INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS RICK DOVE

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS RICK DOVE

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS RICK DOVE       Rick Dove is a queer, mixed-race, and neurodivergent poet and storyteller from London. His work explores themes of identity, philosophy and social justice using a blend of traditional, modern and free...
REVIEW: ANTONY OWEN’S ‘THE BATTLE’

REVIEW: ANTONY OWEN’S ‘THE BATTLE’

REVIEW: ANTONY OWEN’S ‘THE BATTLE’     Reviewed by Stella Backhouse   When a poet whose reputation rests largely on his powerful critiques of war and its shattering traumatic legacies produces a new pamphlet entitled The Battle, you’d be forgiven for...
REVIEW: ZOE BROOKS’ ‘FOOLS’ PARADISE’

REVIEW: ZOE BROOKS’ ‘FOOLS’ PARADISE’

REVIEW: ZOE BROOKS’ ‘FOOLS’ PARADISE’   Reviewed by Stella Backhouse After two back-to-back years of news so depressing it’s tempting to disengage from it completely, it feels almost other-worldly to revisit 1989, when we awoke every morning eager for whatever fresh...
June 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events

June 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events

June 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events   It’s June! For most events organisers, this year has been an improvement on the past two – but we are still combatting various challenges to ensure gigs can happen safely. Many gigs have returned to their...
REVIEW: SUNDRA LAWRENCE’S ‘WARRIORS’

REVIEW: SUNDRA LAWRENCE’S ‘WARRIORS’

REVIEW: SUNDRA LAWRENCE’S ‘WARRIORS’     Reviewed by Stella Backhouse   Sundra Lawrence packs a lot into her Aryamati Poetry Prize 2021-winning pamphlet Warriors, newly published by Fly on the Wall Press. Although the poems cover just twenty brief...