Poetry review – YOUR NEARNESS: Edmund Prestwich finds it rewarding to tackle the difficult aspects of Forrest Gander’s poetry
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Poetry review – SAME DIFFERENCE: Pat Edwards is impressed by Ben Wilkinson’s poetic versatility
Poetry review – MUCKLE ANIMA: Pat Edwards commends an ambitious collection by Paul Waring
Poetry review – LEMONADE IN THE ARMENIAN QUARTER: Rennie Halstead welcomes the messages of love and forgiveness in Sarah Mnatzaganian’s pamphlet
Poetry review – WAYS OF HEALING: Emma Lee finds emotional depth in a new collection by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight
Poetry review – KIN: Emma Lee is impressed by a collection by Karl Knights which uses poetry to convey something of the experience of disability
Poetry review – THE MULBERRY TREE: Mat Riches takes a thoughtful look at Clare Crossman’s final collection
Poetry review – THE GREAT COMET OF 1996 FORETELLS: Colin Pink reviews a varied and vivid collection by Konstandinos Mahoney
Pickpocket (Robert Bresson). Review by Alan Price. Published in 1975 Bresson’s tantalisingly philosophical book Notes on the Cinematograph consists of notes, fragments, observations, wise lists about life and the difficult challenges of filmmaking. Bresson’s remark about the camera’s ability to indifferently record life happening un-dramatically, in front of the lens, feels more than appropriate for his 1959 film Pickpocket.
Poetry Review – THERE MAY NOT BE A REASON WHY: Julie Hogg is deeply impressed by Nicki Heinen’s debut collection
GOD IN A CAN: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a new collection of flash fiction by Robert Scotellaro
Poetry review – THE FALL OF SINGAPORE: Carla Scarano reviews Greg Freeman’s prose and poetry memoir of his father’s wartime experiences
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