books

A reviewer reviewed: Paul McDonald browses a selection of essays by D J Taylor compiled under the title CRITIC AT LARGE

Poetry review – GOLDHAWK ROAD: Colin Pink enjoys the vivid impressions and recollections conjured up in these new poems by Kate Noakes

Poetry review – HAIL MARYS: James Roderick Burns explores an intriguingly-themed collection by Pat Edwards and finds himself wanting more

Poetry Review – THE HOUSE OF THE INTERPRETER: Stuart Henson finds a wonderful web of interconnecting threads in Lisa Kelly’s new collection

Poetry Review – LAIRS: Kate Noakes admires a sumptuous and surprising collection by Judy Brown

Poetry review – WHITE GHOSTS: Emma Lee reviews a collection by Katie Hale that involves both personal and universal themes

Poetry review –WILD GIRLS: Charles Rammelkamp particularly enjoys the rich cast of characters in Shirley J. Brewer’s latest collection

THEIR SMILE AND THEIR TEARS: Alan Price considers two recent compilations of poetry by Giovanni Pascoli

THAT LITTLE THREAD: Merryn Williams reviews a thoughtful novel by John Lucas which explores both intellectual and emotional relationships.

Poetry review – MY LIFE, YOU SEE: Rosie Johnston is moved by this posthumously assembled collection of Martina Thomson’s poetry

Poetry review – WHILE THERE IS HOPE: Carla Scarano D’Antonio reviews a prize-winning chapbook by Karen Izod

Poetry review – LEARNING FINITY: Clare Morris admires the use of memory and story in these poems by Deborah Harvey