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Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards

Nothing Here is Wild, Everything is Open by Tania Hershman

August 11, 2016August 10, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter angela topping, Fool For Poetry Chapbook Prize, Nothing Here is Wild Everything is Open, Saboteur Awards 2016, Southword Editions, Tania Hershman

– Reviewed by Angela Topping – I first encountered Hershman’s work as a short story writer published by Salt. She

Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards

The Density of Salt by Kate Garrett

July 30, 2016July 31, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Grant Tarbard, Kate Garrett, Saboteur Awards 2016, The Density of Salt

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Kate Garrett, born in Ohio, has lived most of her adult life as a bona fide Sheffield

Object Poetry Saboteur Awards

Alchemy by Abi Palmer

July 30, 2016December 3, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Abi Palmer, Alchemy, Bethany W. Pope, Saboteur Awards 2016, Shindig

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope – Abi Palmer’s Alchemy was the winner of this year’s Saboteur Awards’ ‘Wildcard’ category

Filled with Ghosts Karen Little

Novella Saboteur Awards

Filled With Ghosts by Karen Little

May 29, 2016May 30, 2016 dj4twinx Elizabeth Smart, Filled With Ghosts, Karen Little, Onion Custard Publishing, Saboteur Awards 2016, Sarah Gonnet

-Reviewed by Sarah Gonnet– Karen Little writes characters with a surface oddness. Whether they are floridly psychotic or merely displaying

Children's Children Jan Carson

Collection Saboteur Awards

Children’s Children by Jan Carson

May 29, 2016May 26, 2016 dj4twinx Bon Jovi, Chicken Run, Children's Children, Jan Carson, Liberties Press, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards 2016

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– Two of the short stories in Jan Carson’s collection Children’s Children serve as handy examples

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards – The Results!

May 28, 2016May 30, 2016 Editor Saboteur Awards

After over a 4000 votes, these are our winner! Scroll down for a break-down of each category, including runner ups.

Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards

Deerhart by Yvonne Reddick

May 22, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Deerhart, Grant Tarbard, kfs, Nature, saboteur 2016, Saboteur Awards, Seamus Heaney, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, Yvonne Reddick

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – I am writing this review in the corpse of the night, so let’s rip through

Interactive Literature Live Literature Saboteur Awards

Meet the artist: Sophie Fenella

May 16, 2016May 16, 2016 Editor Dynamite Commission, Saboteur Awards, Sophie Fenella

Sophie Fenella was the winner of our inaugural Dynamite commission and will be performing her poetry installation ‘The Archive’ at

Anthology Saboteur Awards

Spotlight on the Best Anthology Shortlist

May 15, 2016May 25, 2016 Editor Abegail Morley, Catherine Smith, Chrissy Williams, Dan Coxon, Emer Gillespie, Joy Lane Publishing, Open Pen, Paper Swans Press, Sean Preston, Sidekick Books, Tangent Books, Tom Humberstone

Here is our final spotlight, last but not least! If you haven’t voted yet, be sure to do so soon

Saboteur Awards

Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Show Shortlist

May 14, 2016May 25, 2016 Editor Agnes Török, Andrew Graves, Jemima Foxtrot, Lucy Allan, Luke Wright, Sophia Walker, The Mulletproof Poet

We’re getting to the end of these spotlights, if the information below doesn’t make you want to book tickets to