Maria C. McCarthy is both entertained and puzzled by the poems in a debut collection by Dawn Watson
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One of the main aims of visiting Canada was to develop my research on Margaret Atwood. The New Central library in Calgary, which opened in 2018, provided me with all the facilities I needed.
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
Wendy French considers a sizeable collection by Chris Armstrong and finds it honest about love, loss and the joy of being alive
D A Prince reviews an excellent debut pamphlet by Joe Carrick-Varty
Julie Hogg engages with a deeply thought-provoking collection by Dorothy Lehane
Alex Josephy judges Warda Yassin’s chapbook to be the work of a promising and confident new poet
Nicholas Bielby works through some initial difficulties in getting to grips with Tim O’Leary’s poetry
Wendy Klein enjoys Keith Hutson’s artful recapturing of the atmosphere of Music Hall
Merryn Williams admires the continuing power of Ruth Bidgood’s poetry
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2019 • Tags: books, Merryn Williams, poetry