
GODS AND MONSTERS: THE GOBLIN
By Eve Volungeviciute | In this ‘gods and monsters’ article, Eve takes on a mythical creature that’s frequently seen in Fantasy fiction, yet rarely gets time in the spotlight: goblins! Join her for an international tour of goblin history, lore and modern day portrayals…

REVIEW: CAROLINE BIRD’S ‘AMBUSH AT STILL LAKE’
By Stella Backhouse | “Ambush at Still Lake is written from the point of view of someone still young enough to view ageing with alarm. No one my age could have written it because for us, it’s already happened. Nonetheless, this is a poignant and self-parodying collection that captures a key moment in any life and asks […]”

GODS AND MONSTERS: THE GHOST
By Eve Volungeviciute | In this ‘gods and monsters’ article, Eve takes on one of the best-known mythological entities: ghosts! Join her on a haunting international tour of ghostly history, lore and modern day portrayals…

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS DK
Freestyle poet and musician DK uses his platform as both performer and workshop facilitator to ensure the voices of marginalised communities are heard, establishing the AccessAbility Arts community to empower people of all abilities and backgrounds. His debut poetry collection, ‘Off the Cuff’, was published in 2023 by Mini Poetry Press. HCE caught up with DK, after he headlined at Fire&Dust online, to ask a few questions…

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ALISON BINNEY
Alison Binney is a poet and English teacher based in Cambridge. In 2019, she was longlisted in the National Poetry Competition and Highly Commended in the Bridport Prize, and her debut pamphlet Other Women’s Kitchens (Seren, 2021) won the Mslexia Pamphlet Competition. HCE caught up with Alison since her Fire&Dust gig, to ask a few questions…

REVIEW: ALISON BINNEY’S ‘OTHER WOMEN’S KITCHENS’
By Stella Backhouse | Alison Binney’s 2021 Myslexia Award-winning pamphlet ‘Other Women’s Kitchens’ is a refreshingly relatable description of one woman’s journey from awkward teenage awareness of her ‘difference’ to maturity and a relationship so right, it feels like she and her partner are carved from the same tree. Because the specific impetus for ‘Other Women’s Kitchens’ is lesbian identity, it would make the […]