The Poetry Business

Pamper Me to Hell & Back by Hera Lindsay Bird

– Reviewed by Becky Varley–Winter – In Pamper Me to Hell & Back, Hera Lindsay Bird keeps running through wildflowers and

Pamphlets Poetry

Guppy Primer by Ruth McIlroy

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Guppy Primer, Ian Duhig, Mimi Khalvati, Penny Boxall, Ruth McIlroy, The Poetry Business

– Reviewed by Penny Boxall – Ruth McIlroy’s 2017-Poetry-Business-competition-winning pamphlet, Guppy Primer, is a game of many halves. While mathematics

Pamphlets Poetry

The Infinite Knot by Josephine Abbott

February 18, 2018February 24, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Ian Duhig, John Mee, Josephine Abbott, Mimi Khalvati, The Infinite Knot, The Poetry Business

– Reviewed by John Mee – In The Infinite Knot, Josephine Abbott writes compellingly about loss and incomprehension, nature and

Pamphlets Poetry

Broken Cities by Katy Evans-Bush

January 19, 2018 Karen Goodwin Angelina D'Roza, Katy Evans-Bush, The Poetry Business

-Reviewed by Angelina D’Roza- Broken Cities by Katy Evans-Bush was one of the winners in this year’s Poetry Business International Pamphlet

Pamphlets Poetry

Dora Incites the Sea-Scribbler to Lament by Geraldine Clarkson

May 30, 2017May 28, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Carol Ann Duffy, Dora Incites the Sea-Scribbler to Lament, Geraldine Clarkson, Laureate's Choice Pamphlets, Sarah Hymas, Smith Doorstop, The Poetry Business

– Reviewed by Sarah Hymas – Dora Incites the Sea-Scribbler to Lament, one of the latest round of laureate’s choices

Pamphlets Poetry

Spitting Distance by Mark Pajak

May 28, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Carol Ann Duffy, Laureate's Choice Pamphlets, Mark Pajak, Penny Boxall, Smith Doorstop, Spitting Distance, The Poetry Business

– Reviewed by Penny Boxall – Mark Pajak’s debut pamphlet, Spitting Distance, is somewhat like the Tardis. The assemblage of 19 poems

Poetry

Jam by Cliff Yates

August 9, 2016July 31, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Cliff Yates, Jam, Smith Doorstop, Stephen Payne, The Poetry Business

– Reviewed by Stephen Payne – For once, I agree enthusiastically with a cover blurb: “The poems are moving, surprising

Pamphlets Poetry

Fossil Record by Wayne Price

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Fossil Record, Smith Doorstop, Stephen Payne, The Poetry Business, Wayne Price

– Reviewed by Stephen Payne – The fossil record comprises rare, fortuitously preserved remnants of ancient animals and plants, providing

Poetry

Boukhara and Honoured by Yvonne Green

December 20, 2015December 19, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Angelina D'Roza, Boukhara, Honoured, Smith/Doorstop, The Poetry Business, Yvonne Green

– Reviewed by Angelina D’Roza – Yvonne Green won the Poetry Business Book & Pamphlet Competition in 2007 with her

Collection Poetry

The Stonegate Devil by Carole Bromley

October 27, 2015October 25, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Carole Bromley, Grant Tarbard, The Poetry Business, The Stonegate Devil

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – The Stonegate Devil is Carole Bromley’s second full collection, alongside A Guided Tour of the