Q.Q. PRESS |
Q.Q.Press publishes Quantum Leap Poetry Magazine and there are full details on this (and how to buy a copy or subscribe) on another page. However, we also publish a good number of other books in our own right and sometimes act as an agent for the sale of other people’s Collections. Details of these (and how to purchase them) can be found below: - Cheque made payable to A. Carter please. (NOT to Quantum Leap or Q.Q.Press!) (U.S. Dollar Bills are also acceptable) |
AMID MUCH HELPLESS GROPING (Poems From 15-50) |
Alan’s first Collection through Q.Q.Press and the book which sparked off the whole Q.Q.Press/Quantum Leap publishing venture. (“Amid Much Helpless Groping” because that’s how I view the human condition and nothing to do with an offence that would see you in trouble with the law!) |
LOVE AND LAUGHTER (and other such Impostors) |
Alan’s second Collection through Q.Q.Press. This collection - as befits a marriage of such impostors - has, in the best tradition of weddings, something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue — in fact, something for everyone : happy poems, sad poems, love poems, daft poems, rhyming poems, free verse poems, experimental poems, and some which haven’t quite made up their minds! |
DESTINY – by Ann Clare Harris |
The sale of this stunning collection of poetry - reviewed in Q.L. 36 by Bernard M. Jackson - is being overseen for Ann by Q.Q.Press and is still available. Destiny includes poems on family, love, loss, fantasy and ecstasy. It is at once sensual and erotic and all of the poems show that exquisite touch that readers of Quantum Leap will be so familiar with. If you only buy one Collection this year, make it this one - you will not be disappointed!
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CLIMBING THE SYCAMORE – by Ann Clare Harris |
Ann’s marvellous 2nd collection of poetry - reviewed in Q.L. 51 by Bernard M. Jackson - is being overseen for Ann by Q.Q.Press and is available to order now. Buy this one and you will not be disappointed. “Within this exquisite selection are poems that exude all the passions of love, joy and sadness, together with the heartache of certain idyllic childhood instances now consigned to treasured remembrance. Well-crafted verses with assonance, echoed refrain and a powerful descriptive intensity.” Bernard M. Jackson (Articles and Reviews Editor, Quantum Leap Poetry Magazine) “Another wonderful collection from Ann, in which she maintains that marvellous blend of personal, sensual, magical and mystical that typifies her work. This is poetry of an exceptional quality: dip in, dive in, or read from cover to cover in one sitting - enjoy!” Alan J. Carter (Editor, Quantum Leap Poetry Magazine) Also still available — her superb 1st Collection : DESTINY at £3.50 UK, £4.25 Rest of Europe. £5/$10 U.S. Rest of the World.
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SOMEWHERE A ROSE IS BLOOMING – by John H. Hope |
This wonderful collection of poetry is published in memory of John H. Hope. Any profits made from the book will be split equally between Quantum Leap, the poetry magazine he loved to support, and The Mare and Foal Sanctuary in Newton Abbot, his favourite charity, which rescues and looks after mares and their foals, and donkeys too, giving them a home for life. |
THE QUANTUM LEAP POETRY WORKSHOP |
Contains some of the exercises from the Workshops + some of the poetry which came out of the Workshops. Available now. A great time was had by all and this is your chance to sample a Poetry Workshop Holiday and ‘share in the weeks’. |
THE FIVE BY FIVE COLLECTION 2010 |
The Five by Five Collection (2008) contains the winning poems, runners up and commended poems from Q.Q.Press’s fifth Five by Five Collection Competition. Full of brilliant poetry - serious, funny, modern, classic, rhyming, free verse – it is available now. |
THE WRITERS’ RECORD BOOK |
This small booklet has been designed to help you keep a record of all your submissions and competition entries. There is a separate section for each giving basic details enabling you to keep track of all your work which is out there in the small press and competition worlds. It also enables you to keep track of all your successes, publications, expenses and winnings. Your record of ordinary submissions works from the front of the book and your record of competition entries works from the back. There is also a section for ‘Notes’ in the middle of the booklet. |
QUANTUM LEAP – THE EDITOR’S CUT |
To celebrate reaching our 10th anniversary, we produced Quantum Leap - The Editor's Cut (10th Anniversary Issue) an anthology of the editor's favourite poems which appeared in the second 20 issues of Quantum Leap. This is now available. |
QUANTUM LEAP – THE EDITOR’S CUT |
The original Editor’s Cut – released to celebrate reaching our 5th anniversary. The Editor's Cut (5th Anniversary Issue) is an anthology of the editor's favourite poems which appeared in the first 20 issues of Quantum Leap. It is still available.
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COVERED IN RHYME (Poetry: Its Forms & Terms)
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Covered in Rhyme is published in two parts and the price is for both books. The books set out to explain, in the simplest of words - we hope! - not only the various forms of poetry, but the words and phrases often used in the field of poetry, which can sometimes puzzle those who come across them, while reading and writing poetry. In Part One of the book you will find articles which Bernard has written on the various forms of poetry, ranging from The Villanelle to Pattern Poetry. (37 different forms in total .) In these he not only explains exactly what they are and how to write them but includes some of his own poems as illustrations of how it should be done. In Part Two of the book you will find short pieces written by Alan, designed as a glossary of poetic and literary terms. Here, the main heading of each form and term is in bold type in alphabetical order - e.g. Alliteration and Zeugma - with cross-referencing for related terms, and where there are several names used for the same thing. There are paragraphs on every heading explaining just what each means.
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A BOOK OF THE BLUES – by Alan J. Carter KITE SONGS AND ICICLE PONIES by Alan J. Carter
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| Wouldn’t you just know it - just like buses! You wait ages for one and then they all come along together! A Book of the Blues & Kite Songs and Icicle Ponies are two books of Alan’s song lyrics that have finally seen the light of day - and hopefully, even as you read this, are being considered by at least one band and one singer — but if YOU are a singer/songwriter or in a band and would like to try to put music to any of them please DO send for them. |
LOVE SONGS, BUFF LADIES AND CHORTLES GALORE by Alan J. Carter |
At last the work pressures have eased a little and Alan’s 3rd Collection is finally finished. As the title suggests, the collection contains both serious and comic verse - and as with his previous collection Love and Laughter abound. Some of the poems in this collection are for, and about, real people, and I think they’ll recognise this when they see them, so I don’t need to dedicate them at all; some of the poems, as with many poets’ work, are just made up/fantasy; some of the poems are a mixture of the two; but the one thing they all have in common is that they are written with love - a love that believes that love IS the answer, as that is what I believe. That may make me a bit of a dinosaur and a bit of dreamer, in these days of celebrity worship, shallow relationships, and self-gratification, but I’m happy to be a dreamer and every dinosaur has his day: this one is mine! |
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