About WN Herbert WN Herbert was born in Dundee in 1961. He’s published numerous books of poetry, mostly with Bloodaxe, and edited several anthologies. He is also a critic and (with a great deal of help) a translator. He lives in North Shields on the mouth of the River Tyne,…
About Jaclyn Jaclyn Moriarty is the prize-winning, best-selling author of novels for young adults and adults including Feeling Sorry for Celia and The Year of Secret Assignments. Jaclyn grew up in Sydney, lived in England, the US, and Canada, and now lives in Sydney again. She is very fond of…
Emergency Kit Edited by Matthew Sweeney and Jo Shapcott Published in 1996 by Faber and Faber John McCullough says: “This Faber anthology from 1996 focuses on twentieth century poetry. Specifically, it isolates individual poems that take surprising angles on their subjects, valuing strangeness and imagination. More than any other single…
About John John McCullough’s poetry has appeared in publications including London Magazine, The Guardian, The Rialto, Poetry London and Magma. He teaches creative writing at the Open University and the University of Sussex. His first collection is The Frost Fairs (Salt, 2011). John’s website: www.johnmccullough.co.uk • One thing that’s always…
The White Hotel D.M. Thomas First published in 1981 “Loosely inspired by the case histories of some of Sigmund Freud’s female patients, “The White Hotel” is an idiosyncratic and erudite piece of fiction. I read it many years ago, and will almost certainly never do so again, because the book’s…
About Jon Jon Stone was born in Derby and lives in Whitechapel. He is co-creator of micro-anthology publishers Sidekick Books and arts magazine Fuselit, as well as various collaborative live events in London. He was highly commended in the National Poetry Competition 2009, the same year his debut pamphlet, Scarecrows,…
The Burial Jennifer Lash First published in 1961 John Wetherell says: “I can’t remember the plot at all. There was a woman who loved geraniums. But the atmosphere is with me vividly, and the personality of the narrator (1st person). One of the author’s poems (Seventh Song from her Suffolk…
About Pamela Pamela was born in Stockholm, Sweden and now lives in Northumberland, UK. She has a BFA in film and video from St Martin’s School of Art, London, where she studied with Malcolm Le Grice, and an MA in Theatre Arts from Emerson College, Boston, USA, where she studied…
Bing Bang Boing Ideal Inc. Released in 1972 Kona Macphee says: “When I was aged 3 or 4, Andrew who lived next door was given the classic 70s game Bing Bang Boing. One of my most vivid early childhood memories is sitting in his living room and watching the balls…
About Sridala Sridala Swami trained to be a film editor, but gave that up more than ten years ago. She has taught cinema and yoga and has conducted workshops in creative writing and film appreciation. Sridala’s first collection of poems is A Reluctant Survivor (India: Sahitya Akademi, 2007, rp 2008).…
