Correction Notice: Summer 2025
In the reviews section of our Summer issue, we incorrectly attributed Wendy Pratt’s collection ‘Blackbird Singing at Dusk’ to Arachne Press, rather than Nine Arches Press. We apologise for any confusion caused by this.
In the reviews section of our Summer issue, we incorrectly attributed Wendy Pratt’s collection ‘Blackbird Singing at Dusk’ to Arachne Press, rather than Nine Arches Press. We apologise for any confusion caused by this.
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“This poem addresses the anxieties I feel around my hearing loss – including being able to share the experience of watching a film with my husband. It then reveals the creative adaptations I seem to have unwittingly put in place.”
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