1994 founder peter hay country of origin united kingdom headquarters location reading publication types books official website http tworiverspress.com two rivers press is an independent publishing house based in the english town of reading . two rivers press was founded in 1994 by peter hay 1951 2003 a local artist . its name reflects his enthusiasm for the town and its two rivers the kennet and the thames and its intention to explore the place where art and history meet . the name also gives a clue to the origins of the company in the ultimately successful opposition to reading s proposed cross town route a road scheme that would have seriously impacted the point at which the two rivers meet . 1 2 3 to date the company has published over 70 titles . a significant part of its work explores and celebrates local history . it also publishes new editions of classic poems especially ones with some reading connection such as oscar wilde s the ballad of reading gaol and collections of contemporary poetry from resident poets . 1 2 3 today the company is managed by sally mortimer assisted by adam sowan as local history editor and peter robinson who combines his role of poetry editor with that of professor of english and american literature at the university of reading . 3 references edit a b 15 years of two rivers press . university of reading . retrieved 2014 06 13 . a b cook caroline 2014 03 27 . a fascinating look at the two rivers press archives . getreading.co.uk . trinity mirror southern . retrieved 2014 06 19 . a b c about . two rivers press . retrieved 2014 06 13 . external links edit the two rivers press web site catalogue of books published retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title two rivers press & oldid 672192263 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in reading berkshirepublishing companies established in 1994 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2015 at 23 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view