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Message in a Bottle #23

May 18, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter angela topping, Dance, Emma Lee, Fiona Sinclair, Jyothsna Phanija, Kate Venables, Message in a Bottle, Neil Fulwood, Paul Bavister, Richard Hughes, Shanta Acharya

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – Message in a Bottle (edited by Fiona Sinclair) is a welcoming, accessible quarterly poetry magazine

All of the Above Seasonal/End of year

Poetry Round-Up 2014

December 24, 2014December 24, 2014 Editor Alex Josephy, Alice Allen, Amy Ekins, Andrew Walton, angela topping, Annexe, Antoine Wauters, Billy Mills, Box[Ed.], Burning Eye Books, C.A. LaRue, Cecilia Bennett, Charles Whalley, Claire Trévien, Cliff Hammett, Daniel Hales, David Attwooll, David Clarke, Declan Ryan, Denise Saul, Dorothy Lehane, Eley Williams, Fawzia Kane, Flarestack Poets, FlightFeather Press, For Books' Sake, Forks and Spoons Press, Frances Justine Post, George Szirtes, Germ, Hamish Whyte, Happenstance Press, Harry Burke, Harry Giles, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Hercules Editions, Holly Corfield Carr, Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi, Ira Lightman, James Mcloughlin, Janet Stott, Jean-Baptiste Cabaud, Jehanne Dubrow, John Clegg, John McGhee, Jon Stone, Keiran Goddard, Kevin Reid, Kirsten Irving, Leah Umansky, Lily Blacksell, Lindsay Lusby, Literal Fish, Maria Taylor, Maria Walker, Matthew Walton, Miel, Milou Stella, Morgane Rémy, Nasty Little Press, Noni Benegas, Oystercatcher Press, Oz Hardwick, Paige Taggart, Penny Boxall, Peter Riley, Pighog Press, Poetry Salzburg, Rachael Allen, Rebecca Tamás, Richie McCaffery, Rishi Dastidar, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards, Sam Riviere, Sarah Hymas, SJ Fowler, Steve Nash, Sue Rose, Tall Lighthouse, Tapsalteerie, Telltale Press, Thamesis, The Bastille, The Emma Press, The Knives, Tom de Freston, Tom Watts, Victoria Bean, Vsevolod Nekrasov, W.N. Herbert, Yu Xiang

-by Claire Trévien- It’s been a busy year for published poetry over at Sabotage Reviews, we’ve reviewed in the last

Collection Poetry

Letting Go by Angela Topping

November 12, 2014 Editor angela topping, Cecil Day-Lewis, Emma Lee, Mother's Milk Books

-Reviewed by Emma Lee– The title is from a Cecil Day-Lewis quote: ‘How selfhood begins with a walking away, /

Anthology Poetry

The Emma Press Anthology of Motherhood and The Emma Press Anthology of Fatherhood

November 3, 2014October 31, 2014 Editor Alan Buckley, angela topping, Carole Bromley, Carolyn Jess Cooke, Clare Pollard, Deborah Alma, Emma Wright, Hilary Gilmore, Hugh Dunkerley, Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi, Jacqueline Saphra, Kathryn Simmonds, Liz Berry, Martin Malone, May Swenson, Oliver Comins, Rachel Piercey, Sarah Hirsch, Stephanie Arsoska, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Angela Topping– Parenthood has been an enduring subject throughout the history of poetry. It is good to see

Pamphlets Poetry

The Last Walking Stick Factory by David Hale

April 3, 2014April 2, 2014 Editor angela topping, David Hale, Happenstance Press

-Reviewed by Angela Topping– The Last Walking Stick Factory is Hale’s first pamphlet of poems, yet there is a feeling

Collaboration Pamphlets Poetry

The Lightfoot Letters by Angela Topping

February 4, 2014December 20, 2015 Editor angela topping, Erbacce Press, Maria Walker, Stanza Festival

-Reviewed by David Clarke– The coincidence which was the starting-point for Angela Topping’s collaboration with textile artist Maria Walker, the

Poetry Seasonal/End of year

The Sabotage Reviews top 10 of (published) poetry this year

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Alana Tomlin, Alex Campbell, Ananya S Guha, angela topping, Anna Selby, Billy Mills, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Chris McCabe, Chris Pusateri, Chrissy Williams, David Clarke, dean, Diane Marie, Emma Wright, Freke Räihä, Harry Giles, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Helen ivory, Isobel Dixon, James Bunting, Jennifer Edgecombe, Kate Birch, Laura Seymour, Linda Black, Lindsey Holland, Mark Burnhope, Mark Goodwin, Paul McMenemy, Rachel Piercey, Rebecca Tamás, Rosie Breese, Sam Riviere, Sarah Crewe, Sarah Hymas, Simon Barraclough, Sophie Mayer, Stephen Emmerson, The Emma Press

-Compiled by Claire Trévien– Tis the seasons for lists and we don’t like feeling left out. So, as is our

Anthology Poetry Seasonal/End of year

Twelve Slanted Poems for Christmas (ed. by Helen Ivory and Kate Birch)

December 3, 2013 Editor Andrea Holland, angela topping, Bethany W. Pope, Bobby Parker, Candlestick Press, Carol Ann Duffy, Carrie Etter, Doctor Who, George Szirtes, Helen ivory, Ink Sweat and Tears, Ira Lightman, Julia Webb, Kate Birch, Luke Wright, Moniza Alvi, Penelope Shuttle, Tim Turnbull, W.N. Herbert, William Morris

-Reviewed by Angela Topping– Twelved Slanted Poems for Christmas is the very first publication by the popular webzine, Ink Sweat

Object Pamphlets Poetry

Sea-Creatures by Sarah Hymas

November 21, 2013November 20, 2013 Editor angela topping, David Morley, Deryn Rees-Jones, Sarah Hymas, self published, self-publishing

-Reviewed by Angela Topping– This small hand-stitched rectangular pamphlet is a delightful blending of design and poetry, which work together perfectly.

Anthology

‘Not on our green belt’ (ed. Lindsey Holland)

August 23, 2013 Editor Alec Newman, Alyson Hallett, Andrew Forster, angela topping, Brian Wake, Cathy Bryant, Geraldine Monk, Ira Lightman, Lettie McKie, Lindsey Holland, Northwest poets, Polly Atkins, Sarah Hymes, Sarah James, Valerie Laws

-Reviewed by Lettie Mckie– ‘A selection of Britain’s best contemporary poets united against green belt development’ Traditionally poetry and political