Poetry – Page 5

Trial by Scar by Deborah Turnbull

February 27, 2018 Karen Goodwin Deborah Turnbull, Eyewear Publishing, Jade Cuttle

-Reviewed by Jade Cuttle- Trial By Scar (Eyewear) turns poison into medicine. It’s a task that recalls the work of

Here birds are by Arthur Allen

February 26, 2018March 1, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Arthur Allen, Becky Varley-Winter, Emily Berry, Green Bottle Press, Here birds are, Ocean Vuong

– Reviewed by Becky Varley–Winter – “Here birds are what?” you might ask, facing the cover of this debut pamphlet

Festival Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word

The Fall of Byron Montrose. Poet. Gentleman. Lover (Upstairs at the Western, Leicester, 23 February 2018)

February 25, 2018 Sally Jack Ben Macpherson, Comedy, Leicester, Leicester Comedy Festival, puns, storytelling, The Fall of Byron Montrose, Upstairs at the Western

reviewed by Sally Jack After the recent UK Pun Championships, Leicester’s long-running comedy festival features another dip into wordplay, this

Pamphlets Poetry

Thus the blue hour comes by Tess Jolly

February 20, 2018February 19, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Indigo Dreams, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Tess Jolly, Thus the blue hour comes

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – The blue hour is the awkward hour in which it’s too early to get

Pamphlets Poetry

Plainsong by Stephen Bone

February 20, 2018February 19, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Indigo Dreams, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Matthew Hacke, Plainsong, Stephen Bone

– Reviewed by Matthew Hacke – Plainsong is Stephen Bone’s second pamphlet; his first, In The Cinema, was published in

Pamphlets Poetry

you are mistaken by Sean Wai Keung

February 20, 2018February 19, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Hannah Lowe, Jessica Traynor, Sean Wai Keung, The Rialto, you are mistaken

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – you are mistaken, the winner of the 2017 Rialto Pamphlet Prize, has a witty

Collaboration Poetry Slider Translation

Um Poema Errante / A Wandering Poem by Christian Marques & Angharad Hengyu Owen

February 19, 2018February 20, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Angharad Hengyu Owen, Christian Marques, Colliding Lines, Jennifer Edgecombe, Um Poema Errante/A Wandering Poem

– Reviewed by Jennifer Edgecombe – Um Poema Errante /A Wandering Poem is a bilingual, English-Portuguese collaborative project by poet Christian

Pamphlets Poetry

MINERVA Platform Pamphlet Series ed. by Lucy Mercer

February 19, 2018February 18, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Alex MacDonald, Declan Ryan, Francine Elena, Hilary S. Jacqmin, Jessica Traynor, Lucy Mercer, Martha Sprackland

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Minerva publishes four-page PDF pamphlets on their elegantly designed website. The ten published to

Collaboration Pamphlets Poetry

Now You Can Look by Julia Bird & Anna Vaivare

February 19, 2018February 18, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Anna Vaivare, Ed Ferrari, Edward Ferrari, Julia Bird, Now You Can Look, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Edward Ferrari – Winners of the Publishers’ Award at the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets 2016,

Pamphlets Poetry

Guppy Primer by Ruth McIlroy

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Guppy Primer, Ian Duhig, Mimi Khalvati, Penny Boxall, Ruth McIlroy, The Poetry Business

– Reviewed by Penny Boxall – Ruth McIlroy’s 2017-Poetry-Business-competition-winning pamphlet, Guppy Primer, is a game of many halves. While mathematics