by Kate Birch | Jan 4, 2016 | 2015 poetry picks
Watching Tai Chi in the Park in December She casts her spells under weeping trees. Look down. You landed here by chance, lured by the festive glow of a ruined bandstand, caught up in a honeytrap of peeling paint and decay. You both come here to comb the air for...
by Kate Birch | Dec 15, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks
We are pleased to be able to announce that November’s Pick of the Month is groundwater by Marcelle Olivier. Marcelle is a poet and archaeologist. Her translations of contemporary South African poetry appear in the recent edited collection In a burning sea...
by Kate Birch | Dec 6, 2015 | Blogs & News
Voting is now open for the Pick of the Month – your favourite work published on IS&T – for November 2015 Our shortlist of six is below (or see the Vote for your November 2015 Pick of the Month in the Categories list to your right on the screen). These have either...
by Kate Birch | Nov 17, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks
We can now announce that October’s ‘Pick of the Month’ is Heat by Jody Porter. Jody is poetry editor of The Morning Star. His work has appeared in Magma, Best British Poetry (Salt) and elsewhere. Originally from Essex, he now lives in London and runs...
by Kate Birch | Nov 7, 2015 | Blogs & News
Voting is now open for the Pick of the Month – your favourite poem or short story – for October 2015 Our shortlist of six is below (or see the Vote for your October 2015 Pick of the Month in the Categories list to your right on the screen). Half of these have come...