Poetry review – NOT ENOUGH RAGE – Neil Elder finds this new collection by Gram Joel Davies lives up to the aims implied by its title
Poetry review – VELVEL’S VIOLIN: Wendy Klein reviews a collection by Jacqueline Saphra whose themes have acquired even more depth and significance in light of post-publication events
I Was Born But…. / There Was a Father. Review by Alan Price. This Spring sees the BFI Blu Ray release of I Was Born But…. coupled with There Was a Father and the publication of a translation of Shiguehiko Hasumi’s book Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. A dual event to celebrate.
Poetry review – HARTSONGS: Pam Thompson is engaged and intrigued by this narrative sequence from Lisa Matthews
Poetry review – DEAR RWANDA: Alwyn Marriage admires how well Isabella Mead’s poems have captured her experience of living in another country
FESTIVAL IN A BOOK: Louise Warren reviews a compilation of writing in celebration of the Wenlock Poetry Festival
Poetry review – ON BALANCE: Sultana Raza is intrigued by the underlying threads and themes in this short collection by John Harvey
Poetry review – STREET SAILING: Mat Riches notes both the craft and the construction of a collection by Matt Gilbert
Poetry review – ON EARTH, AS IT IS: Stephen Claughton finds Jane Lovell’s poems to be set firmly in the natural world and very much in sympathy with nature
Poetry review – REFLECTIONS IN A DIRTY MIRROR: Charles Rammelkamp surveys Tony Dawson’s somewhat bleak view of the world
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