Tag: reviews
Adventures in Form receives a PBS Special Commendation
I’m delighted to say that our recent bumper publication, Adventures in Form: A Compendium of New Poetic Forms, Rules & Constraints has received a Special Commendation from the Poetry Book Society. In their Summer bulletin, published today, the PBS describe the book as ‘an anthology that sparkles and intrigues’… ‘Adventures in Form raises fundamental questions, [...]
Filed on May 17, 2012 under News - Comments (0)
Recent reviews of Stress Fractures, The Method and City State
The latest issue of Horizon Review includes Charlotte Newman’s thoughtful and even-handed review of Stress Fractures: Essays on Poetry: This book presents a thoroughly modern take on how we read poetry, how we hear poetry in other media, and how other media present poetry Luke Kennard‘s essay is “schizo-logical” and “slightly laddish” (!), Ross Sutherland [...]
Filed on September 7, 2011 under News - Comments (0)
‘Poems that crack the ice’
Claire Crowther, writing for Poetry London, has penned a most complimentary review of Sarah Hesketh’s debut collection of poetry, Napoleon’s Travelling Bookshelf. I was often charmed, mostly because of her care for language, its sounds and patterns. To buy the current issue of Poetry London, click here. Also, remember, you can still get your hands on a copy of Napoleon’s Travelling [...]
Filed on June 29, 2010 under News - Comments (0)
Static Exile Highly Recommended
George Ttoouli’s Static Exile has been highly recommended on Matt Merritt’s Polyolbion blog. According to Merritt, Static Exile fizzes with energy, and it’s fun. I mean, laugh out loud, read-it-again-and-again fun. He also comments [Ttoouli's] gaze is as unforgiving and occasionally dizzying as a midday Mediterranean sun. The full review can be read here, and if you haven’t already, now [...]
Filed on June 16, 2010 under News - Comments (0)
Omnipotent download provocateur
A fantastic review of Ross Sutherland’s debut book, Things To Do Before You Leave Town, has appeared on lit-blog Eyewear from the pen of Christopher Horton. Here is what he says: Sutherland is a veritable journeyman, compelled to move on, to seek comfort in the ephemeral. As such his poetry is frequently delivered in the [...]
Filed on April 25, 2010 under News - Comments (0)
Tottering word-sculptures
Another great review! This time, Jon Stone tackles Weather A System by James Wilkes. Read the full review here at Dr Fulminare’s Questionable Arts. Here’s an excerpt to whet your appetite. Wilkes keeps his ‘ethereal cannonade’ going right through to the end, gathering up the debris of weather reports and fashion shows alike and reassembling [...]
Filed on February 3, 2010 under News - Comments (0)
Distinctive and smart
Hesketh is determined to fuse word and thing into an integrated experience… Still in her twenties this is her first collection and is exactly what contemporary publishers appear to be looking for. A voice that is distinctive, smart and reaching for a mode of expression both disciplined and elliptical. A fantastic review of Sarah Hesketh’s [...]
Filed on February 1, 2010 under News - Comments (0)
Pulsing anaphora: Adsit on Caddy
Janelle Adsit reviews David Caddy’s Man in Black in Pedestal Magazine: Caddy has provided another important contribution to ecological literature. It is clear that Dorset is the portion of earth for which Caddy feels responsible. And Caddy speaks for it confidently, with pulsing anaphora, watchful litanies, and studied allusions. Read the full review here.
Filed on October 29, 2009 under News - Comments (0)
Ecstasy of Location
Poet-critic-blogger Simon Turner has turned his eye towards our anthology of London poetry City State in the latest issue of print mag Under the Radar. Performance poets are wedged side by side with the new crop of post-langpo practitioners and sculptors of sound; formalism and new narrative jostle for position with cut-ups, found poems and the [...]
Filed on October 12, 2009 under News - Comments (0)
Snapshot from a moving bus
The latest issue of our favourite literary magazine Pen Pusher contains a review by Helen Mort of our anthology City State: New London Poetry. This is the verdict: City State is [a] journey across the metropolis in rush hour: a journey that by turns bewilders, delights and throws up unpalatable truths. The anthology showcases a real [...]
Filed on July 20, 2009 under News - Comments (0)
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