A Suite of Adjacent Rooms If you are a poet also working in academia, or you also do other kinds of writing for a living,…
Think of a new ritual that you’ve had to put in place because of the pandemic. It could be just about going to the park…
Respond to the photograph above by exploring the following series of questions, which do not have to be answered in the given order. Language: laconic monochrome….
Agnieszka Studzinska has an MA in Creative Writing from the UEA. Her first debut collection, Snow Calling was shortlisted for the London New Poetry Award 2010. Her…
Professor Robert Hampson, from Royal Holloway, University of London, writes about Carolyn Forché’s The Country Between Us, which was re-published in 2019 by Bloodaxe Books….
Dr Christopher Ohge, Lecturer in Digital Approaches to Literature at the IES, reads ‘The Icing Hand’ by Tony Harrison from the Bloodaxe Books online archive…
Damen O’Brien’s poem ‘The Handshake’ has won First Prize in the 2020 Newcastle Poetry Competition. The Handshake When he reached out his hand…
Natalie Crick’s poem ‘Girlfriend-Watch’ has won Second Prize in the 2020 Newcastle Poetry Competition. Girlfriend-Watch Poorly Girlfriend sleeps like a parched stone. Boyfriend watches…
Pippa Little’s poem ‘Spell for a Stonemason’ has won Third Prize in the 2020 Newcastle Poetry Competition. Spell for a Stonemason Sister flies south for…
Claudine Toutoungi’s poem ‘The marmots are suffocating’ has been Highly Commended in the 2020 Newcastle Poetry Competition. The marmots are suffocating J’admire votre hérisson…
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