LISTING: EVENTS MOVED ONLINE (JUNE 2020)
Open mics. Slams. Gigs. Festivals. Workshops. HCE magazine team have created another list of some literary/arts events, to help you plan for the weeks ahead. Let’s stay safe and STILL enjoy our favourite gigs […]
Frankenstein: the Many Faces of a Classic Gothic Horror
By Eve Volungeviciute Whether or not you’re a fan of the horror genre, you’re probably at least somewhat familiar with the story of Frankenstein – a man wishing to play God by bringing the dead back to life with […]
LOOKING RIGHT INTO THE ABYSS OF THE MIND
List of Mental Illness-Themed Book Recommendations By Eve Volungeviciute In my humble opinion, depicting various states of a human mind in fiction is a delicate matter, one that must be done with appropriate respect and integrity. That does not mean that it can’t go to some dark places of our psyche […]
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS TINA SEDERHOLM
Tina has won more than 20 poetry slams and published six books, most recently her poetry collection Everything Wrong With You Is Beautiful. She is currently working on a new show: REST. Most of all, she wants to live in a world where people laugh with each other, not at each other. […]
REVIEW: TANIA HERSHMAN’S ‘TERMS AND CONDITIONS’
Reviewed by Stella Backhaus | Whatever you’re reading in this strange spring of 2020, the temptation to interpret the writer’s message in the light of coronavirus is almost overwhelming. And indeed, viewed though the lens of now-daily exhortations to embrace ‘the new normal’, ‘What we don’t know we do not know’ from Tania Hershman’s 2017 debut collection […]
LISTING: EVENTS MOVED ONLINE (May 2020)
We are facing a new challenge amidst the coronavirus crisis. Social distancing has been helping to flatten the curve. But it has also left some people feeling lonely and anxious, stuck at home and unable to […]
Perhaps They Have It Worse Than Us
List of Isolation-Themed Book Recommendations By Eve Volungeviciute It’s safe to say the COVID-19 lockdown is a challenge for many of us, both physically and mentally. During the time when staying at home is crucial to the well-being of our society, a lot of us turn to the arts for sanity. There are few things better than losing yourself in a good book and so, with such a variety of genres to please everyone’s tastes, what better time than now to […]
Things We’re Doing to Motivate Ourselves to Write During Quarantine
Social Distancing and the whole COVID-19 fiasco has brought a lot of anxiety to many of us. But we decided to focus on the positive aspect of the time we have on our hands and have made an effort to have a good writing routine. Here’s a small list of things that we are doing to keep writing. […]
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS BEA UDEH
On 2nd April, Bea was the special guest poet at Fire & Dust, our monthly open mic event. Thanks to Covid-19, the April gig took place online, via a Zoom video conference – which means Bea was our first-ever ‘virtual’ headliner! We caught up with Bea after this fun (albeit surreal) event, to ask her a few questions. […]
Aarushi Shetty: Free Writing Exercises
By AARUSHI SHETTY As writers, many of us rely on inspiration to create prose and poems. However, due to the lock-down it may be a little difficult to feel inspired to write. A lot of us may also be feeling like we haven’t been as productive as we’d like to be. If you’re in need of some motivation to write, here are some free writing exercises that you can try.