August 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events

August 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events

August 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events     August is coming in hot, hot, hot! For most events organisers, this summer has been an improvement on the past two but, with rates of COVID fluctuating, we are still combatting various challenges to ensure...
CORK-COVENTRY TWIN CITIES POETRY EXCHANGE (2022)

CORK-COVENTRY TWIN CITIES POETRY EXCHANGE (2022)

  The annual Coventry-Cork poetry exchange is now in its fourteenth year. Two rising stars of Coventry’s local poetry/spoken word scene, Sujana Crawford and John Bernard, have been selected to represent the city this year, which involves travelling to Cork...
REVIEW: JULIA WEBB’S ‘THE TELLING’

REVIEW: JULIA WEBB’S ‘THE TELLING’

REVIEW: JULIA WEBB’S ‘THE TELLING’   Reviewed by Stella Backhouse I sometimes wonder if World War One is alive and well and dwelling among us. Take me. My maternal grandfather was a boozer, probably because it was the easiest way of blotting out...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS AMY RUGG

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS AMY RUGG

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS AMY RUGG     ‘…And the question mark-ed man Stood up straight and Clenched his jaw Closed his quotations Revoked his law…’ _________________________–Amy Rugg     Amy Rugg is a talented writer, poet, collector of stories,...
July 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events

July 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events

July 2022 Round-up: Virtual Literary Events   July has landed! For most events organisers, this year has been an improvement on the past two – but with COVID-19 levels fluctuating, we are still combatting various challenges to ensure gigs can happen safely....