Kirsten Irving – Sabotage

Collection Poetry Uncategorized

Bad Kid Catullus edited by Jon Stone and Kirsten Irving

January 10, 2019January 11, 2019 Karen Goodwin Fiona Moore, Headbooks, Jon Stone, Kirsten Irving, Sidekick Books

-Reviewed by Fiona Moore- If you read this book on public transport, you may miss your stop. If you let

Anthology Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Anthology Shortlist

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Editor Daniel Sluman, Deborah Alma, Fair Acre Press, Isabelle Kenyon, jay dodd, Jon Stone, Khairani Barokka, Kirsten Irving, MIND, Nine Arches Press, Platypus Press, Sandra Alland, Sidekick Books

There’s still time to vote for your favourites in this year’s Saboteur Awards. In the meantime, discover the anthology shortlist

Pamphlets Poetry Uncategorized

Cold Fire: Poetry inspired by David Bowie edited by Alex Bell and John Canfield

August 18, 2017October 21, 2017 Karen Goodwin Abigail Parry, Alex Bell, Amy Key, Charles Whalley, Chrissy Williams, Dai George, Francine Elena, Jane Yeh, Jemima Foxtrot, John Canfield, Jon Stone, Julia Bird, Kirsten Irving, Luke Kennard, Mark Waldron, Melissa Lee-Houghton, Niall O'Sullivan, Rishi Dastidar, Simon Barraclough, The Rialto

-Reviewed by Charles Whalley– In the 1973 concert captured on film for the documentary Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from

All of the Above Seasonal/End of year

Poetry Round-Up 2014

December 24, 2014December 24, 2014 Editor Alex Josephy, Alice Allen, Amy Ekins, Andrew Walton, angela topping, Annexe, Antoine Wauters, Billy Mills, Box[Ed.], Burning Eye Books, C.A. LaRue, Cecilia Bennett, Charles Whalley, Claire Trévien, Cliff Hammett, Daniel Hales, David Attwooll, David Clarke, Declan Ryan, Denise Saul, Dorothy Lehane, Eley Williams, Fawzia Kane, Flarestack Poets, FlightFeather Press, For Books' Sake, Forks and Spoons Press, Frances Justine Post, George Szirtes, Germ, Hamish Whyte, Happenstance Press, Harry Burke, Harry Giles, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Hercules Editions, Holly Corfield Carr, Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi, Ira Lightman, James Mcloughlin, Janet Stott, Jean-Baptiste Cabaud, Jehanne Dubrow, John Clegg, John McGhee, Jon Stone, Keiran Goddard, Kevin Reid, Kirsten Irving, Leah Umansky, Lily Blacksell, Lindsay Lusby, Literal Fish, Maria Taylor, Maria Walker, Matthew Walton, Miel, Milou Stella, Morgane Rémy, Nasty Little Press, Noni Benegas, Oystercatcher Press, Oz Hardwick, Paige Taggart, Penny Boxall, Peter Riley, Pighog Press, Poetry Salzburg, Rachael Allen, Rebecca Tamás, Richie McCaffery, Rishi Dastidar, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards, Sam Riviere, Sarah Hymas, SJ Fowler, Steve Nash, Sue Rose, Tall Lighthouse, Tapsalteerie, Telltale Press, Thamesis, The Bastille, The Emma Press, The Knives, Tom de Freston, Tom Watts, Victoria Bean, Vsevolod Nekrasov, W.N. Herbert, Yu Xiang

-by Claire Trévien- It’s been a busy year for published poetry over at Sabotage Reviews, we’ve reviewed in the last

Magazine Poetry

Lunar Poetry #1

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 Editor Bob Beagrie, Catherine Ann Cullen, Claire Trévien, D. S. West, David Clarke, David Grubb, Doghouse Books, Fanni Suto, Gary from Leeds, Gene Berry, Godefroy Dronsart, Hugh McMillan, Kirsten Irving, Lesley Burt, Lunar Poetry, Magdalena Wolak, Martyn Crucefix, Mary O Gorman, Paul McMenemy, Tim Wells, Wynn Wheldon, Zara Raab

-Reviewed by Zara Raab– Lunar Poetry earns its name in this first issue, full of tunes and nonsense, word play

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014: Published Poetry

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 Editor 3:am, Afric McGlinchey, Bang Said the Gun!, Burning Eye Books, Charles Whalley, Chris McCabe, Cliff Hammett, Daniel Cockrill, David Coates, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Fiona Moore, Harry Man, Jane Commane, Jon Stone, Kathleen Bell, Kirsten Irving, Lisa Matthews, Maintenant, Maria Vlotides, Mercy, Nine Arches Press, Penned in the Margins, Rebecca Tamás, Red Squirrel Press, Rosie Breese, Sidekick Books, SJ Fowler, Tony Husband, W.N. Herbert

-In which Claire Trévien sums up the categories she presented at the awards- Best Poetry Pamphlet The poetry pamphlet was

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014 – Results!

June 1, 2014June 15, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Against Rape, Burning Eye Books, Cherry Potts, Daniel Cockrill, Donut Press, Fiona Moore, Galley Beggar, George Ttoouli, Hanna Krall, JibbaJabba, Jon Stone, Julia Bird, Kate Tempest, Katy Darby, Kirsten Irving, Kirsten Luckins, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Lisa Matthews, Literal Fish, London Lines, May-Lan Tan, Michelle McGrane, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Penned in the Margins, Pereine Press, Poems in Which, Saboteur Awards, Sidekick Books, Sophia Walker, Sophie Mayer, Steve Nash, Tony Husband, Under the Radar, W.N. Herbert, Weird Lies, Yvonne Reddick

For a more in-depth account of each awards, click here for poetry, here for fiction, and here for performances! You can

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014 – 31st May

May 29, 2014 Editor Allographic Press, Andrew Wynn Owen, Arachne Press, Ashley Stokes, Bare Fiction, Dan Holloway, David Clarke, Emily Cleaver, Fay Roberts, Flarestack Poets, Florence O'Mahoney, Hesterglock Press, Jacqueline Saphra, Jenni Pascoe, Jericho Tavern, JibbaJabba, John Clegg, Kate Garrett, Kiran Millwood-Hargrave, Kirsten Irving, Lucy Ayrton, Lyndsay Waller-Wilkinson, May-Lan Tan, Nichola Deane, Nine Arches Press, Oxford, Pankhearst, Paul Hawkins, Peirene Press, Rising, Rose Drew, Rowena Knight, Saboteur Awards 2014, Stairwell Books, Steve Nash, Stewed Rhubarb Press, The Emma Press, Thomas McColl, Tim Wells, Tina Sederholm, Unthank Books, William Thirsk-Gaskill

On Saturday 31st May, at Oxford’s Jericho Tavern, we will be announcing the results of the public vote for this

Collaboration Pamphlets Poetry

Riotous by Kirsten Irving and Jon Stone (poems) and Cliff Hammett (illustrations)

May 20, 2014May 19, 2014 Editor Cliff Hammett, David Coates, Elizabeth Bishop, Jon Stone, Kirsten Irving, Rudyard Kipling, Sidekick Books, Ted Hughes

-Reviewed by David Coates– Riotous is a curiously off-kilter little number, written collaboratively by Sidekick Books editors Kirsten Irving and

Saboteur Awards 2014 flyer

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014: The Shortlist!

May 1, 2014May 25, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Against Rape, Agnes Marton, Anti-Slam, Arachne Press, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Belona Greenwood, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Cherry Potts, Chris McCabe, Colin Barrett, Daniel Cockrill, David Coates, David Rose, Donut Press, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Enemies, Fay Roberts, Fiona Moore, Galley Beggar, George Ttoouli, Grist Books, Hannah Krall, Harriette Lawler, Harry Man, Hollie McNish, Jabba Jabba, Johnny Monroe, Jon Stone, Jonathan Taylor, Kate Tempest, Kathleen Bell, Katy Darby, Kirsten Irving, Kirsten Luckins, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Lisa Matthews, Literal Fish, London Lines, Lucy Ayrton, Lynne Bryan, Maria Vlotides, Marianne Villanueva, May-Lan Tan, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Other Voices: Alternative Spoken Word, Oystercatcher, P.O.W., Pedestrian Publishing, Peirene Press, Penned in the Margins, Poems After Frida, Poems in Which, Poetry Bus, Rebecca Tamás, Red Squirrel Press, Rising, Rob Auton, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards 2014, Salt, Shindig Leicester, Sidekick Books, SJ Fowler, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, Tall Lighthouse, Tony Husband, Translating Concrete Poetry, Under the Radar, Unthank Books, Vagabondage Press, W.N. Herbert, Wayne Holloway-Smith, White Rabbit's Are You Sitting Comfortably?, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Yvonne Reddick

Vote now! The results will be announced at the Awards on 31st May, book tickets now! Over the course