Mat Riches

Poetry review – translating silence : Mat Riches admires the consistent and creative evocation of silence in a chapbook by Mike Barlow

Poetry review – FIRST HARE: Mat Riches explores the principles behind Richie McCaffery‘s poetry

Poetry review – THE ESTATE AGENT’S DAUGHTER: Mat Riches welcomes a well-presented and characterful new collection from Rhian Edwards

Poetry Review- THE COMING-DOWN TIME: Mat Riches suggests that Robert Selby’s poetry is not to be rushed either in the reading or the composition

Poetry review – BELLADONNA: Mat Riches finds many layers in a small chapbook by Suna Afshan

Poetry review – THE HUMAN HEART: Mat Riches discovers that Hugh Underhill‘s latest collection benefits from a second reading

Poetry Review – SCION: Mat Riches engages with Sue Rose’s powerful exploration of family and identity

Poetry Review – Fothermather: Mat Riches gets a lot more out of Gail McConnell’s poetry than he might have expected at first

Poetry Review – Firing Pins: Mat Riches is intrigued by Jo Young’s poems looking at military life from an unusual angle

Poetry Review – Each Other: Mat Riches thinks Clare Best’s poems have some very convincing things to say about relationships