by Kate Birch | Sep 9, 2021 | News, Picks of the Month
Deceptively simple, emotionally intense In a shortlist of poems revolving around conflict, it was Konstandinos Mahoney’s ‘Peace Pipe’ that voters reached for, with many commenting on its powerful and emotional depiction of the relationship between estranged father and...
by Kate Birch | Sep 1, 2021 | News
Rum Sometimes, white rum is filtered to eradicate colours that would affect its white tint. Dark rum, however, is aged in charred barrels reacting to the characteristics of its environment. As a result, it is strong and usually shot. Desree is the third...
by Kate Birch | Aug 10, 2021 | News, Picks of the Month
… a very passionate and visceral story – takes your heart in its hand and gently squeezes the tension into it physically ‘ON BEING GHOSTED BY A FAMOUS MUSICIAN’ had impact and this is one of the many reasons that this intriguing, suspenseful,...
by Fahad Al-Amoudi | Aug 3, 2021 | News
You can still catch this interview on @insta.inksweatandtears – Click on the link and then select the TV icon to see editing intern Fahad Al-Amoudi chatting to writer, facilitator and Obsidian Foundation founder Nick Makoha on IGTV! Nick Makoha is the...
by Fahad Al-Amoudi | Jul 27, 2021 | News
Congratulations to our previous editing intern Memoona Zahid on her new role with Penguin Random House! It was an absolute pleasure to work with her as our first IS&T intern. In the few months Memoona spent with us, she developed her own unique editorial style and...
by Kate Birch | Jul 22, 2021 | News, Picks of the Month
It reads like a simultaneous slap in the face, and a hug. I love it Sometimes you just have to laugh and that, together with the poem’s authenticity, relatability and its shape, language and imagery is why Elisabeth Sennitt Clough’s...
