-Interviewed by Claire Trévien– Douglas Reid Skinner and Patricia Schonstein are the editors of new South African quarterly Stanzas. Claire Trévien: Tell me about the origin of Stanzas, what made you decide to start it? And once you had the idea, how did you make it become reality? Douglas Skinner: Prior to Stanzas, a similar, small poetry…
-Interviewed by Claire Trévien– Modjaji Books was founded in 2007 by Colleen Higgs to make a space for southern African women’s writing. At the time, Higgs who was working for the Centre for the Book, ‘got a bee in my bonnet for all sorts of reasons.’ Modjaji is named after the Balobedu Rain Queens –…
Interview by Will Barrett Ryan Van Winkle is a poet, performer and podcaster, with his hands and legs stuffed in various interesting pies. Ryan has a new book out, The Good Dark, and to help promote the release Ryan has set upon himself the task of completing a “virtual book tour”, essentially a marathon series…
– interview by Will Barrett – I first knew about Jim (above, racing towards the future) when I heard him talk on a panel at the Digital Utopias conference in Hull earlier this year. Jim is the Digital Manager at Comma Press, and also the project lead on MacGuffin, a new website, currently in beta,…
-interviewed by Will Barrett- The following interview with S J Fowler was done over email. I’ve met Steven several times and found him to be wonderful, generous company, but I was still intimidated by the prospect of conducting this interview face-to-face. Therefore, I wrote the questions all in one block at some aphoniac hour one…
–with Claire Trévien- Pour une version française de l’entretien, voir ci-dessous. Claire Trévien You might only be 26 years old but you are among the rising stars of poetry in France with a well-received first collection, published by Cheyne, which won the prestigious Prix de la Vocation in 2010. What made you choose the slightly…
– interviewed by James Webster – With the Saboteur Awards results to be announced at the Awards Party in just two weeks, we interview Best Regular Spoken Word Night nominees Come Rhyme With Me about their event and its unique food-themed format. Let’s start with the basics: how long has Come Rhyme with Me been running and…
– interviewed by James Webster – The Inky Fingers Open Mic has been nominated for the Best Regular Spoken Word Night category in this year’s Saboteur Awards. Here, I chat with the Inky Fingers collective about what makes their event unique. Let’s start with the basics: how long has Inky Fingers Open Mic been running and…
-Scott Dominic-Carpenter spoke to Ian Chung– Scott Dominic Carpenter teaches literature and critical theory at Carleton College (MN), where he has written extensively on the representation of madness in the novel, political allegory, and literary hoaxes. His fiction has appeared in such journals as Chamber Four, Ducts, Midwestern Gothic, The MacGuffin, Prime Number and Spilling…