Self-portrait as Ornithologist by Karen Lloyd
-Reviewed by Vic Pickup- Karen Lloyd mesmerises with her translation of detailed observations into striking descriptive poetry. In ‘Robin’, she
-Reviewed by Stephen Payne- A tenter is a person who stretches cloth, or the framework on which the fabric is
Read more-Reviewed by Grace Atkinson- Written in memory of her mother, who died of motor neurone disease in 2012, Siofra McSherry’s Requiem guides
Read moreAfter the unexpected changes to the Saboteur Awards Festival 2020, a lot of thought has gone into how the 2021 festival might look…
Read more-Reviewed by Fiona Moore- A reviewer couldn’t make a better start than by quoting the author’s own introduction to Firing
Read more–Reviewed by Trahearne Falvey– A few pages into ‘A Barbecue and an Exhumation in Victoria Park Village’, the centrepiece of
Read more-Reviewed by Harry Buckoke- Sarah James’ “multi-media poetry narrative” draws elements from early text adventure video games, horror films and
Read more-Reviewed by Alice Allen- The opening poem in Sheryl Pearson’s astonishing pamphlet of meditations on animals invites the reader to
Read more–Reviewed by Mikiko Fukuda– Diane Simmons expertly uses flash fiction pieces to capture the complexities one family experiences over four
Read more– Written by Hannah Ledlie – I suspect Jet Sweeney’s ‘Mountain’ might be a marmite poem. To test this theory
Read more-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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