Literature

Windsor Fringe 2012 – Update

A while ago we told you about the Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing, just in time for all you aspiring playwrights to submit your work. Well as usual it turned out to be an exceptionally popular competition, so we thought an update on the progress of the competition was in order! Ann Trewartha fills [...]

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Transplanted: a poem by Nikki Campbell

Transplanted into exotic soil This anxious english violet Drenched in showers of rich pungent smells Bright green leaves dripping with heavy blossom. Loquacious frogs telling tales to the moon Of the restless rootless sleeper Shifting this way and that Searching for a peaceful fit, not a fitful peace, Cotton sheets wrapped around her legs [...]

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Super Poet -v- Super Sexy Friend: a poem by Cecelia Peters

There must be someone out there wants a Poet for a friend But it seems they’re only interested in my Super Sexy Friend I - have listened to great music and been lifted by the sound I’m a Metaphysical Poet who has reached Higher Ground I enjoy fine works of Art – and great books [...]

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Summer by Nikki Campbell

Sumer Sadness, the end is in sight No seaside seashire moments Waves too crashing, crushing my hopes Cold pebbles invading my heart… Heavy, tugging at my mind. The ocean is full of you, you see, That first plunge in May taking my breath away Clear blue water, clear blue sky, A picnic, two books, [...]

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A Day in Stoke Poges – 1981

Sweet was our walk in the Gardens of Remembrance Great was that monument that stood alone. Sweet were the verses read out loud that day, Engraved in stone. We stood where Thomas Gray, a local Poet, stood And I the Poet saw that this was good. Gray’s Elegy, what joy this must have brought To [...]

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The Book Swap Interview – Steven Appleby

Steven Appleby is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Britain. His work first appeared in the NME with the Captain Star comic strip, and other comic strips have since appeared in The Times, Sunday Telegraph and the Guardian. His work has also appeared on album covers. What made you realise you are a writer? When [...]

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The Book Swap Interview – DJ Connell

Born in New Zealand and now living in London, DJ Connell is the author of Sherry Cracker Gets Nomal and Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar. What made you realise you are a writer? I started late as a novelist. I didn’t come from a background where reading or writing were encouraged. What I did [...]

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Maggie: A Short Story by Alice Stride

There is a woman standing on the street. She has two arms, two legs, the correct number of fingers and toes, knees, elbows, eyes, ears, a nose, teeth and all the bits inbetween. She is looking in a shop window, and her face is full of melancholy. I’ll say that she is plump, with coiffed [...]

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Willowy: a poem by Cecelia Peters

When I was young I used to go to places full of trees And dance in nature’s loveliness, sweet dreams were made of these, One day I ventured out too far and ‘found’ a hidden place A path that led to Fantasy, to Ecstasy and Grace, And so I called it Willowy, because the [...]

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Shaggy Bear Story – by Cassandra Parkin

Shaggy Bear Story “So when did you first realise you had this talent?” asks Nick. He’s grateful that, after over a decade in real-life journalism, he’s developed a truly world-beating poker-face. It’s a shame the Sport has folded. This would have been right up their street. The man peers across the crusty teak-effect table with [...]

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