Simon Barraclough

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

Anthology Poetry

Asterism: An anthology of poems inspired by punctuation ed. by Tiffany Anne Tondut

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Amy Key, Asterism: An anthology of poems inspired by punctuation, Camellia Stafford, Edward Venning, Hannah Lowe, Harry Mann, Jennifer Edgecombe, Jon Stone, Julia Bird, Laudanum, Philip Terry, punctuation, Simon Barraclough, Tiffany Anne Tondut

– Reviewed by Jennifer Edgecombe – An Asterism ⁂, as well as being the word for a pattern of stars

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

Anthology Collaboration Poetry

Laboratorio ed. by Simon Barraclough

August 5, 2015August 4, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Collaborations, Julia Gaudelli, Laboratorio, Matt Hills, science, Sidekick Books, Simon Barraclough, Tom Kitching

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – Simon Barraclough spent a year visiting UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratories in Surrey in 2014. Some

Collection Poetry

Sunspots by Simon Barraclough

April 20, 2015April 19, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Anja Konig, Penned in the Margins, Simon Barraclough, Sunspots

– Reviewed by Anja Konig – The sun is a playful star in Simon Barraclough’s Sunspots, his third full collection:

Poetry Seasonal/End of year

The Sabotage Reviews top 10 of (published) poetry this year

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Alana Tomlin, Alex Campbell, Ananya S Guha, angela topping, Anna Selby, Billy Mills, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Chris McCabe, Chris Pusateri, Chrissy Williams, David Clarke, dean, Diane Marie, Emma Wright, Freke Räihä, Harry Giles, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Helen ivory, Isobel Dixon, James Bunting, Jennifer Edgecombe, Kate Birch, Laura Seymour, Linda Black, Lindsey Holland, Mark Burnhope, Mark Goodwin, Paul McMenemy, Rachel Piercey, Rebecca Tamás, Rosie Breese, Sam Riviere, Sarah Crewe, Sarah Hymas, Simon Barraclough, Sophie Mayer, Stephen Emmerson, The Emma Press

-Compiled by Claire Trévien– Tis the seasons for lists and we don’t like feeling left out. So, as is our

Pamphlets Play of Voices

‘The Debris Field’ by Simon Barraclough, Isobel Dixon and Chris McCabe

May 1, 2013 Editor Chris McCabe, David Clarke, Isobel Dixon, Jack Wake-Walker, Oli Barrett, Roy Baker, Sidekick Books, Simon Barraclough, Slavoj Žižek, The Debris Field, Thomas Hardy, Titanic

-Reviewed by David Clarke– The Atlantic liner Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 with the

Spoken Word

Beaconsfield Reading Series – Poetry and Wine 23/11/2011

February 15, 2012 Editor Claire Trévien, Dan Holloway, James Webster, Jill Wallis, Laila Sumpton, Simon Barraclough

-reviewed by James Webster– @ Royal Standard of England There’s something wonderfully quaint about Claire Trévien’s Beaconsfield based poetry night.

Anthology

‘The Art of Wiring’

November 21, 2011 Editor Christopher Reid, Costa Prize, Isobel Dixon, Liane Strauss, Luke Heeley, Ondt & Gracehopper, Roisin Tierney, Rosie Breese, Simon Barraclough

-Reviewed by Rosie Breese– The Art of Wiring is published by Costa-prize-winning poet Christopher Reid’s imprint Ondt & Gracehoper. Inside,

Pamphlets

‘Bonjour Tetris’ by Simon Barraclough

November 9, 2011 Editor Bonjour Tetris, Don Paterson, Games, Hiroshima, Jules et Jim, Larkin, Mark Burnhope, Nagasaki, National Poetry Day, Nintendo, Paul Muldoon, Penned in the Margins, Peter Didsbury, Simon Barraclough, T. S. Eliot

– Reviewed by Mark Burnhope– This year’s National Poetry Day had the theme of ‘Games.’ So it feels apt