dec 1988;

Issue, Feb-Mar 1989;

Issue, Apr 1989: announces new role for PALPI;

Issue, Mar-Jun 1989: includes note on new Poetry Library at South Bank Centre, and flyer for summer bookfair;

Issue, Oct-Nov 1989: introducing the PCW (personal computer and word processor);

Issue, Apr 1990;

Issue, Jan 1990;

Issue, Aug-Sep 1990;

Issue, Dec 1990-Jan 1991;

Issue, Feb-Mar 1991: signals ALP's 25th year;

Issue, Apr-May 1991;

Issue, Jun-Jul 1991, 2 copies;

Issue, Nov 1991;

Issue, Mar 1992: includes tribute to Dom Sylvester Houedard (died 15 Jan 1992);

Issue, Apr 1992;

Issue, Jun 1992;

Issue, Aug-Sep 1992: includes visual by Jeremy Adler;

Issue, Dec 1992: includes obituary for Ivor Waters of The Moss Rose Press;

Issue, Mar-May 1993;

Issue, Jan-Feb 1994;

Issue, Mar-Apr 1994;

Issue, Nov-Dec 1994