Schwejk made his first outing in 1911 in a short story called Schwejk Stands Against Italy. In the same year The Good Soldier Schwejk and Other Strange Stories appeared in pamphlet form.
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Charlie Hill appreciates the ‘dry, intimate and unexpected’ writing to be found in Neil Campbell’s collection
Wendy French praises David Constantine’s new chapbook for its sharp visual images
Stuart Henson detects a note of anger in Jane Routh’s particular and personal responses to place and nature
The Good Soldier Schwejk is a satirical novel which exposes the futility and idiocy of war as it tracks the progress of the Candide-like Schwejk, across the disintegrating Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Merryn Williams gives a concise appreciation of a prizewinning chapbook by Christopher North which contains several prizewinning poems.
John Godfrey’s poems are often concerned with how things work: but the poems themselves work very well
Emma Lee describes Roy McFarlane’s new collection as an important book from a compassionate poet.
Wendy French admires Dino Mahoney’s poems for their empathy and breadth of understanding
Carla Scarano appreciates Tom Weir’s treatment of uncertainty in his new collection
Neil Fulwood compliments Deborah Alma for a collection which rolls up its sleeves and gets down to business
Merryn Williams discovers some fine new poems in Stuart Henson’s latest collection
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 • Tags: books, Merryn Williams, poetry