A short review by Merryn Williams enters fully into the spirit of Jan Owen’s Baudelaire-based jeu d’esprit
Roxana Nastase is moved by Robin Wyatt Dunn’s carefully weighted political poetry
Nick Cooke expresses measured enthusiasm for a promising debut chapbook from Paul Blake
Richie McCaffery enjoys meeting Kate Foley and accompanying her on a journey through her New & Selected Poems
Wendy French praises the eye for detail that reveals itself through Sue MacIntyre’s poetry
Peter Ulric Kennedy sizes up the strengths of Antony Johae’s poetry of Middle Eastern experience
Graham Hardie takes a close look at the elements making up a new collection by Christopher Southgate
Emma Lee finds that Myra Schneider is on good form in her new mythic-flavoured collection
Wendy French is enthusiastic about an ancient Greek sailor’s navigation log being given a poetic update by Leslie Saunders
London Grip comments on recent collections by Rosemary Norman, Julia Webb & Abegail Morley
Thomas Ovans gets to grips with an intriguing novel by John Lucas which deals with a small-town jazz musician’s rather complicated love life.
Shanta Acharya finds that Mark Abley’s New & Selected is a fitting testimony to his poetic vision and skill
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, poetry, Shanta Acharya