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Pamphlets Poetry

Optograms by Stephen Watt

July 31, 2016August 8, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Emma Lee, Optograms, Stephen Watt, Wild Word Press

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – (To obtain a copy of this pamphlet, email either the author [email protected] or the

Pamphlets Poetry

Choosing New Omens by Rebecca Bilkau

July 31, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Caroline M. Davies, Choosing New Omens, Rebecca Bilkau, Wayleave Press

– Reviewed by Caroline M Davies – Choosing New Omens is a pamphlet of fifteen poems charting the poet’s journey

Poetry Spoken Word

What I Learned from Johnny Bevan by Luke Wright

July 31, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter John Davies, Luke Wright, Oof, Penned in the Margins, What I Learned from Johnny Bevan

– Reviewed by John Davies – I’m not a lover of Pope or Clive James’ rhyming couplets, however clever they

Pamphlets Poetry

Dad’s Slideshow by Di Slaney

July 31, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Dad's Slideshow, Di Slaney, Family, Stonewood Press

– Reviewed by Rachel Stirling – Dad’s Slideshow is a small brown book which could easily be mistaken for an instruction

Pamphlets Poetry

Catching Light by Helen Boyles

July 31, 2016July 31, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Catching Light, Helen Boyles, Humphrey Astley, Indigo Dreams, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Indigo Dreams Publishing

– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – Catching Light, the debut pamphlet by Devon poet Helen Boyles, is unlikely to excite

Spacecraft by John McCullough

July 31, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter John McCullough, Penned in the Margins, Penny Boxall, Spacecraft

– Reviewed by Penny Boxall – Spacecraft is John McCullough’s second collection, following his lauded The Frost Fairs in 2012. This is a

Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards

The Density of Salt by Kate Garrett

July 30, 2016July 31, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Grant Tarbard, Kate Garrett, Saboteur Awards 2016, The Density of Salt

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Kate Garrett, born in Ohio, has lived most of her adult life as a bona fide Sheffield

Object Poetry Saboteur Awards

Alchemy by Abi Palmer

July 30, 2016December 3, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Abi Palmer, Alchemy, Bethany W. Pope, Saboteur Awards 2016, Shindig

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope – Abi Palmer’s Alchemy was the winner of this year’s Saboteur Awards’ ‘Wildcard’ category

Scumbled by Lesley Ingram

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Cinnamon Press, Ekphrasis, Jessica Traynor, Lesley Ingram, Scumbled

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Scumbled is a collection of mysteries, allusive images and strange echoes. An ekphrastic collection,

Angles & Visions by Anthony Costello

July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Angles & Visions, Anthony Costello, cinema, film, poetry and film, Steve Nash, The High Window Press

– Reviewed by Steve Nash – Anthony Costello’s Angles & Visions takes the world of cinema as its focus, inviting the reader to