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September 17, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘How I Hold the World in This Climate Emergency’ by Cath Drake
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘How I Hold the World in This Climate Emergency’ by Cath Drake from her debut collection The Shaking City, which is longlisted for The Laurel Prize 2021. The shaking city of Australian poet Cath Drake’s debut poetry colle…
September 14, 2021
Cath Drake’s Debut longlisted for The Laurel Prize
Cath Drake’s ‘The Shaking City’ has been longlisted for The Laurel Prize.
September 10, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Bocca della Verita’ by Robert Seatter
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Bocca della Verita’ by Robert Seatter from his new collection The House of Everything. The poems in this collection are all inspired by artefacts and spaces in Sir John Soane’s Museum. Sir John Soane was born on this day i…
September 8, 2021
Dates announced for the launches of Bar 44 Tapas y Copas
Join us in Cardiff and Bristol for the launches of Bar 44 Tapas y Copas
September 7, 2021
Guest Post: Other Women’s Kitchens – Alison Binney
Alison Binney’s pamphlet Other Women’s Kitchens is the winner of the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2020. For me, the kitchen is often the most appealing room in any home. In the house where I grew up, we had a dining table at one end of the lou…
September 3, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘On Wonder Woman’s Island’ by Alison Binney
This week our Friday Poem is ‘On Wonder Woman’s Island’ by Alison Binney from her debut pamphlet Other Women’s Kitchens which is the winner of the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet competition 2020. Other Women’s Kitchens is Alison Binney’s debut pamphlet of p…
September 3, 2021
Robert Walton Wins English Language Poetry Competition NAFOW
Robert Walton’s poem wins 1st place at the North American Festival of Wales.
September 2, 2021
Alison Binney wins Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2020
Alison Binney wins Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition with ‘Other Women’s Kitchens’
August 27, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘The Storyteller’ by Abeer Ameer
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Storyteller’ by Abeer Ameer from her debut collection Inhale/Exile. This poem is also featured in 100 Poems to Save the Earth. Abeer Ameer writes of her forebears in her first collection, Inhale/Exile. Dedica…
August 20, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘The Glorious Fellowship of Migraineurs’ by Polly Atkin
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Glorious Fellowship of Migraineurs’ by Polly Atkin from her collection Basic Nest Architecture. Polly’s new collection Much With Body is forthcoming this October. Polly Atkin’s debut poetry collection, Basic Nest Archi…
August 13, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Or With Open Window’ by Rosalind Hudis
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Or With Open Window’ by Rosalind Hudis from her most recent collection Restorations. Rosalind was recently shortlisted for the Gladstone’s Writers in Residence Award 2022. Judging will take place in October. Inspired by th…
