INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS JULIAN MATTHEWS

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS JULIAN MATTHEWS

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS JULIAN MATTHEWS     Julian Matthews is a former journalist and media trainer from Malaysia of mixed-race minority, finding new ways to express himself through poetry, fiction, memoir and essays. His work has been published in...
Gods and Monsters: Fairies

Gods and Monsters: Fairies

Gods and Monsters: Fairies Eve Volungeviciute   You know what time it is, folks – another dive into mythological creatures! This time we are stepping into the land of fairies and there is quite a lot of talk about so let’s go right in, shall we?   Origin...
REVIEW: COLIN BANCROFT’S ‘KNIFE EDGE’

REVIEW: COLIN BANCROFT’S ‘KNIFE EDGE’

REVIEW: COLIN BANCROFT’S ‘KNIFE EDGE’     By Stella Backhouse   If the title of Colin Bancroft’s 2022 pamphlet Knife Edge brings to mind a straight line and nothing else, then you’re getting only half the picture. In fact, Knife Edge is already a clever play on...
Cork-Coventry Twin Cities Poetry Exchange 2023 (Part Two)

Cork-Coventry Poetry Exchange 2023: Part One

  It’s that time again! The annual Cork-Coventry poetry exchange is now in its fifteenth year. Two rising stars of Coventry’s local poetry and spoken word scene, Devjani Bodepudi and John Watson, have been selected to represent the city this year, which...