Helen Moore’s new book The Mother Country
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Helen Moore’s third major collection of poems, The Mother Country, is published by Awen on 1 May 2019. Helen is a poet of passion, power,...
Anthony Nanson
- Jan 4, 2019
- 1 min
Oxford launch of The Tragicall History of Campbell McCluskie
7.00–8.45 p.m. 48–51 Broad Street, Oxford OX1. Free admission. The book is adorned with stunning cover art by the printmaker Andy...
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Anthony Nanson
- Dec 2, 2018
- 3 min
Translating Nicolas Kurtovitch
by Anthony Nanson I first read Forêt, terre et tabac, and another of Nicolas’ collections, Totem, about three years ago, in the course of...
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Anthony Nanson
- Nov 25, 2018
- 2 min
Book Launch in Stroud: Lindsay Clarke and Nicolas Kurtovitch
by Anthony Nanson Green Man Dreaming: Reflections on Imagination, Myth, and Memory is a definitive gathering of Lindsay Clarke’s...
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Anthony Nanson
- Oct 26, 2018
- 2 min
Kevan Manwaring and Bardic Poetry
by Anthony Nanson The scale of Kevan’s output of poetry of this kind is prodigious, ranging from individual lyrics to ambitious epics....
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Anthony Nanson
- Aug 20, 2018
- 3 min
Silver Branch book launch 19 August 2018
On 19 August 2018 we gathered in the Ale House in Stroud to celebrate two things: the launch of Awen’s newest title, Silver Branch:...
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Anthony Nanson
- May 9, 2018
- 1 min
Mysteries – Stories and Poems of Faerie by Chrissy Derbyshire
Chrissy Derbyshire is a master of style – lyrical and accessible, archly ironic, and yet at the same time charged with the sensual...
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Anthony Nanson
- Apr 18, 2018
- 2 min
Pilgrimage by Jay Ramsay
Jay will be reading from the book at Hawkwood College, Stroud, on 20 April as part of an event with Andrew Harvey on the theme of sacred...
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Anthony Nanson
- Nov 2, 2017
- 2 min
New Book by Jeremy Hooker about Poetry, Nature, and Place
Ditch Vision is a book of essays on poetry, nature, and place that extends Jeremy Hooker’s thinking on subjects that, as a distinguished...
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Anthony Nanson
- Oct 17, 2017
- 1 min
Karola Renard’s The Firekeeper’s Daughter
By Anthony Nanson So the twelve stories in The Firekeeper’s Daughter are threaded together by this theme, even though each story involves...
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Anthony Nanson
- Aug 26, 2017
- 2 min
The Windsmith Elegy – Steampunk and Bardic Fantasy
By Anthony Nanson compelling case for regarding as steampunk (among other things). Indeed, back in 2012 Kevan promoted the previous...
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Anthony Nanson
- Jun 27, 2017
- 2 min
Charlotte Hussey’s Glossing the Spoils
by Anthony Nanson Charlotte Hussey’s Glossing the Spoils is rather more than a collection of poems. It will have a particular interest,...
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Anthony Nanson
- Apr 4, 2017
- 1 min
Different Continents
by Gabriel Bradford Millar On Thursday 9 March @ Star Anise in Stroud a roomful of poetry aficionados were treated to a double book...
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Anthony Nanson
- Mar 23, 2017
- 2 min
Pilgrim Station
I am grateful to Anthony Nanson for inviting me to contribute a few lines on my poetry collection, Pilgrim Station, recently brought out...
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Anthony Nanson
- Mar 2, 2017
- 1 min
Alchemy with Jay Ramsay
Alchemy is best known as the age-old science of turning base metal into gold. But it is much more: essentially, it is a path of...
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Anthony Nanson
- Dec 15, 2016
- 1 min
New releases from Awen
In a verse sequence that swoops between wit and ancient wisdom, between the mystical and the mischievous, award-winning novelist Lindsay...
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Anthony Nanson
- Nov 26, 2016
- 2 min
On the Cover: A Drink with Hermes?
By Kirsty Hartsiotis Fittingly, this image is from a kylix, an ancient Greek wine cup, the kind used at Greek symposia, parties where...
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Anthony Nanson
- Nov 24, 2016
- 1 min
Green Children and other English Folk Tales
The Anthology of English Folk Tales (The History Press) released on 1 November, Kirsty Hartsiotis has been blogging about some of the...
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Anthony Nanson
- Nov 17, 2016
- 3 min
The Story Behind the writing – The Journey to The Marsh
By Richard Selby The beginning was one afternoon, five years ago, I forget exactly what I was doing, it would be good to say I was...
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Anthony Nanson
- Nov 3, 2016
- 1 min
Diamond Cutters
Jay Ramsay (Soul of the Earth) has brought out a poetry collection with Tayen Lane Publishing. Diamond Cutters names the tradition of...
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