Jessica Traynor – Sabotage

In Your Absence book cover on blue background

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In Your Absence by Jill Penny

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 Karen Goodwin Jessica Traynor, Jill Penny, Poetry Business Competition

-Reviewed by Jessica Traynor- Winner of the Poetry Business’s International Book and Pamphlet Competition, In Your Absence is a striking

do not be lulled by the dainty starlike blossom by Rachael Matthews

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Karen Goodwin Jessica Traynor, Rachael Matthews, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Jessica Traynor- Published by The Emma Press, this attractive pamphlet was partly written during lockdown, yet the poems

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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

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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

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Computer Generated Crash Test Dummies by Graham Clifford

November 4, 2017November 5, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Computer Generated Crash Test Dummies, Graham Clifford, Jessica Traynor, The Black Light Engine Room Press

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Graham Clifford’s pamphlet, Computer Generated Crash Test Dummies, looks at traumatic life events from a

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In the Glasshouse by Helen Tookey

November 4, 2017November 4, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Happenstance, Happenstance Press, Helen Tookey, In the Glasshouse, Jessica Traynor

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Helen Tookey writes poems of mutability, poems that seek to capture the moment when

Announcement Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2017: Editor’s choice

June 15, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor Anna Percy, Butcher's Dog, Caleb Femi, Chloe Stopa-Hunt, Chris Abani, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Emma Hammond, Influx, J.R. Carpenter, Jessica Traynor, Julia Rose Lewis, Kwame Dawes, Lila Matsumoto, Lydia Towsey, Maria Ferguson, Pam Thompson, Peter Manson, Poetry on the Picket Line, Rebecca Audra Smith, Rebecca Tamás, Rowena Knight, Saboteur Awards, Sally Jack, Tony White, WORD!, Zimzalla

This year we piloted a new initiative at the Saboteur Awards, which was to include an ‘Editor’s choice’ for each

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Saboteur Awards 2017 – The Results

May 14, 2017May 14, 2017 Editor Butcher's Dog, Dead ink, Dominic Berry, Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Emma Hammond, Evidently, Freya McClements, Hollie McNish, I am not a silent poet, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Interrobang?!, Into the Void, Irish Writers Centre, Jenn Ashworth, Jessica Traynor, Maria Ferguson, Maudlin House, OWF Press, Paper Swans Press, Penned in the Margins, Peter A. White, Poetry on the Picket Line, Remembering Oluwale, Reuben Woolley, Richard Hirst, Rose Condo, Ross McCleary, saboteur awards 2017, SJ Bradley, Valley Press, Women Aloud NI, WomenXBorders, Zimzalla

It’s been another incredible year, with nearly 4,300 people voting in the second round in the hopes that their favourite

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Saboteur Awards 2017: Spotlight on the Best Reviewer Shortlist

April 21, 2017May 1, 2017 Editor best reviewer of literature, Dave Coates, Freya McClements, Greg Freeman, Indie Literature, Jessica Traynor, reviewer, Scott Manley Hadley

We continue putting the spotlight on the people and works shortlisted in this year’s Saboteur Awards. Next up is the

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Saboteur Awards 2017 – The Shortlist and Longlist

April 3, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor Adam Craig, Aliya Whiteley, And Other Stories, Blast Theory, Bunbury magazine, Burning Eye Books, Butcher's Dog, Caleb Femi, César Aira, Cinnamon Press, Dave Coates, Dead ink, Dominic Bury, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Eley Williams, Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Emma Hammond, Emma van Woerkom, Evidently, EyeCue, Fay Roberts, For Books' Sake, Freya McClements, Greg Freeman, Harry Man, Hollie McNish, Influx Press, Interrobang?!, Into the Void, Irenosen Okojie, J.R. Carpenter, Jacaranda Books, James Giddings, Jenn Ashworth, Jessica Traynor, Kevin Bateman, Lisa Luxx, Lucy Durneen, Maria Ferguson, Maudlin House, MidnightSun Publishing, OWF Press, Paper Swans Press, Paula Varjack, Penned in the Margins, Poetry Business, Reach Magazine, Read Fox Books, Richard Hirst, Rose Condo, Ross McCleary, Saboteur Awards, saboteur awards 2017, saboteur awards shortlist, Salena Godden, Scott Manley Hadley, Sidekick Books, Silhouette Press, Sophie Gainsley, Stephanie Conn, Templar, The Lonely Crowd, Tony White, Unity Words, Unsung Stories, Unthank Books, Valley Press, WORD!, Zimzalla

Nearly 2,200 people nominated in this year’s Saboteur Awards, and once again we are in awe at the variety of