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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…
October 3, 2019
Happy National Poetry Day! – Philip Gross Shares his Poetry Advice
Today is National Poetry Day, which means there are events happening up and down the country celebrating poetry. Not only that, but this year it is National Poetry Day’s 25th Anniversary. We’re joining in the fun by sharing some thoughts and advice f…
September 24, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘The Birds of Rhiannon’ by Rhian Edwards
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Birds of Rhiannon’ by Rhian Edwards, from her pamphlet Brood. Inspired by both a fascination with birds as well as intense personal experiences of motherhood and a broken relationship, Brood is a stunning pamphlet by p…
September 20, 2019
Friday Poem – ‘Hare’ by Ross Cogan
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Hare’ by Ross Cogan, from his collection Bragr. Whether its myth intended to explain the constellations, the secret of eternal life, or the bloodthirsty tale of the mead of poetry, Ross Cogan’s collection Bragr (meaning ‘p…
September 16, 2019
An Interview with Robert Minhinnick
Robert Minhinnick is one of Wales’ (some would say Britain’s) most eminent writers. Next month we publish his latest novel Nia, the third book in his coastal trilogy all set in the same fictional resort. Ahead of its publication on the 1st October, R…
