Chris Emslie – Sabotage

Seasonal/End of year

Published Poetry 2012: a Top 10

December 10, 2012 Editor Adelle Stripe, Agenda Poetry, Amy Key, angela topping, Antiphon, Azita Ghahreman, Caroline Crew, Cat Conway, Charles Whalley, Chris Emslie, Claire Trévien, Colette Sensier, Corrupt Press, Dan Flore III, Dan Wyke, Dancing Girl Press, Denise Saul, Éireann Lorsung, evelyn posamentier, Fuselit Contraption, Harry Giles, Ian Chung, ILK, John McGhee, Judi Sutherland, Julie Mellor, Kayo Chingonyi, Kim Moore, Lost Horse Press, Mark Burnhope, Martha Sprackland, Martina Evans, Megan Fernandes, Michèle Roberts, Nine Arches Press, Poems in Which, Poetry Translation Centre, Rack Press, Rob A. Mackenzie, Robert Peake, Rosie Shepperd, salt publishing, Sarah Crewe, Smith/Doorstop, Sophie Mayer, Suzannah Evans, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, Tony Williams, Víctor Terán

-Listed by Claire Trévien– As the end of the year approaches, it is customary to attempt round-ups of sorts. Last

Top Website for Self-Publishers Award

December 1, 2012 Editor 3:am, Afric McGlinchey, Alliance of Independent Authors, Andy Harrod, BRAG, China Miéville, Chris Emslie, Claire Askew, Claire Trévien, Dan Flore III, Dan Holloway, David Gaughran, HMTLGiant, Humphrey Astley, Ian Chung, IndiePENdents, Janet Friedman, Kate Tempest, Lindsay Buroker, Louisa Locke, Rachel Abbott, Rory O'Sullivan, Sarah Dawson, Stephen Welsh, The Creative Penn, Tori Truslow, World Literary Café

-We interrupt the usual broadcast with Claire Trévien– We were delighted to find out today that Sabotage Reviews was nominated

Blogzines Online Magazine Website

ILK #1

February 6, 2012 Editor Amanda Earl, Amy Herschleb, Caroline Crew, Chris Emslie, Christian Bök, David Raymond, Dearman McKay, Deirdre Knowles, ILK, John McGhee, Julia Cohen, M.G. Martin, Madison Langston, Mathias Svalina, Michael Koh, Molly Prentiss, Rob Macdonald, Wendy Xu

-Reviewed by John McGhee – The Canadian experimental poet Christian Bök, in his ‘fantasy about the badass-ness of poetry’ The

Magazine Online Magazine

Night and Day #3

December 8, 2011 Editor Chris Emslie, Eley Williams, Lucian Freud, Meaghan Delahunt, Neel Mukherjee, Night and Day, Philip Birch, Rachael Allen, Ria Kirby, Rob Sharp, Sigmund Freud, Stephen Grosz, Tarjei Vesaas, Toby Martinez De Las Rivas, Vintage Books

-Reviewed by Chris Emslie– This magazine, an offshoot of Vintage Books (they’re the ones who affix pretty, minimalist red-and-white covers

‘Starry Rhymes: 85 Years of Allen Ginsberg’ (edited by Claire Askew and Stephen Welsh)

October 24, 2011 Editor Allen Ginsberg, Beats, Chris Emslie, Claire Askew, Francis Wasser, Howl, Karen Head, Kevin MacNeil, Marion McCready, Michael Conley, poetry, Ryan Van Winkle, Starry Rhymes, Stephen Welsh, Suzannah Evans

-Reviewed by Chris Emslie– Best to begin honestly: I came very late to the Allen Ginsberg party. On my first look-through

‘From There To Here’ by Michael Mackmin

July 22, 2011 Editor Chris Emslie, Happenstance Press, Michael Mackmin

-Reviewed by Chris Emslie– The poems in this pamphlet are presented in the style of a gallery of paintings. From

‘What To Do’ by Kirsten Irving

July 10, 2011 Editor Agave, Aristotle, Attack of the 50 ft Woman, Bluebeard, Chris Emslie, Clifford Allen, Happenstance Press, Kirsten Irving, Leda, What to do

-Reviewed by Chris Emslie– Kirsten Irving’s What To Do is deceptively titled. The poems in this pamphlet present a series of speakers, each