Maria C. McCarthy reviews a new short story collection by Anne Walsh Donnelly
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Emma Lee follows poems by Victoria Gatehouse as they take a sometimes clinical view of the journey from young woman to parent
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs tackles a difficult read which attempts to bring home some human realities of street violence in London
Stuart Henson commends a pamphlet in which poems by Katharine Towers have the space to breathe and to resonate with one another
Merryn Williams casts an eye over a new collection by Michael W Thomas
Merryn Williams admires the continuing power of Ruth Bidgood’s poetry
Maria C. McCarthy is both entertained and puzzled by the poems in a debut collection by Dawn Watson
Before planning my journey to Canada, I made a list of my priorities. At the top of it was experiencing the country of the author I am studying for my PhD: Margaret Atwood.
Angela Topping looks at a successful collaboration between Rebecca Goss & Chris Routledge
Neil Fulwood compliments David Clarke on not putting a foot wrong in his poetic assessment of present day Britain
Angela Topping admires Jane Burn’s fleetness of word in a new narrative sequence
D A Prince commends Tom Sastry as a poet who looks at the world in fresh ways while still leaving space for his readers
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2019 • Tags: books, D A Prince, poetry