Review: Cutting Apples by Jomé Rain
Cutting Apples by Jomé Rain was kindly given to me by Querencia Press in return for a fair and honest review. Written during the 2020...
- Nov 13
- 2 min
10 reads for Christmas
The holiday season is approaching and I'm a firm believer in gifting books, particularly books I've read in the year that I feel would be...
- Oct 30
- 2 min
Review of Fever by Shilo Niziolek
Fever by Shilo Niziolek has sat with me for weeks. It has become a part of me; the armchair in the corner of the room, a vase of flowers,...
- Oct 2
- 2 min
Moonsick by Josephine Raye Kelly
Through one of my Fiverr gigs, I had the pleasure of working with Kelly on several poems which then became Moonsick, a twelve page...
- Sep 25
- 1 min
Review: Love Me Louder by Tyler Hurula
Hurula’s chapbook Love Me Louder is bittersweet and superbly pieced together. In just 47 pages we follow the speaker’s transformation at...
- Jul 29
- 2 min
Review: Mermaid Lungs by Jasmine S. Higgins
I vividly remember my experience reading Girl is a Shapeshifter, Higgins’ debut poetry collection; I was sat by the kitchen counter and...
- Jul 22
- 2 min
Review: Post-Bliss by Jay Honeycomb
This review was first published on Reedsy Discovery Jay Honeycomb's Post-Bliss is a wonderfully clever piece of postmodernist fiction. As...
- Jun 17
- 3 min
Five Favourite Reads / 2022
To say I have a voracious appetite for books would be an understatement... Since becoming a member of the National Poetry Library (which...
- May 27
- 2 min
Review: PTSD: Poems to Slay Demons
Thank you to Robin L. Harvey for a copy of her collection to review. “let me drown her whispered lies in yellow blooms so at last I hear...
- May 1
- 7 min
An Interview with Olivia Snowdrop
To celebrate the release of Olivia Snowdrop's second poetry collection, Ants in a Jam Jar, I interviewed them about this collection, how...
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Ants in a Jam Jar by Olivia Snowdrop
Snowdrop’s debut explored and celebrated personal growth, while Ants in a Jam Jar continues to follow this growth, Snowdrop writes far...
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Readathon & writing prompts
On Tuesday, 5th April, my sister and I embarked upon a twenty four hour readathon. Currently trending on the Book Tok side of TikTok, the...
- Mar 8
- 2 min
IWD 2022
Happy International Women's day! A short and sweet post today to share four collections I have read over the years which are powerful...
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Review: Unaccustomed to Grace
First published on Reedsy Discovery Unaccustomed to Grace by Lesley Bannatyne is a superb collection of short stories which are...
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Review: The Queen of Wind and Sunlight
First published on Reedsy Discovery The Queen of Wind and Sunlight is Morgan Cole's latest fantasy novel which draws upon the strengths...
- Feb 14
- 2 min
A Valentine Review
In the spirit of co-opting Valentine's Day into what you want it to be as long as it involves gifts and gifting, I give you a review of...
- Jan 5
- 5 min
2021 favourite reads
Throughout the year I keep a track of the books I have read in my Notes app, then, as the year comes to a close I highlight some of my...
- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Shackled Freedom
Shackled Freedom: Black Living in the Modern American South is the second instalment in Dasan Ahanu’s RVAE (Radical Voice and Artistic...
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
Book one hundred
My Good Reads goal this year was to read one hundred books; having surpassed this number earlier than expected, I have decided to reflect...
- Oct 3, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Godshots Wanted
Emily Perkovich writes from places many of us shroud in metaphors and her poetic voice drips with experience. Quite often, her work moves...