Litrefs Reviews
Wednesday 17 April 2024
"A twist of the knife" by Peter Jones
›
An audio book of about 30 short stories - some just 2 sentences. Many are plot-driven, the plot too easy to guess. Sometimes I guessed an en...
Saturday 13 April 2024
"The written poem" by Rosemary Huisman (Cassell, 1998)
›
On the back cover is " How do we recognise 'a poem' (including apparent contraventions, such as the 'prose poem')? Once...
Wednesday 10 April 2024
"with one eye on the cows"
›
Bath Flash Fiction Volume Four - 137 stories chosen from 3,123 entered for their 2019 competitions. Sharon Teller's "Her safe word ...
Saturday 6 April 2024
"Frieze" by Olga Dermott-Bond (Nine Arches Press, 2023)
›
Poems from "Barren Magazine", "Ink, Sweat and Tears", "Magma", etc. The poems suit my tastes - discontinuous,...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
"Grey area" by Will Self (Penguin, 1993)
›
Short stories. Neuro-diverse before the term was common. "Between the conceits" - there are 8 ordinary-seeming people who betw...
Saturday 30 March 2024
"Reptile Memoirs" by Silje Ulstein
›
An audio book, set in Norway. 2003: At the start a woman is with another - a lover? No, only a metre long. A new baby? No, a snake. Liv Uli...
Wednesday 27 March 2024
"Dear Rwanda" by Isabella Mead (Live Canon, 2023)
›
A pamphlet with poems from Magma, Bridport short-lists, etc, and winners from the Wells (judged by Simon Armitage) and Ver Poetry competitio...
›
Home
View web version