REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’

REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’

REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’ BESHARAM BY NAFEESA HAMID Verve Poetry Press ISBN: 978-1 912565 05 4 £9.99/108 pages   Reviewed by Stella Backhouse What intrigues me most about Nafeesa Hamid’s début collection Besharam (One who is shameless) is the innovative...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS PETER RAYNARD

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS PETER RAYNARD

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS PETER RAYNARD PRECARIOUS BY PETER RAYNARD Smokestack Books ISBN 978-0-9957675-9-1 £7.99/95 pages “Young Timmy knows how to enjoy himself, he cleans double breasted windows, or checks under the sink for some scantily clad plumbing,...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS SOPHIE SPARHAM

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS SOPHIE SPARHAM

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS SOPHIE SPARHAM PLEASE MIND THE GAP BY SOPHIE SPARHAM A Way With Media Ltd Foreword: Benjamin Zephaniah £6.00/62 pages     How would you describe your work? What can people anticipate if they come to see a live Sophie Sparham...

‘The Devil You Know’ by Judith Glass Collins

HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for The Brutal Issue – sadly, too many to fit inside the magazine! So we offered some of our shortlisted contributors the chance to be published on our website. Keep an eye on our social media for more great writing like...