#review

26 June 2025

“I’ll MAK YON SINGLE INCH O SCOATLAN SHINE”: On ‘Esther’ by David Kinloch.
28 November 2024

A WOMAN LIKE THAT IS NOT A WOMAN, QUITE: On ‘Constructing A Witch’ by Helen Ivory
31 October 2024

A CELEBRATION OF RESILIENCE: On ‘The Bone Folder’ by Cáit O’Neill McCullagh
10 October 2024

REALITY IS ALWAYS WAITING: On ‘Prophet Song’, THE Novel For Our Times
3 October 2024

HISTORY LAID BARE: On ‘Belfast To Baillieston’ by Charlie Gracie
15 September 2024

NARRATIVES OF LIFE: On ‘Diverted to Split’ by Hugh McMillan
25 August 2024

EPIPHANY & CATHARSIS: A Look Back At the Loud Poets Grand Slam Final
20 August 2024

POISED IN THE ACT: On thi wurd’s New Anthology, ‘Earthly Rewards’
1 August 2024

DESIRE AND THE BODY: On ‘Look To the Crocus’ by Marion McCready
21 July 2024

A MAP FOR TOUGH TIMES: On Iain Maloney’s ‘Mountain Retreats’
4 July 2024

TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND LIFE: On ‘The Delivery’ by Margarita García Robayo (Trans. by Megan McDowell)
28 June 2024

CONSTRUCTIONS OF IDENTITY: On ‘The Hotel Hokusai’ by T.Y. Garner
20 May 2024

TO DEFINE MYSELF BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DEFINES ME: On ‘The Working Classic’ by Aaron Kent.
13 May 2024

EXCEEDING THE GRASP: On ‘Child Ballad’ by David Wheatley
6 May 2024

ONE SUPERSTITION’S AS GOOD AS ANOTHER: On Queen MacBeth by Val McDermid
22 April 2024

BELIEIN YER AIN LEED: On ‘Contermacious Temerity’ by Keeks Mc
8 April 2024

AUDIENCES LOVE THE SLAM: On The Scottish Poetry Slam Championships
4 April 2024

TO FEEL AND WRITE, NOT STAND AND WAIT: ‘The Department of Work and Pensions Assesses a Jade Fish’ by Nuala Watt
30 March 2024

WORKING TO CHANGE POPULAR CULTURE: On ‘Listen’ by Michel Faber
20 March 2024

FOOD IS JUST A FORM OF LANGUAGE: On ‘Knead’ by Sean Wai Keung
29 February 2024

RADICAL ACTS OF SELF-CARE: On ‘Twelve Moons’ by Caro Giles
23 February 2024

SEASONS’ INEVITABLE ENDINGS: ‘When the Whooper Swans Came’ by Jane Picton Smith
14 February 2024

NO ESCAPE FROM THE SELF: On ‘Looking For A Kiss’ by Richard Cabut
12 February 2024

EVERY MATERIAL DETAIL: On ‘Imaging | A type history’ by Juliet Ramsden