Object Permanence

Object Permanence was once a poetry magazine, and is now a small publisher with editors based in Glasgow, Scotland.

Note to PayPal customers - we sometimes don't receive the automatic payment notification email from PayPal, so if you're using this method, please also send an email to Robin Purves (address below) to make sure we've got your order. Thanks.

16th November 2008:
Special Offer

Save £5: buy a set of all five of the Object Permanence books and pamphlets listed below for only £10 post-free in the UK (add £2 postage for the rest of Europe, £4 rest of the world). We're running low on some of these publications, so order quickly to avoid disappointment.


Individual books and pamphlets still available:

Being a Human Being and other poems by Tom Leonard.

24pp A5 stapled, £2.50.


ISBN 0-9529972-3-1.

Tom Leonard lives and works in Glasgow. His books Intimate Voices and access to the silence are both available from etruscan books in Devon. His own website is www.tomleonard.co.uk

Follow this link to read the poem Being a Human Being (for Mordechai Vanunu) at the Scottish Poetry Library website.

 [cover of Being a Human Being by Tom Leonard]

Also available: Mum in Airdrie
by Fiona Templeton.

24pp A5 stapled, £2.00.


ISBN 0-9529972-2-3.

Fiona Templeton is a Scottish poet, playwright and director, living in New York. Her publications include YOU - The City (Roof Books), Cells of Release (Roof Books), and Delirium of Interpretations (Green integer).

Fiona's own website is at www.fionatempleton.org.

 [cover of Mum in Airdrie by Fiona Templeton]

Also available: Embrace
by Andrea Brady.

57pp A5 perfectbound, £5.00.


ISBN 0-9529972-1-5.

Andrea Brady lives in London, where she teaches at Brunel Unversity and co-edits Barque Press. Her collections of poetry include Vacation of a Lifetime (Salt Publishing) and Cold Calling (Barque).

Andrea's homepage at the British Electronic Poetry Centre can be found here.

 [cover of Embrace by Andrea Brady]

Also available: The Rictus Flag
by Keston Sutherland.

24pp A5 stapled, £3.00.


ISBN 1-903488-16-8.

Keston Sutherland lives in Brighton, where he teaches at the University of Sussex, co-edits Barque Press and edits the magazine and CDR label QUID. His most recent collections are Antifreeze and Neutrality.

Follow these links to read reviews of The Rictus Flag at Dylan Harris's website, and at Intercapillary Space.

[cover of The Rictus Flag by Keston Sutherland]

Our first separate publication, the booklet Unanswering Rational Shore by J.H. Prynne, is still available from the address below.

20pp A5 stapled, £2.50.


ISBN 0-9529972-0-7.

Follow these links to read reviews of Unanswering Rational Shore at Intercapillary Space and from Poetry Review (courtesy of the Internet Archive).

 [cover of Unanswering Rational Shore by J.H. Prynne]

Ordering information:

UK customers please send a cheque payable to Robin Purves to:

Robin Purves
Object Permanence
First Floor
16 Ruskin Terrace
Glasgow G12 8DY
Scotland

All cheques must be in Pounds Sterling and drawn on a UK bank. Payments can also be made through PayPal using the buttons above, or by email to the following address (postage is free in UK; please add 50p (rest of Europe) or £1.00 (rest of World) to each item when ordering from overseas):

where any enquiries should also be directed.

Please do not send unsolicited manuscripts or submissions of work, either by post or email. Thanks!

Editorial contacts:

Peter Manson, email:

Robin Purves, email:

Click here to visit Freebase Accordion - Peter Manson's homepage, with links to a wide range of experimental poetry and music sites on the web.