Poetry review – STAR: Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch reviews a collection of Christmas poems by Angela Graham Star: poems for the Christmas Season Angela Graham Culture & Democracy Press available at this site ISBN: 978-1068694608 56pp £10 . .
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THE ART OF INCLUSION: Charles Rammelkamp considers this intriguing mix of memoir, tribute and poetry anthology compiled and edited by John Lavin, Aaren Perry & Eleanor Wilner
TRUTH OR FICTION?: Andrew Keanie discusses Doreen Maitre’s view that a work of fiction can expound philosophical ideas just as effectively as an academic text
POOR: Nicki Heinen revisits Caleb Femi’s prize-winning collection from a few years ago
Poetry review – WING FORMULA: Sue Wallace-Shaddad enjoys a promising debut pamphlet by Emilie Jelinek
THE SERVANTS AND OTHER STRANGE STORIES: Maria C McCarthy admires this intriguing and varied collection by John O’Donoghue
Powell and Pressburger’s War. Review by Alan Price. From 1939-1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger produced eight remarkable propaganda feature films but neither felt their artistic integrity was compromised from being backed by The Ministry of Information.
Poetry review – WITH SIGNS FOLLOWING: Rennie Halstead finds a tension between poetic craft and accessibility in this collection by David Ricks
Poetry review – MAKING DOLMADES IN ESSEX: Diana Cant visits a childhood and adolescence lived in the 1950’s and 60’s, brought to evocative life in Judith Wozniak’s debut collection.
No Part-Time Dreamer: A review of Anju Makhija’s New & Selected Poems by Debasish Lahiri
Poetry review – EARWIG COUNTRY: DA Prince is drawn into Angela Topping’s poems about memories and connections
Alfred Hitchcock – All the Films. Review by Alan Price. The first thing to do with a book like this is to check that all of Hitchcock’s films have been covered. And not just the well-known titles but lesser-known works too.
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