Wellsweep Press
The Wellsweep Press was a UK-based independent publishing house, specialising in the publication of literary translation from Chinese. It was founded by poet and literary translator John Cayley in the 1980s, and published books from 1988 through the 1990s. It played a particularly important role in publishing contemporary and avant-garde Chinese literature in translation in the 1990s.
Publications
Songs of my heart : yong huai shi: the Chinese lyric poetry of Ruan Ji, tr. Graham Hartill and Wu Fusheng. Wine flying: a Chinese quatrain, by Qi Qian, tr. John CayleyThe deep woods' business: uncollected translations from the Chinese, by Arthur Cooper Plantains in the rain: selected Chinese poems of Du Mu, tr. by R.F. Burton Poems of the West Lake: translations from the Chinese, by A. C. Graham Blades from the willows, by Huanzhulouzhu, tr. Robert ChardThe frozen torch: selected prose poems, by Shang Ch'in, tr. N.G.D. Malmqvist Ritual & diplomacy: the Macartney mission to China, 1792-1794 ; papers presented at the 1992 conference of the British Association for Chinese Studies marking the bicentenary of the Macartney mission to China, ed. by Robert A. Bickers.Ruan Ji's island & in the cities, by Graham HartillUnder-sky underground, ed. by Henry Y.H. Zhao and John Cayley, with foreword by Jonathan D. Spence The lost boat : avant-garde fiction from China, ed. by Henry Y.H. ZhaoWhistling free : the complete non-dramatic lyrics of Ma Zhiyuan, tr. by William Dolby.From the first emperor to Khublai Khan: an introduction to studying Chinese history, by T H BarrettNon-person singular: selected poems by Yang Lian, tr. Brian Holton (translator) Abandoned wine, ed. by Henry Y.H. Zhao and John Cayley, with foreword by Gary SnyderDigital poetryIndra's net, or, Hologography, by John Cayley.Collocations: Indra's net II, by John CayleyMoods & conjunctions: Indra's net III, by John CayleyAn essay on the golden lion: Indra's net IV, by John CayleyLeaving the city: Indra's net V, by John CayleyBook unbound: Indra's net VI, by John CayleyThe speaking clock: Indra's net VII, by John CayleyPressing the REVEAL CODE key: Indra's net VIII, by John CayleyOisleánd: Indra's net IX, by John Cayley