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‘The Island of Missing Trees’ by Elif Shafak: Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022

It’s that time for year again where we choose a book from the Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist and review why it deserves it place for this prestigious prize

“Poetry is the New Rock & Roll” an Interview with People’s Poetry Podcast

by Charlie Fabre I had a lovely chat with Jimmy Bowman, host of People’s Poetry Podcast to discuss all things poetry, from his own, to teaching it, and where he thinks the future of poetry lies.

Writing Habits and Why we Write

While we adjust back to our busy, chaotic and fast paced lives post-lockdown, there doesn’t always seem to be time to sit and write. It sometimes feels as if we have to snatch the hours of the day which allow us to be creative instead of them being easily accessible

La Petite Mort

by Özge Lena As part of our collection of work submitted to the blog due to being overqualified for Swim Press’ issue, we have a poem pertaining to the theme of bodies.