Editing Small press (section)

==By continent==

=== Oceania ===

==== Australia ====
Small presses have played a significant part historically in recognising new voices and publishing notable works of [[literary fiction]] in [[Australia]],<ref name=conv/> but the market was seen as a tough one in 1999, despite about 80 per cent of the Australian Publishers Association being small book publishers (defined as those with less than AU$2m), nearly all Australian-owned.<ref name=journal>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60130081.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022063448/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60130081.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2012|title=Independent Australian Publishers and the Acquisition of Books|last=Poland|first=Louise |date= 1 December 1999|work=Journal of Australian Studies}}</ref>

In recent years, though, the small publishers have especially made gains as big publishers have backed away from publishing literary works. Small press publications have won some of the greatest literary prizes, including the [[Stella Prize]], the [[Prime Minister's Literary Awards|Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction]] and the [[Miles Franklin Literary Award]]. There was a strong upward trend in the number of titles published by small press and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin and the PM's Fiction Awards in the two years preceding 2017.<ref name=conv>{{cite web|publisher=The Conversation|url=https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-remarkable-prize-winning-rise-of-our-small-publishers-95645|date=4 May 2018|title=Friday essay: the remarkable, prize-winning rise of our small publishers| first=Emmett|last=Stinson|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>

The Small Press Network (SPN), located at the [[Wheeler Centre]] in [[Melbourne]], represents small and independent publishers in Australia, which promotes independent publishing and supports diversity within the industry "as a vital component of Australian literary culture". Founded in 2006, it has grown to represent more than 140 members in Australia and [[New Zealand]]. Its members include such publishers as the ''[[Griffith Review]]'', [[National Library of Australia|National Library of Australia Publishing]], [[Scribe (publisher)|Scribe]] and [[Wakefield Press (Australia)|Wakefield Press]], as well as many smaller publishers.<ref name=SPN>{{cite web|publisher=Small Press Network| url=https://smallpressnetwork.com.au/about/| title=About SPN|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>

=== Africa ===

==== Kenya ====
The 1960s marked a significant period for small presses in Kenya following the country’s [[History of Kenya|independence from Britain in 1963]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Mwangi |first=Macharia |date=2021-05-04 |title=Nexus/Busara and the rise of modern Kenyan literature |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02533952.2021.1958316 |journal=Social Dynamics |language=en |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=228 |doi=10.1080/02533952.2021.1958316 |issn=0253-3952|url-access=subscription }}</ref> During this period and into the 1970s, small press publications played a crucial role in reflecting social and political trends such as urban corruption and the legacy of colonial rule.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bardolph |first=Jacqueline |title=The Writing of East and Central Africa |date=1984 |publisher=Heinemann |isbn=978-0-435-91671-8 |editor-last=Killam |editor-first=G. D. |series=Studies in African literature |location=London ; Exeter, N.H., USA |pages=36-53}}</ref>

Universities, notably the [[University of Nairobi]], played a pivotal role in shaping this literary culture, with student publications serving as platforms for early experimentation in creative writing for latterly well-known writers.<ref name=":1" /> ''Zuka: A Journal of East African Creative Writing,''  founded by the [[Kenya Literature Bureau|East African Literature Bureau]] in 1967, published authors such as [[Taban Lo Liyong]], [[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o]], [[Angus Calder]], and [[Okot p'Bitek]].