Sean Bw Parker (MA) is a British writer, artist and musician, born in Exeter in 1975. He gained a Masters degree in Fine Art from the University for the Creative Arts in 2003, following which he lived in Istanbul for ten years until 2014 where he gave TEDx talk ‘Stammering and Creativity’, and also lectured at Istanbul University. He has published several books, poems and albums, won a number of Koestler Arts awards and a Perrie Lectures essay award. He has been published by the Westminster Commission, T.S. Eliot Foundation, Time Out Istanbul, Louder Than War, and appeared at the … Continue reading Sean Bw Parker

Like many people, Andrew started writing during the Covid lockdowns. He is interested in exploring the unusual occurrences taking place under the surface of everyday situations. Andrew lives in Cambridgeshire with his family where he works as a part time music teacher. Kampala Rain  It was usually dry in Kampala but when the rains did come, they were heavy. Even after two years I still found it difficult to judge how much time there was between the skies clouding over and the arrival of those fat penetrating drops. So, while others sheltered under narrow shop fronts, splintered cupboard doors, or broken … Continue reading Andrew Wickham

Tim Law is an author of fantasy, horror, detective and general short story fiction as well as the occasional poem or two. He heralds from a little town in Southern Australia called Murray Bridge. A happily married father of three children (plus four cats and a rabbit), family is very important to him. Currently working at the Murray Bridge Library in the role of Library Manager he has dreamed since his early high school years of becoming a full-time author. Working for a library, surrounded by so many wonderful authors it is difficult not to be inspired to write. Tim … Continue reading Tim Law

Trevor Conway, from Sligo (Ireland), writes poetry, fiction and songs, but has also worked occasionally on scripts, plays and non-fiction. He has been interviewed for RTE Radio 1’s Arena arts show. He has also read work/been interviewed at Over the Edge, O Bheal, the Belfast Book Festival and Tozeur International Festival of Poetry, in Tunisia. His first collection of poems, Evidence of Freewheeling, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2015 (http://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=374&a=278). His second collection, Breeding Monsters, and his third, No Small Thing, are available from Amazon. Website: trevorconway.weebly.com. Buenas Noches, Irene “Banana”. Imagine. I lingered on it, delving into the … Continue reading Trevor Conway

A review by Peter Mladinic’s – Peter’s fifth book of poems, Voices from the Past, is available from Better Than Starbucks Publications. Taken as a whole these poems are a love letter to and about a mother. They mourn, celebrate, and dream. They give dignity to a life in words that wore dignity in the flesh. In these poems, Christine Tabaka gets her mother back.  Her mother walks through the door of her heart because the poet has opened that door. Tabaka evokes a shared life, the life of a mother and daughter, by her manipulation of sight, sound, and … Continue reading Love Letter Against Oblivion: a review of For Love of You by Ann Christine Tabaka. Impspired. 2023. $9.99 paper.  ISBN: 978-1-915819-62-8

A review by Steve Cawte Miniskirts in The Waste Land is crafted with Pratibha Castle’s usual verve and finesse.  The poems are well written, well put together and as usual have the ability to talk to you beyond their words. The ability to be transported not only to the locations of these pieces but to a period in time. Find yourself immersed in the menagerie of Portobello Market streets or sheltered beneath an Indian Mango tree. Poetry at it’s finest. Continue reading Miniskirts in The Waste Land

Full name: Jacobus Booij Nationality: Dutch Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Place & date of birth: Djakarta (Dutch Indies); 1950 Education: Gymnasium Alpha, Philosophy, Theology Occupation: retired; writer of lyrics (singer/songwriter), short stories and novels. Languages: Dutch; English Writer’s name (English): James Herald E-mail: jamesheraldmailbox@gmail.com Website: https://jamesherald.com Randolph the city pigeon It is a busy Summer’s Day; the streets are bustling. People are swarming to and fro. In the market, stallholders are hawking their wares in loud voices. And the brass band of the Salvation Army stands firm in spotless uniforms. Standing in a corner, it plays a solemn hymn. The … Continue reading James Herald

Although an avid diarist since childhood, Michaela Mc Daid has no formal education in writing, and needed the courage of middle age to pursue her writing ambition. The life events and circumstances that once restricted her have become a powerful driving force.  She’s not afraid anymore.  Michaela has been published in The RTE Guide and Derry Journal, and has written and read for BBC Radio Foyle.  She has also read to live audiences at Tenx9 events and the John Hewitt International Summer School, and been filmed reading a memoir extract for the Playhouse.  Michaela has short stories published in two … Continue reading Michaela Mc Daid

I was born and raised in a small farming community just outside the village of Portglenone in Co. Antrim, N.Ireland. Life in the early nineteen fifties in that close-knit rural community was very different from the thrust and frenzy of today. Having studied English Language and Literature at Queen’s University Belfast, in the late nineteen seventies, I went on to spend the next forty years in teaching in the south of England. My final position was as Principal of a secondary school in Reading, Berkshire from which I retired in 2012. I moved back to N. Ireland with my husband … Continue reading Maureen Sheridan

Joseph Farley has had 11 books and chapbooks of poetry published including Yellow Brick Pilgrim, Longing For The Mother Tongue, Her Eyes and Suckers.  He is also the author of a novel, Labor Day, and two story collections, For the Birds, and Farts and Daydreams. Dead Comedians Watching dead comedians on cable and YouTube, They still make me laugh. Were their jokes and routines that good back then, Or is it something more complex? Does watching them trigger something inside me, Make my brain relive a bit of my youth, Times that once were? Does my nose smell old scents? … Continue reading Joseph Farley