Chris McCabe – Sabotage

Anthology Poetry

Refracted Light: 20 Poets Respond to Jackson Mac Low’s Light Poems ed. by James Wilkes

May 8, 2015May 7, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Amy Cutler, Chris McCabe, Colin Herd, Dorothy Lehane, Edmund Hardy, Emma Bennett, Holly Pester, Inua Ellams, Jackson Mac Low, James Wilkes, Mendoza, Nat Raha, Patrick Coyle, Philip Terry, Redell Olson, Ryan Ormonde, Sarah Crewe, SJ Fowler, Sophie Mayer, Stephen Emmerson, Tamarin Norwood, Tim Atkins

– Reviewed by Ryan Ormonde – Refracted Light is a mini-anthology providing a multi-site response by 20 poets to Light Poems by Jackson

Conversation Interview

“It’s all one enormous blancmange” – an interview with S J Fowler

March 10, 2015March 16, 2015 William Barrett aesthetic malingering, Anselm Hollo, avant garde, Caroline Bergvall, Chris McCabe, Christodoulos Makris, Cia Rinne, conceptual poetry, Dylan Nyoukis, Emily Critchley, errata, Hannah Silva, Holly Pester, J.H. Prynne, James Wilkes, Jeff Hilson, Keston Sutherland, modernism, Philip Terry, Raymond Queneau, S.J. Fowler, Sean Bonney, Tamarin Norwood, The Rottweiler’s Guide to the Dog Owner, Tim Atkins, Tom Chivers, Tom Jenks, Tom Raworth

-interviewed by Will Barrett- The following interview with S J Fowler was done over email. I’ve met Steven several times

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014: Published Poetry

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 Editor 3:am, Afric McGlinchey, Bang Said the Gun!, Burning Eye Books, Charles Whalley, Chris McCabe, Cliff Hammett, Daniel Cockrill, David Coates, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Fiona Moore, Harry Man, Jane Commane, Jon Stone, Kathleen Bell, Kirsten Irving, Lisa Matthews, Maintenant, Maria Vlotides, Mercy, Nine Arches Press, Penned in the Margins, Rebecca Tamás, Red Squirrel Press, Rosie Breese, Sidekick Books, SJ Fowler, Tony Husband, W.N. Herbert

-In which Claire Trévien sums up the categories she presented at the awards- Best Poetry Pamphlet The poetry pamphlet was

Saboteur Awards 2014 flyer

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014: The Shortlist!

May 1, 2014May 25, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Against Rape, Agnes Marton, Anti-Slam, Arachne Press, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Belona Greenwood, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Cherry Potts, Chris McCabe, Colin Barrett, Daniel Cockrill, David Coates, David Rose, Donut Press, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Enemies, Fay Roberts, Fiona Moore, Galley Beggar, George Ttoouli, Grist Books, Hannah Krall, Harriette Lawler, Harry Man, Hollie McNish, Jabba Jabba, Johnny Monroe, Jon Stone, Jonathan Taylor, Kate Tempest, Kathleen Bell, Katy Darby, Kirsten Irving, Kirsten Luckins, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Lisa Matthews, Literal Fish, London Lines, Lucy Ayrton, Lynne Bryan, Maria Vlotides, Marianne Villanueva, May-Lan Tan, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Other Voices: Alternative Spoken Word, Oystercatcher, P.O.W., Pedestrian Publishing, Peirene Press, Penned in the Margins, Poems After Frida, Poems in Which, Poetry Bus, Rebecca Tamás, Red Squirrel Press, Rising, Rob Auton, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards 2014, Salt, Shindig Leicester, Sidekick Books, SJ Fowler, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, Tall Lighthouse, Tony Husband, Translating Concrete Poetry, Under the Radar, Unthank Books, Vagabondage Press, W.N. Herbert, Wayne Holloway-Smith, White Rabbit's Are You Sitting Comfortably?, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Yvonne Reddick

Vote now! The results will be announced at the Awards on 31st May, book tickets now! Over the course

Anthology Poetry

Maps & Legends: Poems to Find Your Way By, ed. Jo Bell and Jane Commane

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 Editor Alistair Noon, Angela France, Bloodaxe, Charles Boyle, Charles Whalley, Chris McCabe, Claire Crowther, David Hart, David Morley, Deborah Tyler-Bennett, Jane Commane, Jeremy Poynting, Jo Bell, Luke Kennard, Matt Nunn, Michael Schmidt, Nine Arches Press, Phil Brown, Pringles, Ruth Larbey, Salt, Simon Thirsk, Simon Turner, Tom Chivers, Tony Williams

-Reviewed by Charles Whalley– The word ‘anthology’ comes from Greek for the gathering of flowers, for putting together garlands. Maps

Anthology Collaboration Collection Conversation

Enemies: The Selected Collaborations of SJ Fowler

January 4, 2014January 4, 2014 Editor Alexander Kell, Arts Council, British Museum, Chris McCabe, Claire Potter, Dave Berridge, David Clarke, Jerwood Foundation, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Mikhail Bakhtin, Nathan Hamilton, Penned in the Margins, Roddy Lumsden, Roland Barthes, Sam Riviere, Sian Williams, SJ Fowler, Tom Jenks, Wim Wenders

-Reviewed by David Clarke– The Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin once argued that the distinguishing feature of the novel was

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

Collaboration Pamphlets Poetry

Pharmapoetica: a dispensary of poetry by Chris McCabe and Maria Vlotides

December 4, 2013December 4, 2013 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Chris McCabe, Les Murray, Maria Vlotides, Mario Petrucci, Pedestrian Publishing

-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– This unusual and beautiful book is the product of a collaboration between the poet, Chris

All of the Above Collaboration Conversation Play of Voices

‘Whitehall Jackals’ by Chris McCabe and Jeremy Reed

July 23, 2013 Editor Barry MacSweeney, Black Mountain, Chelsea, Chris McCabe, David Bowie, David Jones, Docklands, Iain Sinclair, J.H. Prynne, Jeremy Reed, London, Monet, Nine Arches Press, political poetry, psychogeography, Rolling Stones, T. S. Eliot, the New York School, Tom Raworth, Tony Blair, William Blake

-Reviewed by Billy Mills– Whitehall Jackals is a collaborative poem sequence written by Chris McCabe, a Liverpool-born, London-based poet

Anthology Saboteur Awards

‘Adventures in Form’ ed. by Tom Chivers

May 29, 2013 Editor Chris McCabe, Hannah Jane Walker, Lucy Ayrton, Paul Muldoon, Penned in the Margins, Ross Sutherland, Saboteur Awards, Tom Chivers

-Reviewed by Lucy Ayrton– Adventures in Form is a beautifully curated anthology of contemporary poets engaging strongly with form in