The Poetry Business – Sabotage

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

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

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

Collection Poetry

The Singing and Dancing by Ann Atkinson

September 25, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Ann Atkinson, Emma Lee, The Poetry Business, The Singing and Dancing

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – The Singing and Dancing contains published and unpublished poems selected posthumously by Ann Atkinson’s daughters,

Pamphlets Poetry

Porthole by David Borrott

September 7, 2015September 7, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Anja Konig, Carol Ann Duffy, David Borrott, Laureate's Choice Pamphlets, Porthole, The Poetry Business

– Reviewed by Anja Konig – Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy as one of four ‘Laureate’s Choice‘ pamphlets for The Poetry Business, Porthole

Pamphlets Poetry

Those People by Paul Stephenson

August 6, 2015September 14, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Anthony Costello, Ben Wilkinson, Billy Collins, Carol Ann Duffy, Ed Reiss, Jack Underwood, Paul Stephenson, Sam Riviere, Simon Armitage, The Poetry Business, Those People

– Reviewed by Anthony Costello – Those People recently won the Poetry Business Competition, one of the premier pamphlet competitions in the

Pamphlets Poetry

Three Dragon Day by David Tait

June 30, 2015June 27, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter David Tait, Jennifer Wong, Poetry Business Competition, The Poetry Business, Three Dragon Day

– Reviewed by Jennifer Wong – In remarkably original and lyrical language, David Tait’s Three Dragon Day reveals customs and social inequalities