by Here Comes Everyone | May 20, 2022
REVIEW: TOM SASTRY’S ‘YOU HAVE NO NORMAL COUNTRY TO RETURN TO’ Reviewed by Stella Backhouse As a regular poetry critic, something I’m well-placed to reveal to you is that identity is the pre-eminent preoccupation of modern times. Tackling both his...
by Here Comes Everyone | May 11, 2022
REVIEW: SAM J GRUDGING’S ‘THE BIBLE II’ Reviewed by Stella Backhouse “Your own personal Jesus/Someone to hear your prayers/Someone who’s there.” In 1990, Martin Gore, principal song writer of 80s synth-pop band Depeche Mode, told Spin Magazine that the band’s...
by Here Comes Everyone | May 7, 2022
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS JUANITA REA Juanita Rea is a South African artist and activist living in Belfast. She works within a range of creative arts to address gender-based violence and other injustices, alongside facilitating well-being and community...
by Here Comes Everyone | May 1, 2022
May 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events May has arrived! For most events organisers, this year has been an improvement on the past two – but we are combatting various challenges to ensure gigs can happen safely. Many gigs have returned to their...
by Here Comes Everyone | Apr 26, 2022
REVIEW: RAYMOND ANTROBUS’ ‘ALL THE NAMES GIVEN’ Reviewed by Stella Backhouse “You never see X and Y in the same room at the same time” is an ambiguous phrase. It could mean X and Y can’t stand each other; paradoxically, it could also mean the...
