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We are looking to hear from poets and writers across the globe that have a keen interest in reading to give our Forward Poetry audience their thoughts and reviews on book titles. Send us the title of the book, your review, your name, age and a short piece about yourself to inbox@forwardpoetry.co.uk. Each month we will choose one review to publish on the website.

Writing Non-Fiction Books: The Essential Guide

Gordon Wells
1st November 2010
Need2Know Books
£9.99
978-1861441140

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Bugged: Writings from Overhearings

This collection of poetry, prose, short stories and scripts is the result of a challenge set by Jo Bell (Director of National Poetry Day), called Bugged. On July 1st, those in the writing community were asked to write in their own style a piece based on a snippet of conversation they overheard that day. Some writers were especially commissioned for the project, though the challenge was open to all.


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Till I End My Song: A Gathering of Last Poems


'By definition, all living poets are excluded from this book. Myself seventy-nine years of age, I grieve still for many of these poets who were my friends. But knowledge, not pathos, is my purpose in gathering this anthology. Lastness is a part of knowing' - Harold Bloom.

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Letters to Monica


Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both twenty-four; he was the newly-appointed assistant librarian and she was an English lecturer. In 1950 Larkin moved to Belfast, and thence to Hull, while Monica remained in Leicester, becoming by turns his correspondent, lover and closest confidante, in a relationship which lasted over forty years until the poet's death in 1985.

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Reflections from a Broken Mirror

'Reflections from a Broken Mirror' is a thought-provoking and emotional debut poetry collection from Andrew Barber, who won his publishing contract for this book by beating 7,000 other poets to become the first ever Poetry Rivals Slam Champion in 2009.

Every poem tells a story and 'Reflections from a Broken Mirror' doesn't disappoint. Andrew's Bipolar Disorder has taken him on a long personal journey. From his dry, dark and sometimes cynical thoughts on life, to heartfelt love poems, this collection offers an interesting, thought-provoking and emotional experience.


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