Pete Ayrton finds a cutting edge with new imprint Small Axes
In an interview with Australian journal Scan back in 2004, publisher Pete Ayrton
said that he would be worried if Serpent’s Tail—the press he founded in 1986 to publish fiction neglected by the mainstream—got shortlisted for a major literary prize, as it would suggest it had lost its edge. Known for pushing boundaries and discovering ground-breaking fiction, Ayrton is bringing that same energy to indie publisher HopeRoad, which was founded by Rosemarie Hudson in 2010, with a new imprint called Small Axes.
Published by Natasha Onwuemezi for The Bookseller