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Judges reveal the top 12 albums in the running for the 2022 Mercury Prize

Announced on Tuesday 26 July, the 2022 Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ shortlist features genres ranging from “pioneering rap to...

Violet Bent Backwards in the Grass, by Lana Del Rey

A pop star’s pocket to poetry. I am uncertain on how well known it is that Lana Del Ray has a book of poetry out, I came across it...

Numbered Boxes, by Peter Bearder

Simply awful. If you read my review on and then she ate him, you will know that I think that comedic poetry is best read aloud. Numbered...

Eat or We Both Starve, by Victoria Kennefick

Simply brilliant poetry. A vivid exploration of life through the grotesque eyes of the stomach. Victoria Kennefick uses the process of...

...and then she ate him, by Tom Denbigh

Better spoken aloud, a loss of comedic timing in the written format. A witty collection of poems that playfully commentates on LGBTQ+...

Witch, by Rebecca Tamas

Grotesque, sexy, and honest poetry. Witch by Rebecca Amas was suggested to me by a fellow poet to inspire my own writing, unknowingly she...

The Difference between Poetry and Lyrics

Is there a difference between good lyrics and good poetry? As an avid listener of the singer-songwriter genre and reader of poetry, this...

Onyeka, by TOLA OKOGWU

A resemblance of the new age of children’s literature. Not my usual choice. As a bookseller at Waterstones we are advised to read at...

Sorrow and Bliss, by Meg Mason

There are better introspective novels. The highly anticipated Women’s Prize for Fiction nominated novel, Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason;...