books

Poetry review – TRACK RECORD: Kate Noakes enjoys a book of railway-related poems by Sue Johns

Poetry review – SERVICE CANCELLED: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs is impressed by Neil Fulwood’s novel approach to the lockdown poem

Poetry review – RIPE: Emma Lee admires the depth of insight in Isabelle Baafi’s poetry

Poetry review – PURGATORIO: Edmund Prestwich looks at a new translation by DM Black

Book Review – The Life in Us: Paul McDonald reviews an absorbing and touching novel by John Lucas

Poetry review – ALL ANIMALS WANT THE SAME THINGS: Charles Rammelkamp examines Jeanne-Marie Osterman’s poetic explorations of human needs and desires

Poetry review – AFTER THE RIOT: Merryn Williams finds that Neil Young’s poetry provides an effective channel for anger

HISTORY OF PRESENT COMPLAINT: Billy Mills reviews a harrowing prose and poetry memoir by “HLR”

EVERY SEVENTH WAVE : Rachael Smart considers Tom Vowler’s tense novel set in the grim world of human trafficking

Haunts and hauntings: Tanya Parker reviews Mark Mansfield’s Greygolden

Poetry review – OWL SONGS: Wendy French is grateful for the humanity which runs through Hubert Moore’s poetry

Poetry review – MARPLES MUST GO!: Carla Scarano D’Antonio appreciates Greg Freeman’s deft mixing of the personal and the political