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		<title>Medieval</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been offered a place on the MA English Literature at Bangor and if I go ahead with it I intend to focus on medieval literature this time. I&#8217;m currently reading The Book of Margery Kempe, the first English autobiography, dictated by a &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/medieval/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=321&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sophie at Stratford</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I payed my first visit to the birthplace of the Bard. When we got off the train we were greeted by Morrison&#8217;s and a construction site, which wasn&#8217;t quite the image I&#8217;d had in mind! However, things got better as we &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/sophie-at-stratford/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=306&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Better late than never</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two and a half years ago I had a poem accepted by Global Tapestry Journal. I&#8217;d seen a call for submissions in the back of Mslexia, where I found most things at that time &#8211; competitions, nail clippings, my house keys. My &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/better-late-than-never/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=288&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Flavour of Parallel by Nigel Humphreys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Flavour of Parallel by Nigel Humphreys, paperback, pp. 71, Arbor Vitae Press, £7.99 Nigel Humphreys’ second poetry collection portrays those fleeting moments of consciousness which usually slip by without being enunciated, like the ‘bow bolt flash’ of a woodland &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/the-flavour-of-parallel-by-nigel-humphreys/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=282&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Into the Yell by Sarah James</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Into the Yell by Sarah James, paperback, pp. 82, Circaidy Gregory Press, £7.99 Into the Yell is Worcestershire-based poet Sarah James’ debut collection. In the opening poem, ‘Welcome to the Zoo’, Sarah James compares the poet to a flee:             &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/into-the-yell-by-sarah-james/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=269&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday at the Skin Laundrette by Kathryn Simmonds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday at the Skin Laundrette by Kathryn Simmonds, paperback, pp. 62, Seren, £7.99 My first encounter with Kathryn Simmonds’ poetry was her surreal sestina ‘Saturday at the Skin Laundrette’, which won the Poetry London competition in 2006. Her debut collection &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/sunday-at-the-skin-laundrette-by-kathryn-simmonds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=260&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should poetry books have difficulty ratings?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you are shaking your heads, muttering it would be putting poets in boxes! stereotyping! quantifying the unquantifiable! But let’s think about this. Novels are marketed by genre. Walk into a bookshop in search of a thriller or a historical novel and &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/should-poetry-books-have-difficulty-ratings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=249&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From earrings to eagles: back eyes poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[back eyes poetry, paperback, pp. 55, Earlyworks Press, £6.50 I received a copy of this delightful anthology of poetry and flash fiction for winning the Monthly Challenge on the Earlyworks Press forum. The poetry ranges from descriptions of the natural world, including &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/from-earrings-to-eagles-back-eyes-poetry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=244&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A reading from an Anglesey poet: Steve Griffiths</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently moved back to Anglesey and was fortunate enough to attend Steve Griffith’s poetry reading this morning, as part of the Beaumaris Festival. Steve Griffiths grew up on Anglesey, at Trearddur Bay and Amlwch. He&#8217;s spent most of his &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/a-reading-from-an-anglesey-poet-steve-griffiths/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=228&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling blue? Curl up with Marianne Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too Blue for Logic by Marianne Jones, paperback, pp. 64, Cinnamon Press, £7.99 I’ve heard people say, ‘Cinnamon Press publish so many collections, can they be of high quality?’ Well, judging by this one, they can. Anglesey poet Marianne Jones’s &#8230; <a href="http://sophieshanahan.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/feeling-blue-curl-up-with-marianne-jones/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophieshanahan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11981469&amp;post=225&amp;subd=sophieshanahan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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