Sabotage

Saboteur Awards 

Spotlight on the Best Reviewer Shortlist

May 6, 2016May 13, 2016 Editor Best Reviewer, Bethany W. Pope, Dave Coates, Emma Lee, Fiona Moore, Joey Connolly

We’re not allowed to have favourites of course, but this category is very close to our hearts. We added it

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Saboteur Awards Spoken Word 

Spotlight on the Best Regular Spoken Word Night Shortlist

May 6, 2016May 25, 2016 Editor Bad Language, best regular spoken word night, Evidently, Liars' League, Loud Poets, saboteur 2016, Saboteur Awards, spotlight, Stanzas

It’s hard to resist taking on a sports’ commentator’s persona when putting the spotlight on these nights: What a list!

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Saboteur Awards 

Spotlight on the Best Short Story Collection Shortlist

May 5, 2016May 9, 2016 Editor Chrissue Gittins, Danielle Mclaughlin, David Hartley, Freight Books, Jan Carson, Lara Williams, Liberties Press, Sleepy House Press, Stinging Fly, Unthank

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that the shortlist for the Saboteur Awards was announced Sunday

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Saboteur Awards Uncategorized 

The Shortlist for the Saboteur Awards 2016

May 1, 2016May 13, 2016 Editor A Lovely Word, Abi Palmer, Ad Hoc Fiction, Adam Horovitz, Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Agnes Török, Alison Lang, Alistair Noon, And Other Stories, Andrew Wynn Owen, Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves, Anthony Fisher, Arcadia Missa, Ash Dickinson, Ashley Lister, Bad Language, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Becky Cherriman, Ben Wilkinson, Bethany W. Pope, Bill Jones, Blackstaff Press, BlueSCI, Bottle of Smoke Press, Bunbury magazine, Burning Eye, Cafe Rio, Camille Ralph, Charles Whalley, Chrissie Gittins, Cinnamon Press, Clare Pollard, Colin Davies, Danielle Mclaughlin, Daunt Books Publishing, Dave Coates, David Hartley, David Turner, Dawntreader, Dead Ink Books, Deborah Alma, Dom&Ink, Emily Harrison, Emma Lee, Emma Press, End of All Things Podcast, Eoghan Ryan, Evidently, Eyewear Publishing, Fat Roland, Fictions of Every Kind, Find the Right Words, Fiona Moore, Five Leaves Bookshop, Flarestack Poets, Fran Isherwood, Freight Books, Funhouse, Giles Goodland, Granta, Greg Freeman, Gutter, Hammer & Tongue, Han Kang, Hand Job Zine, Hannah Chutzpah, Happenstance Press, Harry Gallon, Helen ivory, Helen Mclory, Helen Oyeyemi, Hollie McNish, I am not a silent poet, Ian Bailey, Imove, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Irish Poetry Shop, Isabel Costello, J.O. Morgan, Jackie Hagan, James O'Leary, James Trevelyan, James Whitman, Jan Carson, Jane Talbot, Janice Galloway, Jasmine Ann Cooray, Jemima Foxtrot, Jenny Offil, Jess Green, Jim Carruth, Joanna Walsh, Jody Porter, Joe Reeve, Joey Connolly, John Fuller, Jools Barrett, Joseph Ridgwell, Joy Lane Publishing, JT Welsch, Julie Morrissy, K J Orr, Karen Dennison, Karen Little, Kate Garett, Kate Tempest, Katy Evans-Bush, Kieren King, Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Lara Williams, Liars' League, Liberties Press, Lighthouse Literary Journal, Linda Stupart, Literary Salmon, LMA Baman-Milner, Loud Poets, Louise Fazackerley, Lucy Allan, Luke Wright, Lunar Poetry, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Maria Ferguson, Mark Farley, Megan Nolan, Metatron, Michael Stewart, Michelle Tudor, Mother's Milk Books, Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff, Mslexia, Murder Slim Books, Nandini Dhar, Naomi Booth, Naomi Frisby, Neil Elder, Nina Allan, Onion Custard Publishing, Open Pen, Oz Hardwick, Padraig Regan, Paper Swans Press, Penned in the Margins, Penny Goring, Platypus Press, Poetry on the spot, Portobello Books, Prac Crit, Preti Taneja, Prole, Queen's Ferry Press, Rachel Benson, Rally & Broad, Reach Poetry, Rialto, Richard Scott, Robert Garnham, Rod Tame, Ross Sutherland, Roulade, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2016, Salena Godden, salt publishing, Sandstone Press, Sanitarium Press, Sean Mahoney, Shelley Tracey, Sidekick Books, Simon Barraclough, SJ Fowler, Sleepy House Press, Sofia Banzhaf, Sophia Walker, Southword Editions, Stanzas, Stephen Watt, Stinging Fly, Stuart A. Paterson, Sue Rainsford, Susan Evans, Tangent Books, Tania Hershman, Test Centre, The Emma Press, The Fat Damsel, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, The Missing Slate, Tom de Freston, u.v. ray, Unthank, Upswing, Urbane Publications, Valley Press, Vanguard Readings, Vasiliki Legaki, Wendy Pratt, Wild Word Press, Write Out Loud, Yvonne Reddick

Over 1700 people nominated in this year’s Saboteur Awards, and once again we are in awe at the variety of

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Collection Short Stories 

Texaners by T. F. Rhoden

April 21, 2016April 24, 2016 dj4twinx Dubliners, James Joyce, Jessica Gregory, T. F. Rhoden, Texaners

-Reviewed by Jessica Gregory- ‘…those perfectly imperfect souls of expansive, yet common diversity.’ -Texaners What comes to mind when thinking

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Poetry 

The Trouble With Humpadori by Vidhu Aggarwal

April 19, 2016April 18, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Angelina D'Roza, The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, The Trouble With Humpadori, Vidhu Aggarwal

– Reviewed by Angelina D’Roza – The Trouble with Humpadori, from The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, was an Editor’s Choice

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Poetry 

You Were That White Bird by Shelley Girdner

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Bauhan Publishing, Elizabeth Rimmer, Shelley Girdner, You Were That White Bird

– Reviewed by Elizabeth Rimmer – The blurb for You Were That White Bird states that this collection “looks at the lifespan of

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Pamphlets Poetry Translation 

Semblance by Sarer Scotthorne

April 18, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Albert Zhang, Emma Lee, Erbacce, martial arts, Sarer Scotthorne, Semblance

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – In Semblance, Sarer Scotthorne presents poems on the discipline, internal strength and knowledge gained through

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Pamphlets Poetry 

Tongues of Fire by Jane Burn

April 15, 2016April 13, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Grant Tarbard, Jane Burn, The Black Light Engine Room Press, Tongues of Fire

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – I first encountered Jane Burn as an illustrator: her wonderful artwork lit up the page

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Anthology Poetry Short Stories 

Impossible Things: Creative Future Literary Winners

April 15, 2016April 13, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Alexi Francis, Allison Dean, Catherine Edmunds, Creative Future Literary Awards, Des Mannay, Grant Tarbard, Impossible Things, Jackie Hagan, Kingston University Press, Lemn Sissay, Maggie Gee, Moray Sanders, Myriad Editions, Nick Lewis, Oliver Redfern, Peter Jordan., Sanya Semakula, Suna Akiah, Tina Freeth

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Impossible Things is an anthology featuring the twelve award winning entries in the 2015 Creative

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