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Orbis 167 Spring 2014

 

£5 (Overseas: £9/€12/$15); Subs: £17/4 pa (Overseas: £35/€42/$58)

 

Front cover artwork: ‘White butterflies and magical flowers at Peyto Lake’ by Casimira Mostyn; back cover, detail from image:www.casimirasquirkyart.com/

Featured Poet

Laura SeymourGlassweed; The National Grid; My Past Life 2; Professional Dowser, 1973

Poems from: K. J. BarrettEdward Thomas Dreamed of Spring; Clif MasonThe Sunlight Was Mortal; Katherine NoonePending; Kate O’Shea:The Doll’s House; Rosina ThomasThe Blue Room; Davide TrameNotes while travelling across the lagoon

Prose from: Jacob EdwardsDyslexica; Laura SolomonDesert Life, Desert Love

Translation
David Burridge: Franz Werfel, Der Weltfreund; Howard Giskin and Tang Yao: Ma Li,Sound of a Man Walking; Keep Your First Intuition

 

Past Master: Anne Lawrence on William Shakespeare

 

Reviews by Angelina Ayers, Maria Isakova Bennett, David Harmer, S.J. Holloway, Clairr O’Connor,

Lynne Taylor, Dave Troman and Noel Williams

Orbis 167 contributors also include:

Vivienne Artt; William Alderson; Caroline Ashley; Jane Blanchard; Daragh Bradish;
Louis Daniel Brodsky; Andrew Button; Al Campbell; Kathryn Daszkiewicz;Christine Despardes; Jane Penaz Eisner;
June English; Jilly Funnell; Adrian Green; Maureen Jivani; Pete Langley;
Lance Lee; Amitabh Mitra; Keith Moul; Kate O’Shea; Helen Overell; Helen Pizzey; Jimmy Rodda;
Paul Saville; Tom Sharp; K.V. Skene; Julia Stothard; F. J. Williams   

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Kudos 101

For a limited period only – to celebrate our 100th issue:
6 issues for the price of 4: £18 – reduced to just £3 each

And you can use the contact form
to request a complimentary copy of the Summer issue

http://www.kudoswritingcompetitions.com/

Kudos101Oct7.pmd

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Review: Bright Phoenix

Rhodridownload

Reviewed for Whatsonstage; 

October 3-25

Bright Phoenix
Everyman, Liverpool
www.everymanplayhouse.com

3*

The weird and wonderful cast is a good place to start because they may be reminiscent of characters you’ve actually known.

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Mslexia

Mslexia Diary now available.
And invite to submit prose and poetry submissions

www.mslexia.co.uk/submit

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Juno and the Paycock

 

 Niamh Cusack & Des McAleer in Juno and the Paycock (c) Stephen Vaughan

October 1-18

Juno and the Paycock

Liverpool Playhouse

www.everymanplayhouse.com

 

 

3*

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NAWG

October 31

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS’ GROUPS
OPEN SHORT STORY AND POETRY COMPETITIONS
Sponsored by Berforts Information Press Group.
www.nawg.co.uk

 

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London Magazine

October 31
The London Magazine’s Short Story Competition
http://thelondonmagazine.org/