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Author Archives: Clare Spencer
Literary writers and the Indie Spirit – from Jules Horne
It’s fair to say the world of publishing is in turmoil. With margins squeezed in commercial publishing, mid-list authors are being dropped, and it’s harder than ever to find a publisher. Writing literary or experimental fiction? Forget it (mostly). I’ve … Continue reading
A new poetry collection from Joanna Ezekiel
Joanna’s latest poetry collection is Homecoming, published by Scarborough publisher, Valley Press, winner of a recent Arts Council grant. The editors say: ‘By necessity, to come home is to look with fresh eyes at what is familiar. Joanna Ezekiel’s exquisite second … Continue reading
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The attic sessions – reclaiming a space for the writer
From Nessa O’Mahony Last summer, my husband Peter Salisbury and myself finally completed a task we’d been discussing for several years: the conversion of our attic into a workspace for us both. Once the dust had settled (so much dust) … Continue reading
Morgaine Merch Lleuad’s entry is shortlisted for the Frogmore Prize
We’re pleased to announce that Morgaine’s entry for the 2015 Frogmore Poetry Prize made it onto the final shortlist of ten. This year’s entries were adjudicated by John McCulloch. http://frogmore-jp.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/sarah-barr-wins-frogmore-prize-2015.html
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A new poetry collection from Mike Johnson
How my poetry collection See What I Mean? got published – Mike Johnson Rather more than three years ago, I entered a poetry competition, focused on humorous poems for adults, run by Thynks Publications. To my delight, I won the … Continue reading
The Insect Rosary – a new novel from Sarah Armstrong
For the first seventeen years of my life I spent four weeks a year at my gran’s farm in Northern Ireland. I loved it, the dog and the rain and the wellies, and felt it was very much my other … Continue reading
Hannah Vincent’s play wins BBC Audio Award
Hannah Vincent’s radio play Come to Grief has won an award for Best Drama in the Adaptation category in the 2015 BBC Audio Awards, announced on 1st February. The judging panel said that the script, adapted from Hannah’s own stage play, … Continue reading
A new poetry collection from Michael Thomas
Come To Pass – some reflections on group work This collection, recently published by Oversteps Books, is the second in which I have arranged poems by sub-groups. In earlier collections, I think I must have had some sense of variation in subject … Continue reading
The Status of the Cat – Sean Elliot’s recently published poetry collection
In May 2013 I found myself coping with depression. Through the fog I reasoned that if I felt this bad, it would be difficult to feel any worse so why not take a risk? I had repeatedly tried to have … Continue reading