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How Not to Self Publish

How Not to Self Publish

13.09.2012
Maybe teenagers end up in front of screen because they are all failed authors whose books unsuccessfully made an impact on anyone at all....
Meet Kate Tempest, The Most Exciting Young Writer In Britain

Meet Kate Tempest, The Most Exciting Young Writer In Britain

Sam Parker  11.09.2012
As her new solo play Brand New Ancients gets underway at the BAC, we speak to Kate Tempest, Britain's leading young poet, playwright and...
Crowd-Sourcing Poetry

Crowd-Sourcing Poetry

8.09.2012
2012 has been yet another demonstration of why the position of literature in the UK is unique. Where else would a national newspaper feature...
Youth Unemployment: I Wanted to Use Poetry to Speak for Myself

Youth Unemployment: I Wanted to Use Poetry to Speak for Myself

31.08.2012
When I left school at 13, I didn't know my future would be in poetry - that's something that developed over time. Many other young people...

Review: Deryn Rees-Jones, Burying the Wren

30.08.2012
'Now where?' asks the speaker in 'Three Glances at a Field of Poppies', the opening poem in Deryn Rees-Jones' new collection, Burying the...

On Officially Becoming Erotic

16.08.2012
What I want to talk about today is hard. Not because it's difficult or forbidding, although it might well be both those things, but because...
It's Ted Hughes Birthday! Here's His Readings, Quotes And Photos (AUDIO AND PHOTOS)

It's Ted Hughes Birthday! Here's His Readings, Quotes And Photos (AUDIO AND PHOTOS)

Alice E. Vincent  15.08.2012
Yes, we're getting out the poetical cake again and lighting some candles because today is Ted Hughes' birthday! And, thanks to our friends...

Single Review: Benin City - Accelerate

13.08.2012
This vibrant raucous second single from the 4-piece band Benin City does just that with a massive cherry on top! Named after the Nigerian...
It's Philip Larkin's Birthday! We've Got Audio And Quotes To Celebrate

It's Philip Larkin's Birthday! We've Got Audio And Quotes To Celebrate

Alice E. Vincent  9.08.2012
We feel the creator of the ever-popular line "They f*ck you up, your mum and dad", probably didn't like birthdays much, and maybe wasn't...

Don't Believe the Hype, Read What You Like

7.08.2012
I've been thinking a bit about publishing lately, and the difference between those published and those passed down through word of mouth...

Childe Richard's Pilgrimage: Memoirs of a Not-So-Grand Tour

27.07.2012
Not for the first time, I have been tempted to compare myself negatively to Lord Byron. Like a large proportion of the young men of his...
Ode To O2: Blackout Poetry From Twitter

Ode To O2: Blackout Poetry From Twitter

16.07.2012
Much like during the power cuts of my youth, when the candles came out and the board games were dusted off, the O2 blackout was a time...
Poetry Parnassus - An Olympic Acheivement

Poetry Parnassus - An Olympic Acheivement

16.07.2012
I've never been a fan of poets navel-gazing, but I suppose the truth is that if poetry doesn't gaze into its own navel once in a while,...

What Poetry Did for Me

11.07.2012
Five and a half years ago, I received a phone call in my grandmother's kitchen informing me that I was one of 15 winners of the 2006 Foyle...
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