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November 5, 2019
‘Footnotes to Water’: An Interview with Zoë Skoulding
Zoë Skoulding is a poet, critic and translator who has lived in north Wales since 1991. She is the author of a number of poetry collections including The Museum of Disappearing Sounds (Seren), which was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award, and Remai…
November 1, 2019
Happy World Vegan Day!
Today marks the beginning of World Vegan Month and we couldn’t think of a better time to tell you that the re-print of The Occasional Vegan by Sarah Philpott is now in stock! To celebrate we’re giving you a sneak peak at the deliciousness that waits…
November 1, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘A Second Whisper’ by Lynne Hjelmgaard
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘A Second Whisper’ by Lynne Hjelmgaard from her new collection A Second Whisper. You can see videos of Lynne reading more poems from the collection on our Youtube channel. A Second Whisper is Lynne Hjelmgaard’s moving new c…
October 25, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Gull Song’ by Zoë Skoulding
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Gull Song’ by Zoë Skoulding from her new collection Footnotes to Water which is a Poetry Book Society Winter Recommendation. In Footnotes to Water poet Zoë Skoulding follows two forgotten rivers, the Adda in Bangor and th…
October 24, 2019
Claire Williamson shares her poetry advice
This week’s poetry advice blog comes from Claire Williamson author of Visiting the Minotaur. Claire specialises in nurturing creative writing, both as craft and for wellbeing. She is also a member of Bristol based poetry group The Spoke. Claire’s col…
October 18, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Lyrebird’ by Deryn Rees-Jones
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Lyrebird’ by Deryn Rees-Jones from her T. S. Eliot Shortlisted collection Erato. Named after the Greek muse of lyric poetry, Erato combines documentary-style prose narratives with the passionate lyric poetry for which Rees…
October 17, 2019
Deryn Rees-Jones shares her poetry advice
It was announced earlier today that Deryn Rees-Jones’ new collection Erato has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2019. It therefore felt only fitting that this week’s poetry advice blog came from her. Named after the Greek muse of lyric poetr…
October 17, 2019
‘Erato’ by Deryn Rees-Jones Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2019
We are delighted to finally be able to share that Erato by Deryn Rees-Jones has been shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2019.
October 16, 2019
An Interview with Alexandra Ford
A forgotten history, a lifetime of secrecy and one woman’s search for the truth. Alexandra Ford’s debut novel What Remains at the End sheds light on the lesser-known history of the former Yugoslavia’s ethnic Germans – the Danube Swabians – and the ho…
October 11, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Bicep to Bicep’ by Mary J. Oliver
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Bicep to Bicep’ by Mary J. Oliver, from her new book Jim Neat: The Case of a Young Man Down on his Luck. Jim Neat is a coalescing of prose, poetry, documents and photographs in which Mary J. Oliver uncovers the life of her…
October 10, 2019
Kim Moore Shares her Poetry Advice
This week’s poetry advice blog comes from Kim Moore. Her first collection The Art of Falling won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2016 and was shortlisted for Lakeland Book of the Year. In The Art of Falling, Kim Moore sets out her stall in the o…
October 4, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Windfalls’ by Paul Henry
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Windfalls’ by Paul Henry, from his collection The Glass Aisle. The Glass Aisle moves between rage and stillness, past and present, music and silence. Acclaimed poet Paul Henry’s tenth book includes a moving elegy to displa…
