TRANSLATION From the street through the window I see my mum standing at the sink in a burning house. I've been burning for a good while myself. Not much is left of her, just her pr
Justyna Bargielska has published eight poetry collections in her native Poland, as well as two fiction books and two children’s books. She has won some of the most prestigious li
Thursday November 30th, 7:15 pm, Pighog Poetry at the Nightingale in Brighton (just opposite Brighton station) Grand Central, 29-30 Surrey Street, BN1 3PA Brighton Tickets are £5
“Is Our Lady coming to the pool with us?” my daughter asked. She was holding the blue plastic Virgin Mary filled with Holy Water from Licheń and fiddling with the white crown.
A seven-month-pregnant friend told me recently that the day of one’s birth is statistically the most dangerous day of one’s life; for women, the second most dangerous day in th
At Reading Literature Festival leading contemporary poets from across the globe join us in Reading for this event. Sudeep Sen (India), Fleur Adcock (New Zealand / UK), Jamie
