Anthony NansonApr 30, 20193 minHelen Moore’s new book The Mother CountryHelen 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 NansonJan 4, 20191 minOxford launch of The Tragicall History of Campbell McCluskie7.00–8.45 p.m. 48–51 Broad Street, Oxford OX1. Free admission. The book is adorned with stunning cover art by the printmaker Andy Kinnear...
Anthony NansonDec 2, 20183 minTranslating Nicolas Kurtovitchby Anthony Nanson I first read Forêt, terre et tabac, and another of Nicolas’ collections, Totem, about three years ago, in the course of...
Anthony NansonNov 25, 20182 minBook Launch in Stroud: Lindsay Clarke and Nicolas Kurtovitchby Anthony Nanson Green Man Dreaming: Reflections on Imagination, Myth, and Memory is a definitive gathering of Lindsay Clarke’s inspirin...
Anthony NansonOct 26, 20182 minKevan Manwaring and Bardic Poetryby Anthony Nanson The scale of Kevan’s output of poetry of this kind is prodigious, ranging from individual lyrics to ambitious epics. Fo...
Anthony NansonAug 20, 20183 minSilver Branch book launch 19 August 2018On 19 August 2018 we gathered in the Ale House in Stroud to celebrate two things: the launch of Awen’s newest title, Silver Branch: Bardi...
Anthony NansonMay 9, 20181 minMysteries – Stories and Poems of Faerie by Chrissy DerbyshireChrissy Derbyshire is a master of style – lyrical and accessible, archly ironic, and yet at the same time charged with the sensual feynes...
Anthony NansonApr 18, 20182 minPilgrimage by Jay RamsayJay 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 ...
Anthony NansonNov 2, 20172 minNew Book by Jeremy Hooker about Poetry, Nature, and PlaceDitch Vision is a book of essays on poetry, nature, and place that extends Jeremy Hooker’s thinking on subjects that, as a distinguished ...
Anthony NansonOct 17, 20171 minKarola Renard’s The Firekeeper’s DaughterBy Anthony Nanson So the twelve stories in The Firekeeper’s Daughter are threaded together by this theme, even though each story involves...
Anthony NansonAug 26, 20172 minThe Windsmith Elegy – Steampunk and Bardic FantasyBy Anthony Nanson compelling case for regarding as steampunk (among other things). Indeed, back in 2012 Kevan promoted the previous editi...
Anthony NansonJun 27, 20172 minCharlotte Hussey’s Glossing the Spoilsby Anthony Nanson Charlotte Hussey’s Glossing the Spoils is rather more than a collection of poems. It will have a particular interest, n...
Anthony NansonApr 4, 20171 minDifferent Continentsby Gabriel Bradford Millar On Thursday 9 March @ Star Anise in Stroud a roomful of poetry aficionados were treated to a double book launc...
Anthony NansonMar 23, 20172 minPilgrim StationI am grateful to Anthony Nanson for inviting me to contribute a few lines on my poetry collection, Pilgrim Station, recently brought out ...
Anthony NansonMar 2, 20171 minAlchemy with Jay RamsayAlchemy 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 self-know...
Anthony NansonDec 15, 20161 minNew releases from AwenIn a verse sequence that swoops between wit and ancient wisdom, between the mystical and the mischievous, award-winning novelist Lindsay ...
Anthony NansonNov 26, 20162 minOn 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 lik...
Anthony NansonNov 24, 20161 minGreen Children and other English Folk TalesThe Anthology of English Folk Tales (The History Press) released on 1 November, Kirsty Hartsiotis has been blogging about some of the sto...
Anthony NansonNov 17, 20163 minThe Story Behind the writing – The Journey to The MarshBy 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 writin...
Anthony NansonNov 3, 20161 minDiamond CuttersJay Ramsay (Soul of the Earth) has brought out a poetry collection with Tayen Lane Publishing. Diamond Cutters names the tradition of Vis...