 Awen Atlantean Publishing 38 Pierrot Steps 71 Kursaal Way Southend on Sea Essex SS1 2UY UK 50p subscriptions: 6 issues £1.50 [£6 overseas] cheques payable to "DJ Tyrer" email Atlantean Publishing visit Atlantean Publishing's website Before commenting on this review please read the FAQ page Home page Notes for publishers Want to be a reviewer? Anthologies. Books. Audio. Magazines. Software. Video. Artefacts. Web design by Gerald England This page last updated: 27th April 2005. |
Awen #29 | |
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Awen is two sheets of A4 stapled in the top left hand corner. It is a bimonthly publication. It includes short stories and verse on a variety of themes, including clothing, paradise, first days at school and food. Paul Gray's amusing story AN INCIDENT OF NOTE imagines Robert Louis Stephenson requesting a sick note from Dr Jeckyll and encountering Mr Hyde in the surgery. In Lilian Anderson's story MIXED DOUBLES, Laura is playing tennis but feels possessed by the ghosts of an Edwardian couple who used to play tennis in the same garden, until tragedy overtook them. It's a tautly written mini ghost story. The most notable poem is Vincent Barquez' EXISTENTIAL IN CLERKENWELL, which muses on watch repairers, clocks left uncollected in the shop and the meaning of time. Awen contains enough variety to appeal to a wide readership. | ||
| reviewer: Juliet Wilson. | ||
| Awen #32 | ||
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This is 4 sheets of A4 prose and poetry stapled together. I'm all for this kind of publication; sometimes it's difficult for a new poet to get work accepted in the A5 poetry magazines and this would be a good place to try. There are also known poets in here as well: A. K. Whitehead, Steve Sneyd, Bill West, Christopher Brewer. Try it. You can't go wrong for little more than the price of a stamp. | ||
| reviewer: P.J. Precious. |