The Reading List
Source: The Reading List, week 2 by Robin Houghton “The weather has been so good lately it’s tempting to go out for a walk (or a pub lunch!) rather than read. But I’m enjoying the discipline – I find last thing at night and first thing in the morning are good times to read. This week […]
Di Slaney’s hats & the Lowdham Book Festival
So I find myself wearing three hats at Lowdham Book Festival this year… …but fortunately not all at the same time. This is very unexpected because I’m usually at this lovely local book festival in my comfortable third hat of publisher, as myself and my business partner Jenny Swann always have a stall on the […]
Stonewood Poetry at Lowdham Book Festival
Join poets Jacqueline Gabbitas, Anna Robinson and Di Slaney as they read from their recent collections: Dad’s Slideshow (Di Slaney), Small Grass (Jacqueline Gabbitas) and The Night Library (Anna Robinson) on Saturday 27th June at the wonderful Lowdham Book Festival, Notts. They’re reading from 2.00 – 3.00 pm in the Marquee behind the Village Hall. […]
Poem of the week – Poetry Book Society
Last week Poetry Book Society selected ‘Grass speaks at the foot of Volcano‘ as their “poem of the week” from Small Grass by Jacqueline Gabbitas. Click on the image (below) to enlarge.
Sounds of the Front Bell – Review
The long and short of it – Thomas Ovans It can quickly be said that Sounds of the Front Bell seems like quite a bargain. Attractively produced in pocket size and priced at only £4.99, it presents an introduction to a dozen poets, more than half of whom were new to me. […] This is […]
Small Grass Launch: London
I’ve never thought of grass talking before, but after reading this sequence, with its delicate and sharp voices, I may not be able to walk on it again without listening. – Pascale Petit We are delighted to be launching Small Grass by Jacqueline Gabbitas and Frances Barry at the Barbican Library, London on 1st September, […]
