INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROY MCFARLANE

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ROY MCFARLANE

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INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS DWANE READS

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS DWANE READS

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS DWANE READS THE ANNOYING MEGAPHONE PIGEON BY DWANE READSPiggyback PressISBN 978-0-9535626-2-6£6.00/97 pages Based in Derby, Dwane Reads has been kicking around in different artistic guises since 1985. A member of the DIY Poets in...
REVIEW: JO BELL’S ‘KITH’

REVIEW: JO BELL’S ‘KITH’

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REVIEW: JANE COMMANE’S ‘ASSEMBLY LINES’

REVIEW: JANE COMMANE’S ‘ASSEMBLY LINES’

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REVIEW: BEN ARMSTRONG’S ‘PERENNIAL’

REVIEW: BEN ARMSTRONG’S ‘PERENNIAL’

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