by Rebecca Robinson
November 27, 2018
I spotted a news item this week - squeezed between 48 pages of Brexit news - that the Ministry of Education is to encourage tree climbing.
T...
by Rebecca Robinson
October 1, 2018
What a wonderful institution is the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts! I have in front of me their current brochure of events and courses (Oct-Dec...
by Rebecca Robinson
March 31, 2017
Our old pal Yen-Yen is back, and she brought a friend! The Emma Press poet Andrew Wynn Owen chatted to her about writing poetry, how art is like an...
by Rebecca Robinson
February 14, 2017
Read some tips on putting together your entry for the International Book & Pamphlet Competition from smith|doorstop poet Suzannah Evans, w...
by Rebecca Robinson
July 26, 2016
Arses play a crucial role in Chaucer’s ‘The Miller’s Tale’. Or, to be more precise, the arse of Alisoun who is the tale’s unruly wench. Marrie...
by Yen-Yen Lu
June 17, 2016
A powerful and personal poem from Out-Spoken Press publisher Anthony Anaxagorou. Each line is heartfelt and carefully constructed to resonate with...
by Rebecca Robinson
May 12, 2016
Those of you out there who regularly attend live poetry readings will recognise a certain sound when I describe it.
The sound comes from some audi...
by Yen-Yen Lu
April 1, 2016
The latest collection by multiple slam champion Ash Dickinson, titled Strange Keys, will be published next month by Burning Eye Books. In it, he di...
by Yen-Yen Lu
March 18, 2016
Chris Redmond, already well established on the spoken word scene, will debut his collection Let The Pig Out, published by Burning Eye Books, this m...
by Rebecca Robinson
February 8, 2016
Eroticism is one of those concepts which can be hard to pin down. It means different things to different people, and thus is endlessly fascinati...
by Rebecca Robinson
October 8, 2015
National Poetry Day and not a single offer of work.
The answer’s obvious, said a small voice inside him. Your poetry is under-appreciated by a lite...
by Sheila Bounford
July 13, 2015
One of the pleasures of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs is the glimpse it offers into the lives of people in other professions; I particularly enjoy ...
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