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Rosary of Ghosts by Grant Tarbard

January 6, 2018January 5, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter David Mitchell, Grant Tarbard, Indigo Dreams, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Indigo Dreams Publishing

– Reviewed by David Mitchell – Grant Tarbard returns with this new pamphlet, Rosary of Ghosts. The collection follows him

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Later There Will Be Postcards by Claire Booker

May 31, 2017May 28, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Claire Booker, Grant Tarbard, Green Bottle Press, Later There Will Be Postcards

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Later There Will Be Postcards is Claire Booker’s debut pamphlet, published by Green Bottle Press. It

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ju ju baby by Caroline Carver

March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Caroline Carver, Grant Tarbard, Indigo Dreams, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Indigo Dreams Publishing, ju ju baby

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Caroline Carver’s poems are woven with fine threads, without pomp, but with vulnerability and tempestuous

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Loneliness Is the Machine that Drives the World by Grant Tarbard

March 5, 2017March 5, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Grant Tarbard, Humphrey Astley, Loneliness Is the Machine that Drives the World, Platypus Press

– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – As this short collection’s title – Loneliness Is the Machine that Drives the World – suggests,

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Your Attempt to Enjoy These Poems is Considered Unsatisfactory by Gary from Leeds

November 21, 2016November 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Gary from Leeds, Grant Tarbard, Listen Softly London, Spoken Word

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – “Are you not entertained?” hollers this collection from Gary from Leeds, the nomenclature of

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The Dogs That Chase Bicycle Wheels by Ilse Pedler

September 14, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Grant Tarbard, Ilse Pedler, The Dogs That Chase Bicycle Wheels

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Someone asked me the other day, “do you like dogs?” as I was sitting

Kaleidoscope by Laura Taylor

August 6, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Flapjack Press, Grant Tarbard, Kaleidoscope, Laura Taylor

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Laura Taylor was born into a working-class family, and her whole body of work in

Ghost of the Fisher Cat by Afric McGlinchey

August 3, 2016August 10, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Afric McGlinchey, Ghost of the Fisher Cat, Grant Tarbard, Paris, Salmon Poetry

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Galway-born Afric McGlinchey has been far and wide and I can smell the adventure in Ghost

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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

Goose Fair Night by Kathy Pimlott

June 15, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Clare Pollard, Goose Fair Night, Grant Tarbard, Kathy Pimlott, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – Kathy Pimlott grew up in Radford, Nottingham under the yellow-fingered dusk of the Player’s