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Oversteps News 58 January 2020
The first Oversteps book of the new year is
Trace by Mary Robinson (ISBN 978-1-906856-85-4), price £8 plus p &p.
Mary Robinson has had two previous books and two pamphlets published, but this is her first Oversteps book. She grew up on an off-grid smallholding in Warwickshire, lectured in English Literature in Cumbria and now lives on the Llŷn Peninsular in North Wales.
Trace’ is a rich collection, full of careful observation.
A particularly rewarding section focuses on some of the characters in Shakespeare’s plays, which will delight lovers of the Bard
Some recent successes by Oversteps poets
Antony Mair came 2nd in the Hastings Litfest competition
Mark Totterdell won the Happenstance Press competition for blank verse
was highly commended for the Winchester Poetry Prize, judged by Helen Mort
and received special mention in the Sentinel Literary Quarterly poetry competition.
A C Clarke won first prize in the Beyond Borders competition
first prize in the Second Light competition, long poem category
was shortlisted in the Lord Whisky Animal Sanctuary competition
and was commended in the Poets Meet Politics competition
Robert Stein was shortlisted in the Winchester Poetry competition
and shortlisted in the Bridport Prize
Ross Cogan was commended in the Cannon Poets, Sonnet or Not competition
Coming soon
Ian Royce Chamberlain will be headlining at the Lamb Inn, Sandford, near Crediton on Tuesday 21st January
Simon Williams will be performing at Apples and Snakes at a science-themed show at the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth, at 8.00pm on Thursday 23rd January
Rebecca Bilkau‘s poetry is featured in the cantata ‘The Blessed Round’, which will be performed at Jesus College, Oxford at 3.00pm on Saturday 1st February
Mary Robinson and Alwyn Marriage are guest poets at the Words by the Water Festival in Keswick, reading at 3.00pm on Wednesday 11th March
Alwyn Marriage will be preaching on the subject of Theology and Poetry at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge at 6.00pm on Sunday 16th February
Susan Taylor, Simon Williams and Alwyn Marriage will be part of a group of Poets for the Planet, performing ‘Interbeings’ at the Lyra Festival, Bristol, on the afternoon of Sunday 15th March
Ian Royce Chamberlain and Jennie Osborne are leading lights in the organisation of the Teignmouth Poetry Festival, which runs from 19-22 March
Jennie Osborne will be reading at a Grey Hen event at the Teignmouth Poetry Festival on Sunday 22nd March
Mary Robinson will be reading her work and leading a discussion at Rosley Hall, Cumbria, at 1.30pm on Friday 27th March.
In other news
This year’s Oversteps Day at Ways with Words, Dartington will be on Saturday 18th July
Alwyn Marriage has been elected to serve on the Society of Authors Poetry and Spoken Word Group committee
In the past, previous Oversteps poets have been listed in chronological order at the back of each book. Starting with ‘Trace’, this list is now in alphabet order, to make it easier to find particular poets who have been published by Oversteps.
if winter comes, can spring be far behind?
Alwyn
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