by Helen Ivory | Apr 24, 2020 | Featured, Poetry, Reviews
This book has an unusual premise in that it’s about something you wouldn’t want to read about. It’s about one of the most difficult subjects – child loss – and yet Hopkins’ writing allows the subject the sensitivity and accessibility that it needs. The...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 25, 2020 | Featured, Poetry, Reviews
Alice Allen’s first collection Daylight of Seagulls takes the occupation of Jersey during WW2 as its subject, but she weaves so much more. In her vivid introduction she tells us that she grew up there in the 70’s and 80’s. ‘ we weren’t taught about the...
