Writing under the pseudonym of E.M Wallis, Plymouth writer Michael Wallis makes his mark with the release of his debut anthology, " Awaken the Warrior Inside."
As a seasoned journalist and a dedicated communications officer in local government, Michael seamlessly navigates the realms of professional articulation and heartfelt expression, inviting readers to join him on an emotional...
This autumn the National Trust are inviting visitors to Agatha Christie’s holiday home, Greenway in Galmpton, to get their creative juices flowing with a creative writing programme of prompts and activities.
From Friday 7 October, a selection of Christie’s bestsellers will be on display throughout Greenway House alongside free taster writing workshops and a pop-up outdoor poetry...
Plymouth College of Art Pre-Degree student Ciaran Perks has published his first poetry book, ‘Peacocks: Illusory Poems’, now available for purchase at Waterstones and on Amazon as well as being available internationally through Barnes & Noble and more.
Ciaran, aged 17 from Plymouth, decided to pursue writing a poetry collection after receiving a notebook one year for Christmas. “...
Winners of the national poetry competition launched by environmental charity Earthwatch have been announced, with Jamie Carlton from Devon winning a prize in the 8 - 11 year olds category for his ‘Deer’ poem. The poetry competition was launched as part of a range of events organised by Earthwatch to help families cope with lockdown and remain connected to nature, including a popular online...
Professor Andy Brown's latest collection of poetry, Medicine to the Dead, focuses on the subjects of the human body and medicine.
Some poems offer personal narratives while others explore the longer lines of medical history. Several respond to medical paintings and sculptures, others are translated versions from the Spanish of Borges, Machado, and some focus on Victorian cholera alongside present day issues.
There are also a number of lively, contemporary versions of medical scenes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Born in Belfast, Rory Waterman’s debut collection Tonight the Summer’s Over (Carcanet, 2013) was a Poetry Book Society recommendation and shortlisted for the Heaney Prize.
His second full-length collection is Sarajevo Roses (Carcanet, 2017) and he has published two pamphlets including Brexit Day on the Balmoral Estate (Rack Press, 2017).
Rory is a Senior Lecturer in English at Nottingham Trent University and he writes critical prose for various publications, most frequently The Times Literary Supplement.
He co-runs the poetry pamphlet publisher (and former literary...
Christopher DeWeese is the author of The Black Forest and The Father of the Arrow is the Thought, both published in the US by Octopus Books. His third book, The Confessions, was published by Plymouth University's Periplum Poetry imprint in 2017.
He is currently Associate Professor of Poetry at Wright State University, Ohio.
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Plymouth-born Jamie Edgecome, a fiction author mainly focusing on the Far East (predominately Japan), was the recipient of the inaugural Manchester Metropolitan University Novella Award in 2014 for The Art of Kozu. Spanning epic porpotions as it moves between countries, continents and time periods, The Art of Kozu is a meticulously detailed and well-researched story.
Rachel Gippetti recently published her debut poetry collection Birthright (Eyewear Publishing) and her work has previously appeared in Shearsman Magazine, The Stinging Fly, Thief and the Apple Valley Review.
Matthew Welton’s practice includes collaborations with musicians, visual artists and other writers. A lecturer in creative writing at the University of Nottingham, Matthew’s interest in poetry is related to explorations of the sounds of words and the possibilities of repetition.
He is the author of Carcanet: The Book of Matthew (2003), We needed coffee but… (2009) and The Number Poems (2016) and has won the Eric Gregory Award, the Jerwood-Aldeburgh Prize, and received a recommendation by the Poetry Book Society.
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Richard Thomas, a local poet, has just had his second poetry book published.
Since learning he was going to become a father in 2012, Plymouth poet Richard Thomas has been wanting to write about his experience, and several years later his poems have
appeared in a brand new book.
Zygote Poems, the title of the collection, was coined when Richard was writing his...
