As part of its tenth birthday celebrations next year, Salt Publishing will launch a network of ten Modern Writing Centres, - Salt Cellars. The centres will coordinate tours, readings and events for its authors and will also act as hubs for the development of its UK and Irish publishing plans. The initiative will support Salt’s authors through co-ordinated outreach programmes working with local groups, venues, booksellers, libraries, festivals, schools, colleges and universities.

“There’s been tremendous support for this exciting initiative,” says Lee Smith. “We wanted to develop something ambitious and this outreach programme will take contemporary literature and our authors into the hearts of communities. It’s about Salt working with our authors in new ways and developing new audiences for them.”

You can find out more about Salt, and if there is a Salt Cellar near you at: www.facebook.com/l/2a365;blog.saltpublishing.com/2009/11/26/salt-to-launch-ten-modern-writing-centres-in-2010/