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April 29, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Under One’s Hat’ by Hannah Hodgson
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Under One’s Hat’ by Hannah Hodgson from her debut collection 163 Days. Hannah Hodgon is an award-winning poet and a palliative care patient. In her compelling debut collection 163 Days, she uses a panoply of medical, legal…
April 22, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘The Creel’ by Kathleen Jamie
To celebrate Earth Day, this week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Creel’ by Kathleen Jamie from 100 Poems to Save the Earth. Our climate is on the brink of catastrophic change. 100 Poems to Save the Earth invites us to fine-tune our senses, to listen…
April 22, 2022
Books to celebrate Earth Day 2022
We’re celebrating Earth Day 2022 with a list of books that address the natural world, the climate emergency and nature in all its glory. 100 Poems to Save the Earth – Zoë Brigley and Kristian Evans 100 Poems to Save the Earth invites us to fine-tune…
April 22, 2022
Robert Minhinnick awarded Hay Festival Medal for Poetry
He is one of four people to receive a Hay Festival Medal in 2022.
April 15, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Somniloquy’ by Paul Henry
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Somniloquy’ by Paul Henry from his new collection As If To Sing. The power of song, to sustain the human spirit, resonates through As if to Sing. A trapped caver crawls back through songs to the sea; Welsh soldiers pa…
April 14, 2022
Robert Walton Highly Commended in the Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition
Robert’s poem ‘Den’ was highly commended by judge Adam Wyeth.
April 8, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘When it Rains, I Think of You’ by Eric Ngalle Charles
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘When it Rains, I Think of You’ by Eric Ngalle Charles from his new collection Homelands. In Homelands Eric Ngalle Charles draws on his early life raised by the matriarchs of Cameroon, being sent to Moscow by human traffick…
April 1, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Four Poets in a Bookshop’ by Abeer Ameer
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Four Poets in a Bookshop’ by Abeer Ameer from her debut collection Inhale/Exile. Cardiff-based poet Abeer Ameer writes of her forebears in her first collection, Inhale/Exile. Dedicated to the “holders of these stories”, th…
March 29, 2022
Barney Norris – The Wellspring: From Page to Stage
In this guest post, Barney Norris discusses the link between his memoir The Wellspring and his new stage production of the same name currently touring the UK. Catch Barney and his father David Owen Norris performing The Wellspring at the Oxford Playh…
March 25, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Plasticine Love Hearts’ by Janette Ayachi
As it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday, this week’s Friday Poem is ‘Plasticine Love Hearts’ by Janette Ayachi from the anthology Writing Motherhood. Through a unique combination of interviews, poems, and essays, Writing Motherhood, edited by Carolyn Jess-Coo…
March 18, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘From the Cockpit Window’ by Anne-Marie Fyfe
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘From the Cockpit Window’ by Anne-Marie Fyfe from her collection House of Small Absences. Anne-Marie Fyfe’s poems have long dwelt on the role that the spaces we inhabit, the places in which we find security, play in our liv…
March 16, 2022
Gifts for Mother’s Day
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, we’ve rounded up a list of books that would make great Mother’s Day gifts. Browse the list below, or visit our new titles page for more ideas. Auscultation – Ilse Pedler Auscultation means listening and…
