Tom Chivers – Sabotage

Forgive the Language: Essays on Poets and Poetry by Katy Evans-Bush

January 30, 2016January 28, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Eloise Robinson, Faber, Forgive the Language: Essays on Poets and Poetry, Glyn Maxwell, Jenna Clake, Katy Evans-Bush, Penned in the Margins, Plagiarism, Ted Hughes, Tom Chivers

– Reviewed by Jenna Clake – Katy Evans-Bush’s collection of essays, Forgive the Language, is wide-ranging. Essays generally fall into three categories:

Collection Poetry

Dark Islands by Tom Chivers

June 9, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Test Centre, Tom Chivers

– Reviewed by Bethany W Pope – Tom Chivers’ Dark Islands is a long sequence of poems taking the reader on a

Announcement Anthology Literary Criticism Live Literature Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards Spoken Word

Saboteur Awards 2015: Best Anthologies, Pamphlets, Publishers and Reviewers

June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Afric McGlinchey, Andy Jackson, Ashley Stokes, Becky Varley-Winter, Bloodaxe, Brett Evans, Bridgedoor Press, Burning Eye Books, Charles Whalley, Dave Coates, Dead Ink Books, Double Bill, Eniko Jahab, Eve Lacey, For Books' Sake, Furies: A Poetry Anthology of Women Warriors, Holly Corfield Carr, Indigo Dreams, Influx Press, Joey Connolly, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Kissing Angles, Mark Fiddes, MINE, Penned in the Margins, Red Squirrel Press, Robin Jones, Sarah Fletcher, Templar Poetry, Ten: The New Wave, Test Centre, The Charnel House, The Chelsea Flower Show Massacre, The Devil’s Tattoo, The Emma Press, Tom Chivers, Tom de Freston, Unthank Books, Unthology 6, Victoria Kennefick, White Whale

– In which Becky Varley–Winter sums up Best Anthologies, Poetry Pamphlets, Reviewers, and Publishers – Best Anthology Best Anthology was a dynamic,

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

Pamphlets Poetry

Flood Drain by Tom Chivers

June 6, 2014June 6, 2014 Editor Annexe, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Tom Chivers

-Reviewed by Hayden Westfield Bell– Tom Chivers’ Flood Drain, published by Annexe, is a dreamy stream of consciousness poem ‘inspired

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 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