Tag: prizewinning
Catullus: Shibari Carmina
The term ‘confessional poet’ is obviously less of a descriptor and more of a slur, largely aimed at mid-century female writers. But go back far enough …
Read moreLady Charlotte Guest: The Exceptional Life of a Female Industrialist
I began reading Victoria Owen’s account of Lady Charlotte Guest, knowing little about Lady Charlotte and what she accomplished. On concluding the book …
Read moreTake a Bite: The Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology
Take a Bite presents the top twelve entries in the 2021 Rhys Davies Short Story award, and its introduction promises us fiction that is ‘alive with ch …
Read moreThe History of Wales in Twelve Poems, A Last Respect: The Roland Mathias Prize Anthology of Contemporary Welsh Poetry
The art of the poetry anthology is a competitive arena. You have the celeb selections (Amis on Larkin, Cerys Matthews on her whims), the ‘authoritativ …
Read moreMrs Murata
It’s taken me a very long time and such a lot of work, but I have delighted in this so much. – Where we live in the far north of Honshu, so many peopl …
Read moreThe Tiger Girl and the Rain Stag: An Interview with Pascale Petit
YR: You describe your grandmother as a really important presence in your childhood, and she’s the central (human) character in Tiger Girl. Can you tel …
Read moreThe Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies
This first story in this debut collection of nine, ‘My Bonny’, begins with a paragraph-length sentence that contains two em dashes, two sets of parent …
Read moreDare to Do: Taking on the Planet by Bike and Boat
Dare to Do is a fast-paced, engaging travel memoir by rower and adventurer,Sarah Outen, following her journey as she cycles, kayaks and rows across Eu …
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