Verve Poetry Festival, 16-19th February 2017

-Reviewed by Nina Lewis– I love poetry festivals, this new one promised a marked difference. One of the leading principles of

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The Emma Press Anthology of Age edited by Sarah Hesketh

– Reviewed by Angela Topping – The Emma Press Anthology of Age is not so much about the problems of being

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The Emma Press Anthology of Dance edited by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Poetry anthologies can sometimes seem like publications without a market. Some poetry readers take a slightly

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Campaign In Poetry ed. by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

– Reviewed by Sohini Basak – Strikingly, the poems in Campaign in Poetry are as much about contesting lack of concern about democracy as

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The Emma Press Anthology of Motherhood and The Emma Press Anthology of Fatherhood

-Reviewed by Angela Topping– Parenthood has been an enduring subject throughout the history of poetry. It is good to see

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Homesickness and Exile ed. by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright

-Reviewed by Steve Nash– Homesickness and Exile, the latest anthology from The Emma Press, takes Ovid’s exile to Tomis on

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