5 contemporary poets you should be reading
A common question asked by those new to poetry is “Who should I be reading?” or “What contemporary poets should I be watching?” To answer […]
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The Goldsmiths Prize by Fiction Editor Mimi Gladman
The Man Booker Prize was won in October by Anna Burns, with her Northern Ireland-based novel of sexual coercion Milkman. There’s always a lot of […]
The Contemporary Short Story by Fiction Editor Mimi Gladman
A Pick of the Best Contemporary English-language Short Story Collections Short stories appear widely in literary magazines, as well as in the relatively small number […]
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Photo-poems: visual art and poetry combinations for a high-tech age by Sarah Leavesley
Although my working and creative life has mostly been as a writer, I’ve always loved photography. As a poet, the initial appeal for me in […]
What is Literary Fiction? – by Shirley Bell
What is Literary Fiction? We all think we know? Or do we? We know what it is not, when genre labels are easy […]
A Poetic Adventure in Uganda by Samantha Maw
A Poetic Adventure in Uganda by Samantha Maw Samantha Maw is studying a Creative Writing MA at Lincoln University in the U.K. and is a […]
Anne Tannam talks about performance poetry and poetry for the page
Anne Tannam talks about performance poetry and poetry for the page Anne Tannam is a Dublin poet with two collections: Tides Shifting Across My Sitting Room […]
A glorious pic’n’mix from Shirley Bell
A glorious pic’n’mix from Shirley Bell I said last year that I would write about useful and exciting anthologies, but I did not keep my promise […]
Haiku is Mindfulness by Lara. J. Fuller
Haiku is Mindfulness by Lara. J. Fuller Lara. J. Fuller :I have been writing poetry for a year and taken part in public poetry readings […]
Emily Berry: Stranger, Baby – a review by Jane Simmons
Jane Simmons is a retired teacher/lecturer who is now studying for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Lincoln. She has written several […]
Poet -Steve Klepetar
Steve Klepetar lives in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. His work has appeared widely in the U.S. and abroad, and has received several nominations for Best of […]
Dr. Kerry Featherstone – by Samantha Maw
Samantha Maw is studying a Creative Writing MA at Lincoln University and is looking forward to developing a writing career. She is a qualified teacher […]
4 poems by John Saunders
John Saunders is a founder member of the Hibernian Writers’ Group. His collections are After the Accident(Lapwing Press, 2010) and Chance (New Binary Press, 2013). One of three featured […]
2 poems by J D DeHart
J D DeHart is a writer and teacher. He blogs about books and authors at dehartreadingandlitresources.blogspot.com and publishes poetry at onpossibilitypoems.blogspot.com. DeHart has a chapbook, The Truth About […]
Dave Kavanagh reviews ‘Somewhere but not Here’ by Stephen Byrne
Dave was born and still lives in Loughshinny, a tiny farming and fishing village in the coastal North Co. Dublin. His work has seen recent […]
Poetry in Translation – Philip Dunkerley
Phil Dunkerley is active in poetry groups in the South Lincolnshire area of the UK, where he lives and is currently the representative for Stamford […]
Featured poet Finola Scott
St Kilda Post Boat, winter 1886 Select a sheep for slaughter …………………an old one, a tough one. Remove its slack stomach, ………………….clean, eat the […]
3 poems by Judy Shepps Battle
Judy Shepps Battle began writing poems long before she became a psychotherapist and sociology professor at Rutgers University. Widely published both in the USA and […]
4 poems by Polly Richardson (Munnelly)
Polly Richardson (Munnelly) is a Dublin born poet now living and writing in Meath. She has been published both nationally and internationally in many anthologies […]
4 poems by M. A. Banash
Matt was born and raised outside Philadelphia. His work has been published in Poetry Quarterly, Penumbra St. Louis U Madrid, and SurVision. When he grows […]
Poetry from Craig Wijckaans, Amy Louise Wyatt, Marc Frazier and John Malvert
Craig Wijckaans : I’m Craig. I’m from Teesside in the North East of England. I write poetry mostly for myself. I enjoy the freedom of […]
Review of The Red Lion, Live Theatre, 8th April 2017 currently at the Trafalgar Studios, London until 2nd December 2017 by Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon
Ceinwen has worked as a Probation Officer, a Mental Health Social Worker and Practice Educator. She lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and writes short […]
3 poems by Jim Bourey
Jim Bourey is an old poet living on the northern edge of the Adirondack Mountains. He lived in Delaware for thirty years before this recent […]
3 poems by Alan Halford
Alan Halford was born in Dublin, Ireland. The Memory Bone was his was his first collection of work. (2016) Poems have appeared in The Blue Max […]
3 poems by Jeremy Nathan Marks
Jeremy Nathan Marks writes, reads, teaches, researches and talks to folks about things which interest them and which interest him. He has had editorials, essays, […]
Poetry from Pauline Flynn, Steve Klepetar, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, Beth Copeland, Lynn White
Pauline Flynn is an Irish Visual Artist by profession and has an MA in Creative Writing from University College Dublin. She began writing poetry in […]
3 poems by Mark Tarren
Mark Tarren is a poet and writer based in Queensland, Australia. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in various literary journals including The Blue Nib, […]
5 poems from Judy Shepps Battle
Judy Shepps Battle began writing poems long before she became a psychotherapist and sociology professor at Rutgers University. Widely published both in the USA and […]
Niamh Clarke – On poet Shane Martin
Niamh Clarke : Niamh is originally from Dundalk, Co.Louth. She received her BA in English and Philosophy from NUI, Galway. She is currently studying a […]
5 poems from Akshaya Pawaskar
Akshaya Pawaskar is a doctor practicing in India and poetry is her passion. Her poems have been published in Tipton Poetry journal, Writer’s Ezine, Efiction India, […]
5 poems by Dave Kavanagh
Dave was born and still lives in Loughshinny, a tiny farming and fishing village in the coastal North Co. Dublin. He has been writing since […]