books received 2008

Virtual Eden

Pat Earnshaw

Gorse Publications, PO Box 214, Shamley Green, Guildford GU5 0SW. £4.50

Chameleon Days   

Thelma Laycock

(booklet by Feather Books ). 14 poems inspired by children of different races and cultures. These poems are suffused with colour and light; perfect, too, to read in schools to encourage appreciation of other cultures and backgrounds. It costs £3, and the funds raised go to help the native Indians of the Dakota reservations. 

john@waddysweb.freeuk.com

www.waddysweb.freeuk.com  

Poetry  on the  Lake

Past adjudicators: Al Alvarez, John F. Deane, Carol Ann Duffy, John Hartley Williams, Brian Patten, Penelope Shuttle, D.M.Thomas, Massimo Bocchiola, Alessio Zanelli.

Previous Silver Wyvern winners: Daphne Gloag, Charles Evans, Siriol Troup, Mario Petrucci, John Whitworth, Grace Ingoldby, Pat Borthwick, Christopher North.

Previous Short and Formal verse winners: Gary Bills, Elsa Corbluth, Chris Considine, Audrey Dunne, Joan Fry, Karl Ghattas, Tony Maude, Christopher North, Vivienne Tregenza, Michael Swan

Congratulations to :Anne Stewart (director of www.poetrypf.co.uk) for winning the Bridport prize 2008and to Will Stone who was awarded the Glen Dimplex prize for his collection Glaciation (www.saltpublishing.com)   

               Excellent initiatives:

Poetry Europe:www.poetryeurope.com. Poets interested may contact John F.Deane at the address on the poetryeurope webpages.

Poetry Kit: www.poetrykit.org for news of poets, competitions, associations and more

Poetrypf &Translation cafè www.poetrypf.co.uk.

Kudos for poetry competition fiends: www.kudoswriting.wordpress.com

and help please to abolish bear farming: www.moonbears.org   

Sunflower Equations

June English

(published by Hearing Eye 2008, £6.95)

“June English…is a truth-teller. She is good at finding love where traditionally it isn’t; she is also brilliant at conveying the weird moments we can recognise but not describe.”

U A Fanthorpe and R V Bailey  

“…tackles the huge question of sexual abuse, letting the detail show the reader what the emotional damage is. These are potent poems.”

Myra Schneider

“…a gutsy, erotic poet, tender poet whose poems, with their wit and pith, spring off the page” Patricia  McCarthy (editor, Agenda) 

contact:  www.hearingeye.org   books@hearingeye.org )