Hannah Silva – Sabotage

Conversation Interview

“Go, go, go said the bird”: Hannah Silva in conversation with Alan Alpenfelt of Human Kind Records

April 18, 2018April 16, 2018 Editor Alan Alpenfelt, Elfriede Jelinek, Hannah Silva, Human Kind Records, Julian Sartorius, Luca Martegano, sound poetry, Tomomi Adachi, Zeno Gabaglio

Go, go, go said the bird: human kind Cannot bear very much reality. Time past and time future What might

Festival Spoken Word

Verve Poetry Festival, 16-19th February 2017

March 25, 2017 Editor Amerah Saleh, Anna Freeman, Anthony Anaxagorou, Bernhard Christianssen, Bethany Slinn, Bohdan Piasecki, Charley Genever, Clive Birnie, Cynthia Miller, Daljit Nagra, Dean Atta, Deanna Rodger, Emma Wright, Fran Lock, Hannah Silva, Helen Mort, Hibaq Osman, Isobel Dixon, Jane Commane, Jess Green, Jonathan Davidson, Kareem Parkins-Brown, Katrina Naomi, Kim Moore, Luke Kennard, Mona Arshi, Nina Lewis, Raymond Antrobus, Richard O'Brien, Roz Goddard, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sarah Howe, Skye Hawkins, Spoken Word, Stuart Bartholomew, Susannah Dickie, Toby Campion, Vanessa Kisuule, Verve Poetry Festival, Waterstones

-Reviewed by Nina Lewis– I love poetry festivals, this new one promised a marked difference. One of the leading principles of

Saboteur Awards Seasonal/End of year

Saboteur Awards 2015: Best Spoken Word Show, Regular Spoken Word Night, Spoken Word Performer, and One Off Event

June 2, 2015 websterpoet 2001: A Space Ode and Ditty, Bad Language, Bang Said the Gun!, Can't Care Won't Care, Chimene Suleyman, Colin Davies, Dan Cockrill, Ella Gainsborough, Evidently, Fat Roland, Hannah Silva, Heart Poems for Children’s Heart Week, Henry Raby, Hollie McNish, Holly Corfield Carr, Jackie Hagan, James Webster, Jo Bell, JP Daly, Kieren King, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston, MINE, OE by Max Barton, Oz Hardwick, Project U, Rebecca Goss, Ross Sutherland, Say Owt Slam, Schlock!, Some People Have Too Many Legs, Sophia Walker, Standby for Tape Backup, Stu Freestone, The 52 Project, Unthank Books, Words and Women

– In which James Webster sums up Best Spoken Word Show, Regular Spoken Word Night, Spoken Word Performer, and One

Saboteur Awards Spoken Word

Saboteur Awards: Best Spoken Word Show

May 17, 2015May 26, 2015 Editor Colin Davies, Hannah Silva, Jackie Hagan, Ross Sutherland, Sophia Walker

This month, we will showcase each of the works shortlisted in the Saboteur Awards by category. Next up: best spoken

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

Anthology Poetry

The Forward Book of Poetry 2014

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 Editor Andrea Brady, Anne Askew, Beatrice Garland, Carolyn Forché, Charles Whalley, Colette Bryce, Daniel Boon, David Harsent, Hannah Silva, Hugo Williams, Jeremy Paxman, John Burnside, Kevin Powers, Liz Berry, Rosie Breese, SJ Fowler, Steve Ely

-Reviewed by Rosie Breese– Any anthology claiming, as The Forward Book of Poetry does, to provide readers with ‘a strong