MUSIC AND POLITICS: John Lucas reviews Gail Holst-Warhaft’s invaluable study of the life of Mikis Theodorakis
year 2024
Poetry review – THE DANCING MAN: John Lucas admires the new collection by Adrian Caesar – albeit with the mildest of reservations
Poetry review – REFLECTIONS IN A DIRTY MIRROR Charles Rammelkamp finds a note of hopefulness beneath the dry cynicism of Tony Dawson’s poetry and flash fiction
Poetry review – FROM THE EAST: Peter Ualrig Kennedy is impressed by the clever cadences of John Greening’s poetry in this volume
Poetry review – LEAVING THE HILLS: Stuart Henson reviews Tony Curtis’s latest collection and reflects on many years of thoughtful, well-observed poetry
Poetry review – THE ADJUSTMENTS: Pat Edwards finds craft and imagination in Claire Dyer’s new collection
Poetry review – BATTERY ROCKS: Louise Warren finds Katrina Naomi’s new collection to be an eloquent testimony to the joys of swimming.
Poetry review – EPHEMERAL: James Roderick Burns commends Jane McLaughlin’s chapbook for both its poetry and its purpose
Poetry review – FIRST, I TURN OFF THE LIGHT: James Roderick Burns ventures into the haunting and disturbing world conjured by Katy Mack’s poetry
Poetry review – SHAKING THE APPLE TREE: Kimberly K Williams considers an important collection of witness poems by Jane Simpson
Poetry review – THE COLOUR OF RAIN: Pat Edwards finds her imagination stirred by the poems in Susan Utting’s new collection
SCABLANDS AND OTHER STORIES: John Lucas reviews a short story collection by Jonathan Taylor
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, year 2024