This project has won the Literary Social Innovations Award for 1998. The following is adapted from publicity material sent to the Institute. There are tens of thousands of writers in this country who feel permanently excluded from the world of mainstream publishing.
Membership is awarded solely on the basis of the quality of the work.
The subeditors read your work and let you know within 30 days whether you are accepted. If you are accepted, then your book will be put in the Citron Press Book Club catalogue, you will receive 20 copies and a 7.5 per cent royalty on all copies sold. You can buy further copies of your book at a 15 per cent discount. A reader's appraisal card will be inserted into each book and the comments will be collated and sent to the authors. Readers will be invited to weekend workshops to meet the authors.