The Emma Press Anthology of Illness edited by Amy Mackelden and Dr Dylan Jaggard
-Reviewed by Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzig- How does one start a conversation about what it means to be chronically ill, to
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Author: Karen Goodwin
Tenter by Susie Campbell, illustrated by Rose Ferraby
-Reviewed by Stephen Payne- A tenter is a person who stretches cloth, or the framework on which the fabric is
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Requiem by Siofra McSherry
-Reviewed by Grace Atkinson- Written in memory of her mother, who died of motor neurone disease in 2012, Siofra McSherry’s Requiem guides
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Firing Pins by Jo Young
-Reviewed by Fiona Moore- A reviewer couldn’t make a better start than by quoting the author’s own introduction to Firing
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Room by Sarah James
-Reviewed by Harry Buckoke- Sarah James’ “multi-media poetry narrative” draws elements from early text adventure video games, horror films and
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Menagerie by Cheryl Pearson
-Reviewed by Alice Allen- The opening poem in Sheryl Pearson’s astonishing pamphlet of meditations on animals invites the reader to
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The Emma Press Anthology of Contemporary Gothic Verse edited by Nisha Bhakoo
-Reviewed by Pam Thompson- What is contemporary gothic? Editor Nisha Bhakoo’s aim in selecting poems for this anthology was ‘to
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House of Weeds by Amy Charlotte Kean and Jack Wallington
-Reviewed by Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzig- Weeds are underrated. Underdogs that thrive in the smallest of spaces with the littlest of nutrients
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Patience by Nina Lewis
-Reviewed by Phoebe Walker- Patience is a virtue it seems we’d all be wise to cultivate at the moment, as
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About Leaving by Ian Glass
-Reviewed by Stephen Payne- We learn from the biography that Ian Glass began writing poetry when his wife left the
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