Readings, writing, reviews & general catchup
Finally, here I am putting my head above the parapet. It’s been a lovely full summer. Not so much for the garden, which […]
Category: Reviews
On poetry magazines: The A3 Review
You know how I’m a bit of a sucker for interesting poetry formats? Well, I’ve often wondered what The A3 Review was all […]
Abegail Morley’s ‘The Unmapped Woman’
I’ve recently had sight of Abegail Morley’s new collection The Unmapped Woman. To read it is to be drawn into a mystery of […]
Sin Cycle, a new poetry sequence from Peter Kenny
Epigraphs, we’re told, are risky – they have a habit of upstaging the poem that follows. But the quote from William Blake is […]
Recent reading
I’ve got into a rhythm of reading a Canto of Dante’s Purgatory each night before falling asleep, sometimes I get through the chapter […]
Kay Syrad, Josephine Corcoran – short reviews
A couple of brief reviews of collections I’ve been reading: Inland – Kay Syrad (Cinnamon, 2018) (£8.99) There’s nothing predictable or familiar in […]
End of year thoughts, links & thank yous
This is my wrap-up post for 2017 – I’ve enjoyed other people’s posts but have been increasingly wondering whether I’ve anything else to […]
Standing room only at the Troubadour
To be fair, I did have a seat for the first half, but with the sciatica playing up I was happy to stand […]
TS Eliot Prize – workshop & readings
Katy Evans-Bush‘s TS Eliot shortlist workshop is fast becoming an institution. Now in its sixth year, it’s a fine precursor to the Prize […]
Recent reading: ‘Home Front’, new poetry from Bloodaxe
An interesting book came my way from Bloodaxe recently – a book of books, you might call it, or perhaps an anthology of […]