* London Grip New Poetry Winter 2011 features poems by: *Maggie Butt; *Margaret Hollingsworth; *Mike Barlow; *Merryn Williams; *Deborah Tyler-Bennett; *Martin Figura; *Neil Curry; *Thomas Roberts; *Donald Atkinson; *Martine Oborne; *Martyn Crucefix; *Jeremy Page; *Robert Nisbet; *Helen Ivory; *James Norcliffe; *Leah Fritz; *Ruth Bidgood; *Alice Major; *Shanta Acharya;
Leah Fritz talks to Patricia Oxley about editing Acumen poetry magazine, running the Torbay festival and being awarded the MBE
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • festivals, literature, poetry, Year 2012