INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS DANGERMOUSE#
Dangermouse# is a Coventry-based poet who describes himself as “made and tested at Fire & Dust”. On 2nd December 2021, he was the special guest for our final F&D poetry gig in The Big Comfy Bookshop. (New venue TBC.) We caught up with him after the gig, to ask a few questions…
REVIEW: ELISABETH HORAN’S ‘THE MASK’
Reviewed by Stella Backhouse | It’s perhaps appropriate that The Mask, Elisabeth Horan’s chapbook of poetry inspired by the art of Frida Kahlo, is published by The Broken Spine Artist Collective. In recent years, Kahlo’s stock as both an artist and a woman has risen […]
December 2021 Round-up: Virtual Events
Merry December to you all! The HCE magazine team have created another list of online literary open mics, events and workshops, to help you plan for the finals weeks of 2021. Don’t miss out on taking part…
REVIEW: JANE BURN’S ‘BE FEARED’
Taken as a whole, Be Feared is a wide-ranging confessional that covers a number of aspects of Burn’s life including love of horses, motherhood, body image, the enduring legacy of the Methodist Christianity of her youth and the realisation that she is bi-sexual. It abounds with striking imagery, particularly around the freedom represented by birds and the natural world […]
INTERVIEW: FIRE AND DUST MEETS CATHY CARSON
Cathy Carson is a cancer nurse, a counsellor and a spoken word performer from County Down in Northern Ireland. On 11th November, Cathy headlined at our virtual Fire & Dust poetry gig. We caught up with her after the event, to ask a few questions…
INTERVIEW: ANTONY OWEN RETURNS TO FIRE & DUST
Antony Owen is an award-winning Coventry poet and the author of eight published poetry books since 2009. On 4th November, Antony returned as a headliner at our Fire & Dust poetry gig. We caught up with him after the event, to ask a few questions…
REVIEW: JACQUELINE SAPHRA’S ‘ONE HUNDRED LOCKDOWN SONNETS’
Reviewed by Stella Backhouse | The turns of phrase, the London settings, the incidental surrealism and the now-aftermath of epochal events – all of them put me in mind of Eliot. Nervous readers should not, however, be put off. Unlike the famously ‘difficult’ Waste Land, Saphra’s collection is accessible and relatable. We all lived through lockdown. […]
November 2021 Round-up: Online Literary Events
November has arrived and, sadly, COVID-19 has not yet vanished. 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…
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS BETH HARTLEY
Beth Hartley is a poet based in Ely in Cambridgeshire. Her debut poetry collection ‘What If Stars’ was published in 2021 by Allographic. On 14th October 2021, Beth was the guest headliner at our virtual Fire & Dust poetry night. We caught up with her after the gig, to ask a few questions…
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS MUSENGA KATONGO
Poet and author Musenga Katongo (from Lusaka, Zambia) joined us as guest headliner for the BBC’s Contains Strong Language Festival 2021. We caught up with Musenga after the event, to ask a few questions…