Sally Jack – Sabotage

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UniSlam18 (Curve Theatre, Leicester, 28 January 2018)

January 31, 2018February 6, 2018 Sally Jack Bath Spa University, Birmingham University, Bridget Minamore, Curve, Erin Bolens, Kat Francois, Kayo Chingonyi, Kent University, Leicester, Manchester University, Poetry Society, Rob Auton, Sally Jack, Toby Campion, UniSlam18, Vanessa Kisuule

reviewed by Sally Jack In a wash of blue light, Curve’s Studio stage is simply dressed: four mics are lined

The Challenges of Reviewing Spoken Word

November 22, 2017November 29, 2017 Editor Benjamin Solah, Corey Frost, Katie Ailes, Mak Manaka, Mark Fisher, Melbourne, performance poetry, Sally Jack, Spoken Word, spoken word critic, spoken word reviewing.

-by Claire Trévien– Since launching Sabotage Reviews nearly 8 years ago, reviewing spoken word has been at the core of

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Find the Right Words (Upstairs at the Western, Leicester, 15 Nov 2017)

November 19, 2017 Sally Jack Bird Street, Burning Eye Books, Caroline Teague, Find the Right Words, Jess Green, Leicester, Louise Fazackerley, Love is a Battlefield, Sally Jack, Upstairs at the Western

reviewed by Sally Jack A review of one of Leicester’s regular spoken word events, Find the Right Words (FTRW), is

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Stablemates (Rosie Garland, Jackie Hagan, Henry Normal with Jill Abram, Waterstones, Birmingham, 18 Oct 2017)

October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 Sally Jack As In Judy, Birmingham, Flapjack Press, Henry Normal, Jackie Hagan, Jerwood Compton Fellows, Jill Abram, Raining Upwards, Rosie Garland, Sally Jack, Some People Have Too Many Legs, Stable Mates, Things I Did When I Was Dead, This Is Not a Safe Space, Waterstones

reviewed by Sally Jack Created and hosted by poet Jill Abram, Stablemates is a regular monthly spoken word night where three

Announcement Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2017: Editor’s choice

June 15, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor Anna Percy, Butcher's Dog, Caleb Femi, Chloe Stopa-Hunt, Chris Abani, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Emma Hammond, Influx, J.R. Carpenter, Jessica Traynor, Julia Rose Lewis, Kwame Dawes, Lila Matsumoto, Lydia Towsey, Maria Ferguson, Pam Thompson, Peter Manson, Poetry on the Picket Line, Rebecca Audra Smith, Rebecca Tamás, Rowena Knight, Saboteur Awards, Sally Jack, Tony White, WORD!, Zimzalla

This year we piloted a new initiative at the Saboteur Awards, which was to include an ‘Editor’s choice’ for each

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Matt Watts: Playlist (Attenborough Arts, Leicester, 26 February 2017)

February 28, 2017May 1, 2017 Sally Jack Attenborough Arts, Leicester, Leicester Comedy Festival, Matt Watts, Playlist, Rock Band, Sally Jack

reviewed by Sally Jack Matt Watts’s Playlist considers the role music plays in our lives, particularly now we are set

Seasonal/End of year

Sabotage Reviews’ End of Year Critic’s Choice 2016

December 3, 2016August 25, 2017 Editor A.K Blakemore, Abi Palmer, Andrew Walton, Bang Said the Gun!, Being Dad: Short Stories About Fatherhood, Ben Norris, Beyonce, Burning Eye Books, Caleb Femi, Cath Barton, Charley Barnes, Chloe Stopa-Hunt, Claire Trévien, Clinic, Dan Holloway, David Attwooll, Denise Riley, Edwina Attlee, Emily Dickinson, Fay Roberts, Galley Beggar Press, Genna Gardini, Geraldine Clarkson, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hammer and Tongue, Hel Gurney, Helen ivory, Hollie McNish, James Clammer, Jemima Foxtrot, John McCullough, Jules Laforgue, Katie Griffiths, Leah Umansky, Lucy Ingrams, Lydia Towsey, Maria Ferguson, Maureen Cullen, Mina Loy, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Poetry London, Rialto, Richard Scott, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards, Sally Jack, Sarah Howe, Soloman O.B., Stéphane Mallarmé, Stevie Smith, T. S. Eliot, Tania Hershman, The Mechanisms, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Unthology, Unthology 8, Vahni Capildeo, Vanessa Kisuule, Warsan Shire

It’s that time of year again when reviewers and editors look back on this year’s publications and performances and share

Anthology Poetry

Over Land, Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge ed. by Kathleen Bell, Emma Lee & Siobhan Logan

May 22, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Afric McGlinchey, Ambrose Musiyiwa, Ammar Bin Hatim, Andy N, Chrissie Gittins, Daniel O’Donnell-Smith, Danielle Hope, David Belbin, Emma Lee, Five Leaves Bookshop, George Symonds, Gregory Woods, Jasmine Heydari, Joan Byrne, Kathleen Bell, Ken Evans, Kerry Featherstone, Laura Taylor, Lydia Towsey, Mahendra Solanki, Marilyn Ricci, Mariya Pervez, Over Land Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge, Peter Wyton, Rod Duncan, Rory Waterman, Rose Scooler, Roy Marshall, Saboteur Awards 2016, Saboteur Awards longlist, Sally Flint, Sally Jack, Siobhan Logan, Tania Hershman

– Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey – Over Land, Over Sea is a timely and generous publication (the proceeds from sales go

Announcement Website

News at Sabotage Reviews

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Editor Becky Varley-Winter, Mab Jones, Sally Jack, Will Barrett

-Claire Trévien- There has been some exciting structural changes to Sabotage Reviews in the last few months and I thought