Editor

Not Goodbye by Akwe Amosu

March 10, 2016 Editor Akwe Amosu, Carapace, Carapace Poets Series, Georgia O'Keefe, Nigeria, South Africa, Swanage, USA, Woldercote Cemetery

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Akwe Amosu’s debut collection Not Goodbye is littered with false and real endings. Amosu is a

Interview

“the understory of the literary ecosystem”: in conversation with Douglas Reid Skinner and Patricia Schonstein

February 8, 2016February 8, 2016 Editor Angus & Robertson, Bateleur, Carrefour, Deep South, Donker, Douglas Skinner, Gaelen Pinnock, Gus Ferguson, Incwadi, Justified, Kenya, Kwela, Litnet, McGregor Poetry Festival Anthology, Modjaji Books, New Coin, New Contrast, New Directions, Off the Wall, Patricia Schonstein, Prufrock, Ravan, South Africa, Stanzas, Zimbabwe

-Interviewed by Claire Trévien– Douglas Reid Skinner and Patricia Schonstein are the editors of new South African quarterly Stanzas. Claire Trévien: Tell

Collection Poetry

Conduit by Sarah Frost

February 7, 2016February 7, 2016 Editor Grahamstown, Kobus Moolman, Kwazulu-Natal, Modjaji Books, Sarah Frost, South Africa

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Some poetry collections feel like a series of poems arbitrarily assembled, others leave a sillage in

Magazine

Three South African Magazines: New Contrast, Stanzas, and Poetry Potion

January 31, 2016January 31, 2016 Editor Amy Walter, Andrew Pringle, Book Lounge, Douglas Reid Skinner, Gianni D'Elia, Graham Dukas, Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo, Jack Cope, Jacques de Villier, Jane McArthur, Jeannie Wallace McKeown, Lara Kirsten, Marco Fazzini, New Contrast, Nick Mulgrew, Nkateko Masinga, Nontzizi Mqwetho, Poetry potion, Stanzas, Stephen Symons, Timo Xolani Freeth, Tito Balestra, Tony Voss

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– As part of a wider project to put the spotlight on South African poetry (you can

Conversation Interview

‘Making rain’: In Conversation with Colleen Higgs

January 20, 2016 Editor Balobedu, Beverly Rycroft, Colleen Higgs, Ingrid Jonker, Joan Metelerkamp, Khadija Heeger, Modjaji Books, Small Publishers' Catalogue: Africa, South Africa

-Interviewed by Claire Trévien– Modjaji Books was founded in 2007 by Colleen Higgs to make a space for southern African

Collection Conversation

‘Liminal spaces’: an interview with Nick Mulgrew

January 13, 2016January 13, 2016 Editor Cape Town, Genna Gardini, Kokstad, Kwazulu-Natal, Nick Mulgrew, Prufrock, South Africa, Thabo Jijana, uHlanga, Xhosa

-In Conversation with Claire Trévien– Nick Mulgrew, the brains behind new poetry publisher uHlanga, is determined to inject some vitality

Poetry Spoken Word

Off the Wall @ A Touch of Madness, Cape Town 12/01/2016

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 Editor Cape Town, Graham Dukas, Jane MacArthur, Nick Mulgrew, Off the Wall, Patricia Schonstein, South Africa, Wendy Woodward

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien- Date: Monday 11th January 2016 At A Touch of Madness (Observatory, Cape Town) The set up….

Pamphlets Poetry Seasonal/End of year

The end of #pamphletparty: a round-up of the review-a-thon

January 1, 2016January 1, 2016 Editor #pamphletparty, Adam Horovitz, Adrian Sobol, Art Editions North, Burning Eye Books, Cinnamon Press, Corina Copp, Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Erbacce Press, Finishing Line Press, flipped eye, Floating Wolf Quarterly, Gold Line Press, Happenstance, Helen Evans, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Inua Ellams, Jake Campbell, Jaswinder Bolina, Josephine Corcoran, Kristy Bowen, Lucy Furlong, Lynn Pedersen, Neil Elder, Reuben Woolley, Sarah Hymas, Selina Nwulu, Sophie Reynolds, Tall Lighthouse, Ugly Duckling Press, Warsan Shire, Yew Tree Press

–Claire Trévien– This December I reviewed one poetry pamphlet a day – a challenge made trickier by the fact that

Pamphlets Poetry

The Withering Room by Sarah Sibley, Review #31

December 31, 2015December 20, 2015 Editor #pamphletparty, Green Bottle Press, Sarah Sibley

-Reviewed by Claire Trevien- I’ve read Sarah Sibley’s The Withering Room several times now, each time feeling frustrated at my

Pamphlets Poetry

Dragon Child by Marina Sánchez, Review #30

December 30, 2015December 28, 2015 Editor #pamphletparty, Acumen, CHARGE Syndrome, Marina Sánchez

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien- Marina Sánchez’s Dragon Child is a handsome pamphlet with a dusky pink cover complete with the