HIP Short Story
Night of the Pixie Moon By Jemia De Blondeville i decided some deforestation was urgently needed, during the period of this Super Moon. and set about cutting through the wiry growth, and bramble, using my hand held shearing device. but…
HIP Poetry Read
Of Few Words By Lucas Howard Whisky & Beards PublishingHardback £15 Review by Pete Donohue Dyslexia and Neurodiversity-friendly Poetry Here is a new poetry collection with a distinct difference. Hastings based Lucas Howard, AKA Lucas the peaceful poet, is a…
HIP CLASSICS
The Greek gods What if they were alive today? Simone Witney looks at Dionysus (Roman Bacchus). Earth, wind, fire – and wine. While his sister, Athena, and companion Apollo were focused, strategic thinkers, Dionysus was the great loosener. Nothing around…
Silly Squad
Summer reading challenge for 4 to 11 year olds By Karen Bowls (ESCC) Young readers in East Sussex are being encouraged to join the Silly Squad for a summer of reading fun. A team of adventurous animals who love to…
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Smoking Herb & Other Stories By John D RobinsonAnalog Submission Press Review by Pete Donohue A title may not mean what you think it does. This isn’t a tale about sucking on marijuana spliffs. The eponymous main story here refers…
Calling all BAME writers and artists
Submit to a new literary magazine By Rowena Price Writing Our Legacy is delighted to announce its new online literary programme, New Narratives: We Need to Change the Stories We’re Telling. Designed in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, Brighton-based organisation…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Resist the Punitive State Grassroots Struggles Across Welfare, Housing, Education and PrisonsEdited by Emily Luise Hart, Joe Greener and Rich MothPublished by Pluto Books, November 2019, paperback £ Review by Tim Barton From Keynesian mixed economy capitalism to the ultra-hard…
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Cassidy’s Cross By Tom O’Brien Review by Elly Gibson Cassidy’s Cross is set in the fictional village of Doonbay in the South East of Ireland. It’s the 1960s and rural life seems pretty simple and ; On the surface the main…
HIP CLASSICS
The Greek Gods What if these deities were alive today? Of course I know they don’t exist, but they give us a rich language in which to describe experience. In this issue: Poseidon – plenty more fish? For us the…
Bookbuster Review
The Near Horizon Collapse, TechUtopia, or Small Is Beautiful Part Three: Busting the ‘Anthropocene’ Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth SystemBy Ian Angus Monthly Review Press, RRP £ Review by Tim Barton In the last review, of…