I’ve been overdoing it of late
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Paul Stephenson’s debut collection ‘Hard Drive’ was published by Carcanet in summer 2023 and was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize.
I’ve been overdoing it of late – Paul Stephenson
I found out – Judith Taylor
I found out
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Judith Taylor lives in Aberdeen, where she co-organises the monthly Poetry at Books and Beans events. Her latest collection, Across Your Careful Garden, is published by Red Squirrel Press. She is one of the Editors of Poetry Scotland. Website: http://sometimesjudy.co.uk/
Estuary – Chris Powici
Estuary
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Chris Powici lives in Perthshire. For many years he taught creative writing for the University of Stirling and the Open University, but now concentrates on writing poems and essays. His latest poetry collection is Look, Breathe (Red Squirrel Press). Chris is co-editor of New Writing Scotland and one of the writers behind the climate change campaign group and e-zine ‘Paperboats’: https://paperboats.org/writings
Take the collared dove – Elaine Ewart
Take the collared dove
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Elaine Ewart is a poet and writer of creative non-fiction, based in North Yorkshire. Her poetry has been published in various journals, including The Interpreter’s House, The Rialto and bath magg. She tweets @EwartElaine and blogs occasionally at flightfeather.wordpress.com
Perseids – D.A. Prince
Perseids
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D.A.Prince lives in Leicestershire and London. Her second full-length collection (Common Ground, HappenStance, 2014) won the East Midlands Book Award 2015. Her third collection, The Bigger Picture (also from HappenStance) was published in 2022.
Strings & Whistles – Simon Maddrell
Strings & Whistles
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Simon Maddrell has appeared in AMBIT, The Moth, The Rialto, Poetry Wales, Stand, Under the Radar and many others. He has five pamphlets with his fifth, a finger in derek jarman’s mouth, published by Polari Press in Feb. 2024.
Medical Textbooks are Mostly Written by Men – Ilse Pedler
Medical Textbooks are Mostly Written by Men
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Ilse Pedler is the winner of the 2015 Mslexia Pamphlet Competition with The Dogs That Chase Bicycle Wheels. Her first collection Auscultation was published in 2021 by Seren. She lives and works part time as a Veterinary Surgeon in Kendal. www.ilsepedler.com
7 Years Later I Still Make Laksa, 7 Years Later I Still Look for Him – Holly Winter-Hughes
7 Years Later I Still Make Laksa, 7 Years Later I Still Look for Him
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Holly Winter-Hughes is a poet, researcher and therapeutic writing facilitator with an interest in restorying embodied trauma. She has been recently published or is upcoming in Clarion, Impossible Archetype and Tears in the Fence. Her collection ‘How to Leave a Body…’ is out in May 2025 and can be pre-ordered through Verve or www.hollywinterhughes.com.
In Those Uniform Days – Peter Raynard
In Those Uniform Days
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Peter Raynard is a disabled working class poet and previously editor of Proletarian Poetry (www.proletarianpoetry.com). His latest collection, Manland, was published by Nine Arches Press, in 2022.
A temporary arrangement – Ian Badcoe
A temporary arrangement
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Ian Badcoe (he/they) is a nonbinary poet from Sheffield. He also has a long-term collaboration with German Indie Rock singer/composer Hallam London and their album: Be Yourself in Eleven Easy Lessons, is available in the usual places. Ian’s site: https://ianbadcoe.uk/ Hallam London: https://hallamlondon.com/
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