Sphere (Are We Where We Are?, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 8 Nov 2018)
reviewed by Stella Backhouse According to Roland Barthes (in a quote I can’t seem to locate, but it sounds like
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Are We Where We Are #7/8, (Stephanie Ridings and Cristina Catalina, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, 11 October 2018)
review by Stella Backhouse According to a recent survey by pollsters ORB International, “people are disgruntled with the protracted Brexit
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Seal Wife by Kitty Coles
-Reviewed by Charlie Baylis- Kitty Coles is a Surrey based poet and joint winner of the 2016 Indigo Dreams Poetry
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Not the Usual Review: Discount Sticker Printing
We interrupt our usual stream of indie literature reviews to give a plug to Discount Sticker Printing, who sponsored the Saboteur
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Image Junkie by Pauline Yarwood
-Reviewed by Stephen Payne- Pauline Yarwood’s poems are unshowy, they don’t overreach for poetry. They frequently move me, and make
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Trial by Scar by Deborah Turnbull
-Reviewed by Jade Cuttle- Trial By Scar (Eyewear) turns poison into medicine. It’s a task that recalls the work of
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She Grrrowls ed. by Carmina Masoliver
-Reviewed by Emma Lee- This anthology, edited by Carmina Masoliver, features ten poets who have performed at She Grrrowls in
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Glass as Broken Glass by Martha Sprackland
-Reviewed by Elizabeth Rimmer- Even by pamphlet standards this is a very short collection, there are only eight poems. This
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Rapture by Roisin Kelly
-Reviewed by Humphrey Astley- There’s no getting around it: ‘rapture’ is a loaded word, drawing a direct line back to
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Cold Fire: Poetry inspired by David Bowie edited by Alex Bell and John Canfield
-Reviewed by Charles Whalley– In the 1973 concert captured on film for the documentary Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from
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