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An Underground Country Zimbabwe, since its independence in 1980, has produced an interesting crop of prose stylists. Dambudzo Marechera, Yvonne Vera and Tsitsi Dangarembga are all known as...
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Poems on paintings are an interesting concept, but the success depends on the artist or paintings in question. This collection of poems on the work of 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer...
View ArticleBook Review: How to Win at Kings Cross
Author: Catherine Edmunds Publisher: Erbacce Press ISBN: 978-1-912455-003 Pages: 96 Price: £9.95 Reviewer: Mandy Pannett How to Win at...
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Author: Linda Rose Parkes Publisher: Dempsey and Windle ISBN: ISBN 978-9-781-90743-2 Pages: 75 Price:...
View ArticleJocelyn Simms reviews Roger Elkin’s Sheer Poetry
Title: Sheer PoetryAuthor: Roger ElkinPublisher: Dempsey and Windle, 2020Pages: 84ISBN-13: 978-1913329167Reviewer: Jocelyn Simms A striking image on the cover of Sheer Poetry, Roger Elkin’s...
View ArticleThe Magpie Almanack reviewed by Mandy Pannett
Title: The Magpie Almanack Author: Simon Williams Publisher: Vole (Dempsey and Windle imprint) Paperback : 100 pages ISBN-10 : 1913329348 ISBN-13 : 978-1913329341 Price: £10.00 Reviewer: Mandy Pannett...
View ArticleReview of Lure by Alison Lock
Title: Lure Author: Alison Lock Publisher: Calder Valley Poetry Reviewer: Mandy Pannett ‘With words, I state my being in the world’. This declaration by the narrator/survivor seems, to me, to sum up...
View ArticleReview of The Leading Question by Roger Elkin
Title: The Leading Question Author: Roger Elkin Publisher: The High Window 2021 Reviewer: Mandy Pannett The Leading Question, an outstanding poetry collection, explores aspects of the Great Irish...
View ArticleAre You Listening?
Title: Are You Listening? Author: Gill McEvoy Publisher: The Hedgehog Poetry Press Reviewer: Mandy Pannett ‘This collection traces the story of a grief...
View ArticleReview of Performance Rites by Barry Smith
Performance Rites Barry Smith Waterloo Press 2021 A wordsmith has crafted the poems in this collection. Many are notable for their strong opening lines. Bruckner’s Eyeglass, for example, begins...
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