Longbarrow Press has been at the forefront of the Sheffield publishing scene for at least ten years now, constantly re-injecting the UK literary scene with a traditional yet progressive elegance. […]
Penned In The Margins – Not Afraid To Take Risks
The world of small publishing press’ continues to evolve graciously, and with the small responsibility of preserving, as well as constantly re-defining the literary universe, it is clear to see […]
Review of the Hammer and Tongue Slam Final
The Hammer and Tongue National Poetry Slam is a marathon – 48 individual poets competing for the main title alongside a team slam from 7 teams across the UK and […]
Chris Jones
After the release of his prestigious poetry collection, Skin, Chris Jones has firmly carved his name onto the growing list of established English poets. On the eve of his performance […]
Salena Godden
Described perfectly by Kerrang magazine as ‘everything the Daily Mail is terrified of’, it’s difficult to talk about Salena Godden as a poet, author or performer without using the adjective […]
Alabaster DePlume
“a slinky, kaleidoscopic maelstrom” “above all, incatalogabile” “a young John Malkovich playing David Tibet playing Jake Thackray in his best stage voice” Just some of the words used to describe […]
Literature Republic of South Yorkshire
On 23 October, in collaboration with Off The Shelf Festival of Words and other partners, we held poetry events in Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley to celebrate the local live […]
Kate Garrett – Decked in Words
Kate Garrett – grew up in small town Owensville, Ohio (pop 800) and moved to Sheffield (via somewhere called London). Between being mum to three kids, working, writing and editing, […]
Edinburgh Fringe: This Year’s Genre Busters
You could easily go to the Edinburgh fringe and see straightforward, one-man stand up shows five times a day, every day for the whole run. If the kind of comedy […]
Record and Play
Record and Play By Damon Fairclough As anyone who’s read Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity will tell you, there are a lot of rules to making a good mixtape, not least […]
Sound and Visual Artist Wanted for Poetry Light Night
Word Life has an exciting commission opportunity for a sound and visual artist. We are looking for two artists to create a short film each based on one of two […]
Maurice Riordan
Maurice Riordan was born in Lisgoold, County Cork and after spells in Ontario and Barcelona he settled in London where he is now editor of the Poetry Review. He has […]