REVIEW: ‘THE BOOK OF COVENTRY’

REVIEW: ‘THE BOOK OF COVENTRY’

REVIEW: ‘THE BOOK OF COVENTRY’   By Stella Backhouse   In his introduction to Comma Press’s Book of Coventry: A City in Short Fiction, editor Raef Boylan says that what those behind the project were seeking from the eleven short stories showcased here...
COVENTRY NEWS: RETURN OF THE TOLKIEN GROUP

COVENTRY NEWS: RETURN OF THE TOLKIEN GROUP

Coventry Moot, The Rangers of Mordor Minor   By Dominic Russell       Today, I went to the Coventry Moot of The Rangers of Mordor Minor. This is, of course, a Tolkien thing. In the Tolkien Society, local groups are called Smials after the dwellings...
THEATRE REVIEW: ‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’   By Stella Backhouse   One of the most important strands of twenty-first century revisionist history has been its prioritising of Britain’s slaving and colonialist past to the building of the modern nation. Like...
REVIEW: ‘THE BOOK OF COVENTRY’

COVENTRY’S COMMA PRESS BOOK LAUNCH

COVENTRY’S COMMA PRESS BOOK LAUNCH   Coventry’s literary scene should be buzzing this week, in anticipation of a brand-new short fiction anthology published by Comma Press. The Book of Coventry is the newest addition to their ‘reading the city’ series,...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS BEN DAVIS

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS BEN DAVIS

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS BEN DAVIS     Ben Davis is a multi-slam winning Midlands poet, an award-winning author of children’s books, and a journalist. He was also a stand-up comedian for a decade, and his poems are packed with wit, playfulness...