‘March and After’ by Jon Mitchell
-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– In the wake of Japan’s most powerful earthquake since records began, Welsh poet Jon Mitchell batters
Read moreTwo Nine Arches Press Pamphlets by Deborah Tyler-Bennett and Angela France
-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– Mytton…Dyer…Sweet Billy Gibson by Deborah Tyler-Bennett focuses on character portraits of three eccentrics from the eighteenth to the
Read more‘Previous Vertigos’ by Nina Karacosta, ‘Betwixt’ by Jennifer K. Dick (Corrupt Press)
-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– Innovation in poetry is resisted more in the West than it is in the States, so Dylan
Read more‘Shad Thames, Broken Wharf’ by Chris McCabe
-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– Shad Thames, Broken Wharf is a commissioned play, or script for a short film, written by Chris
Read more‘I Sing of Bricks’ by Angela Topping & ‘Erec & Enide’ by Amy De’ath
-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– These two poets inhabit entirely different worlds, not just because they come from different generations, but in
Read moreCake #2 – The Carrot Cake Issue
-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– While the title of this tri-annual journal might be ‘cute’, (I reviewed the ‘carrot cake’ issue
Read more‘Cloud Pibroch’ by James McGonigal
-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– Poetry is a matter of personal taste, of course. This pamphlet, McGonigal’s third, appeals to me because
Read moreSaboteur Awards
Below is a brief history of previous awards. The Saboteur Awards have been running since 2011. Originally started to celebrate
Read more‘The Thief’ by Gill Andrews
-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– Gill Andrews delivers a lightness of touch in her chapbook, The Thief, which opens with a
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