Saint Austin Press is a British

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publishing house founded in 1996. Its editor-in-chief is Robert Asch. In its first ten years of operation, when it was based in

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, Saint Austin Press published around 50 books on various themes as diverse as

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, fiction and poetry. Its underlying message has been the communication of Catholic values and teaching through the promotion of

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in general. It was notable for publishing ''Ad Completorium'' which contained the complete text and music for

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according to the

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of 1961. In 2001, the Press launched a monthly review of culture, the ''St. Austin Review'', carrying learned and more popular articles on cultural themes viewed from a Catholic perspective. The

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came about after negotiations for the Press to purchase ''

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'' and continue publishing the title ended in failure. ''The Month'' finally closed in the same year, having been for over a century a popular cultural forum for Catholic writers in the UK. StAR was subsequently acquired by

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in the United States, before moving its home to St Augustine's Press. Saint Austin Press launched its new website with a selection of new titles in July 2021.

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External links

St. Austin Review

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