FEBRUARY 2022 ROUND-UP: VIRTUAL LITERARY EVENTS
Here comes February! The HCE team have created another list of online literary open mics, events and workshops, to help you plan for the weeks ahead. Don’t miss out on taking part…
REVIEW: JULIA WEBB’S ‘THREAT’
Reviewed by Stella Backhouse | ‘Threat’ is a lesson in how concentric rings of claustrophobic landscape – the body, the family, the town and community encircled by the dark and forbidding Thetford Forest – shape a parallel landscape of the mind. […]
REVIEW: JOHN MCCULLOUGH’S ‘RECKLESS PAPER BIRDS’
Reviewed by Stella Backhouse | These are not miserable poems – many of them brim with sensual pleasure in sex, tea and the natural world, flash with references to the city of Brighton, Grindr and Lady Gaga and sparkle with a vibrant colour symbolism reminiscent of […]
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS J. VAN RYAN
VanRyan is a Coventry-based poet and musician who describes himself as “appearing on the poet’s podium out of nowhere”. He spent 20 years as a singer/sax player, but that part of his life was unfortunately curtailed by a stroke…
REVIEW: GENEVIEVE CARVER’S ‘A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO BE CRAZY’
Reviewed by Stella Backhouse | Something invisible has magically become visible. This collection shines a light on the hidden experience of women in the music business. But it’s also about more than that. […]
ASIAN MYTHOLOGY: GODS AND MONSTERS
By Eve Volungeviciute | The time has come for another mythology-themed article! This time, we are travelling to the East, all the way to Asia. Their many regions, each with their different folklore and beliefs, have a […]
Writing Advice: The Writer’s Notebook
By Emma Evans | Traditional notebook and pen or a phone and other digital devices? This article offers a breakdown of some pros and cons of the different note-taking methods for writers on the go…
JANUARY 2022 ROUND-UP: VIRTUAL LITERARY EVENTS
Fresh year, fresh start – January has arrived! The HCE magazine team have created another list of online literary open mics, events and workshops to help you plan for the weeks ahead. Don’t miss out on taking part…
REVIEW:‘OUT OF TIME’ ANTHOLOGY
Reviewed by Stella Backhouse | Making poetry about climate crisis and environmental emergency is challenging. Like any anthology, Out of Time – Poetry from the Climate Emergency validates a variety of approaches. Emotional responses such as exhaustion, frustration, fear and visceral howls of pain sit alongside […]
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS JEFF COTTRILL
Jeff Cottrill is a fiction writer, journalist and spoken-word artist based in Toronto, Canada. He has authored four chapbooks and recorded three CDs, and his first novel (‘Hate Story’) is coming soon from Dragonfly Publishing. We caught up with Jeff after Fire & Dust, to ask a few questions…