Liars’ League – Sabotage

Spotlight on the Best Regular Spoken Word Night Shortlist

May 6, 2016May 25, 2016 Editor Bad Language, best regular spoken word night, Evidently, Liars' League, Loud Poets, saboteur 2016, Saboteur Awards, spotlight, Stanzas

It’s hard to resist taking on a sports’ commentator’s persona when putting the spotlight on these nights: What a list!

Saboteur Awards Uncategorized

The Shortlist for the Saboteur Awards 2016

May 1, 2016May 13, 2016 Editor A Lovely Word, Abi Palmer, Ad Hoc Fiction, Adam Horovitz, Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Agnes Török, Alison Lang, Alistair Noon, And Other Stories, Andrew Wynn Owen, Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves, Anthony Fisher, Arcadia Missa, Ash Dickinson, Ashley Lister, Bad Language, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Becky Cherriman, Ben Wilkinson, Bethany W. Pope, Bill Jones, Blackstaff Press, BlueSCI, Bottle of Smoke Press, Bunbury magazine, Burning Eye, Cafe Rio, Camille Ralph, Charles Whalley, Chrissie Gittins, Cinnamon Press, Clare Pollard, Colin Davies, Danielle Mclaughlin, Daunt Books Publishing, Dave Coates, David Hartley, David Turner, Dawntreader, Dead Ink Books, Deborah Alma, Dom&Ink, Emily Harrison, Emma Lee, Emma Press, End of All Things Podcast, Eoghan Ryan, Evidently, Eyewear Publishing, Fat Roland, Fictions of Every Kind, Find the Right Words, Fiona Moore, Five Leaves Bookshop, Flarestack Poets, Fran Isherwood, Freight Books, Funhouse, Giles Goodland, Granta, Greg Freeman, Gutter, Hammer & Tongue, Han Kang, Hand Job Zine, Hannah Chutzpah, Happenstance Press, Harry Gallon, Helen ivory, Helen Mclory, Helen Oyeyemi, Hollie McNish, I am not a silent poet, Ian Bailey, Imove, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Irish Poetry Shop, Isabel Costello, J.O. Morgan, Jackie Hagan, James O'Leary, James Trevelyan, James Whitman, Jan Carson, Jane Talbot, Janice Galloway, Jasmine Ann Cooray, Jemima Foxtrot, Jenny Offil, Jess Green, Jim Carruth, Joanna Walsh, Jody Porter, Joe Reeve, Joey Connolly, John Fuller, Jools Barrett, Joseph Ridgwell, Joy Lane Publishing, JT Welsch, Julie Morrissy, K J Orr, Karen Dennison, Karen Little, Kate Garett, Kate Tempest, Katy Evans-Bush, Kieren King, Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Lara Williams, Liars' League, Liberties Press, Lighthouse Literary Journal, Linda Stupart, Literary Salmon, LMA Baman-Milner, Loud Poets, Louise Fazackerley, Lucy Allan, Luke Wright, Lunar Poetry, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Maria Ferguson, Mark Farley, Megan Nolan, Metatron, Michael Stewart, Michelle Tudor, Mother's Milk Books, Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff, Mslexia, Murder Slim Books, Nandini Dhar, Naomi Booth, Naomi Frisby, Neil Elder, Nina Allan, Onion Custard Publishing, Open Pen, Oz Hardwick, Padraig Regan, Paper Swans Press, Penned in the Margins, Penny Goring, Platypus Press, Poetry on the spot, Portobello Books, Prac Crit, Preti Taneja, Prole, Queen's Ferry Press, Rachel Benson, Rally & Broad, Reach Poetry, Rialto, Richard Scott, Robert Garnham, Rod Tame, Ross Sutherland, Roulade, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2016, Salena Godden, salt publishing, Sandstone Press, Sanitarium Press, Sean Mahoney, Shelley Tracey, Sidekick Books, Simon Barraclough, SJ Fowler, Sleepy House Press, Sofia Banzhaf, Sophia Walker, Southword Editions, Stanzas, Stephen Watt, Stinging Fly, Stuart A. Paterson, Sue Rainsford, Susan Evans, Tangent Books, Tania Hershman, Test Centre, The Emma Press, The Fat Damsel, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, The Missing Slate, Tom de Freston, u.v. ray, Unthank, Upswing, Urbane Publications, Valley Press, Vanguard Readings, Vasiliki Legaki, Wendy Pratt, Wild Word Press, Write Out Loud, Yvonne Reddick

Over 1700 people nominated in this year’s Saboteur Awards, and once again we are in awe at the variety of

Seasonal/End of year

Spoken Word Round-Up 2014

December 31, 2014December 30, 2014 websterpoet 300 to 1, A Cappella Zoo, Against Rape, Around the World in 8 Mistakes, Be Kind To Yourself, Bethany W. Pope, Can't Care, Crap Time Lord, Dan Simpson, High Noon Over Camelot, Horatio and Me, Inky Fingers, James Webster, Kate Tempest, Lettie McKie, Liars' League, Lucy Ayrton, Mab Jones, Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret, Paula Varjack, Quiltbag Cabaret, Richard Marsh, Richard Tyrone Jones, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, The Anti-Slam, The Mechanisms, The Splitting of the Mermaid, Tim Clare, We are Enemies, Welcome to Night Vale, Wingman

– by James Webster – It feels like we’ve had a cracking year for Spoken Word in 2014, with the

Seasonal/End of year

Fiction Round-Up 2014

December 23, 2014December 20, 2014 dj4twinx Arachne Press, Bare Fiction, Cuba in Splinters, David Rose, Feeding the Doves, Fiona Moore, Gay Propaganda, Heathers, Jenalyn, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Louis XXX, Lysiane Rakotoson, May-Lan Tan, Mermaids, Niagara, Pankhearst, Peirene Press, Posthumous Stories, Rainn, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2014, Shit Happens, Strong Room, The Art of Nottingham, The Dead Lake, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, Things to Make and Break, Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!, Unsettled, Unthank Books, Unthology, Weird Lies, Words and Women: One

-Compiled by Richard T. Watson– It’s time once again to look back at the past twelve months and raise a

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014: Fiction

June 5, 2014October 12, 2014 dj4twinx Arachne Press, Bare Fiction, Chasing the King of Hearts, Colin Barrett, David Rose, Drifting Down the Lane, Escape Kit, Follow the Trail of Moths, Hanna Krall, Jenalyn, Johnny Monroe, Jonathan Taylor, Kirsty Logan, Kontakte, Liars' League, Marianne Villanueva, May-Lan Tan, Moon and Mountain, Nikesh Chukla, Nine Arches Press, Philip Boehm, Poems in Which, Poetry Bus, Posthumous Stories, Richard T. Watson, Rising, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2014, Season of the Needle, Sidekick Books, Steve Nash, The Apple Anthology, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, The Time Machine, Things to Make and Break, Under the Radar, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Weird Lies, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Women and Words One, Young Skins

-In which Richard T. Watson sums up the categories he presented at the 2014 Saboteur Awards- Best Magazine Magazines are

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014 – Results!

June 1, 2014June 15, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Against Rape, Burning Eye Books, Cherry Potts, Daniel Cockrill, Donut Press, Fiona Moore, Galley Beggar, George Ttoouli, Hanna Krall, JibbaJabba, Jon Stone, Julia Bird, Kate Tempest, Katy Darby, Kirsten Irving, Kirsten Luckins, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Lisa Matthews, Literal Fish, London Lines, May-Lan Tan, Michelle McGrane, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Penned in the Margins, Pereine Press, Poems in Which, Saboteur Awards, Sidekick Books, Sophia Walker, Sophie Mayer, Steve Nash, Tony Husband, Under the Radar, W.N. Herbert, Weird Lies, Yvonne Reddick

For a more in-depth account of each awards, click here for poetry, here for fiction, and here for performances! You can

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

Seasonal/End of year

Fiction Round-Up 2013

December 23, 2013January 5, 2014 dj4twinx Above the Parapet, Alison Lock, Ashley Stokes, Carys Bray, Catherine McNamara, Crystal Clear, Dalkey Archive, Dan Holloway, Evie and Guy, Hannah Stevens, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Jonathan Taylor, Kontakte, Liars' League, Peirene Press, Pelt and Other Stories, Red Room: New Stories inspired by the Brontes, Richard T. Watson, Roman Books, Saboteur Awards, Superbard, Sweet Home, The Flood, The Syllabus of Errors, Tom Warner, Tom Wingfield, Unthank Books, Unthology, Without Makeup

-Compiled by Richard T. Watson– We have a Christmas tradition of sorts at Sabotage: to post a festive round-up of

Short Stories

Weird Lies (ed. Cherry Potts)

November 14, 2013November 14, 2013 dj4twinx Alex Smith, Andie Berryman, Andrew Lloyd-Jones, Angela Trevithick, Arachne Press, Barry McKinley, Cherry Potts, Christopher Samuels, CT Kingston, David Mildon, Derek Ivan Webster, fantasy, Joshan Esfandiari Martin, Lee Reynoldson, Liars' League, London Lies, Lovers Lies, Rebecca J Payne, Red Dwarf, Richard Smyth, sci-fi, Weird Lies

-Reviewed by Andie Berryman– The Liars’ League is a monthly spoken word event held in London and other UK locations

Anthology Short Stories

‘London Lies’ (ed. Cherry Potts & Katy Darby)

September 15, 2013December 22, 2013 dj4twinx Arachne Press, Cherry Potts, Claudia Haberberg, David Mildon, Emily Cleaver, Fiction, Katy Darby, Liam Hogan, Liars' League, London Lies, Simon Hodgson

-Reviewed by Claudia Haberberg- The Liars’ League is a monthly live literature night held in central London, where actors read