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Saboteur Awards Festival: Updates and Applications

September 30, 2018October 1, 2018 Charley Barnes Birmingham, sabotage reviews, Saboteur Awards

For 2019, the Saboteur Awards will be re-locating from London and moving all the way up the literary hub of

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Editor’s Choices at the Saboteur Awards 2018: Why We Picked What We Picked

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Editor Affleck's Creative Space, Aquanauts, Art Allen, Ben Connors, Daisy Lafarge, Dancing Words, Dean Atta, Dizraeli, Eley Williams, Fair Field, Fire and Dust, Guante, Hera Lindsay Bird, Here Comes Everyone, Jackie Hagan, Jade Cuttle, Jennifer Copley, Joanna Walsh, Joy France, Kate Tempest, Laudanum Press, Malcolm Devlin, MINERVA Platform, Natalie Teitler, Penned in the Margins, Rakhshan Rizwan, Riggwelter, Sad Press, Sidekick Books, Singing Apple Press, Tate Britain, Tyrone Lewis, Vanessa Kisuule, Will Harris, zarf

Now that the results of the Saboteur Awards have long been released, we think it’s safe to let you know

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Saboteur Awards 2018: The Winners

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 Editor Saboteur Awards

After a two-day extravaganza, the winners of the Saboteur Awards 2018 were finally announced. A huge thank you to our

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Saboteur Awards Shortlist 2018: Spotlight on the Best Wildcard Category

May 3, 2018May 3, 2018 Editor Affleck's Creative Space, Afflecks, Chris Shepherd, Dr Emma Parker, Edna Welthorpe, I am not a silent poet, Joe Orton, Miss Yankey, Northern Ireland, Poetry Prescribed, Reuben Woolley, Women Aloud NI

Last but not least, our final spotlight focuses on the Best Wildcard category! Remember, you have until 9th May to

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Collaboration Saboteur Awards 

Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Collaborative Work Shortlist

April 30, 2018April 28, 2018 Editor Andrew Blair, Ben Connors, Beth Cochrane, Dan Simpson, Dean Atta, Interrobang?!, Katy Wareham Morris, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Mother's Milk Books, Poetry AF, Ricky Monahan Brown, Ross McCleary, Ruth Stacey, Sam Illingworth, Stuart A. Paterson, The Ambassador's Reeption, The Black Flamingo

The Ambassador’s Reception by Interrobang!? and Poetry AF There are three things you should know about The Ambassador’s Reception: 1. It

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Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Most Innovative Publisher Shortlist

April 29, 2018April 28, 2018 Editor 404 Ink, Bad Betty Press, Burning Eye Books, Indigot Dreams Publishing, Sidekick Books

If you’re low on inspiration of where to buy your next books, look no further than this stunner of a

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Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Show Shortlist

April 28, 2018 Editor Jackie Hagan, Jemima Foxtrot, Leyla Josephine, Live Literature, Martin Figura, spoken word show, Vanessa Kisuule

Voting on this year’s shortlist continues apace, smashing last year’s records to bits! If you haven’t voted yet, take a

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10 Great Reasons to Attend the Saboteur Awards Festival

April 24, 2018 Editor Saboteur Awards, saboteur awards festival, workshops london

We are less than a month away from the Saboteur Awards Festival (18-19th May), and while there are many, many

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Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Regular Spoken Word Night

April 24, 2018April 27, 2018 Editor Caffe Del Nino, Find the Right Words, Fire & Dust, Mind Over Matter, Verbose

Caffe Del Nino’s Spoken Word Night, Cannock I am Scarlett Ward, host of the Caffe Del Nino poetry evenings, and 25

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Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards 

Paisley by Rakhshan Rizwan

April 22, 2018April 22, 2018 Karen Goodwin Phoebe walker, Rizwan Rakhshan, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Phoebe Walker- In her debut pamphlet Paisley, Rakhsan Rizwan impresses with an alert and peripatetic poetic consciousness. Drawing

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