by Here Comes Everyone | Jan 4, 2019
THE AFRICA IN MY HOUSE BY ANDREA MBARUSHIMANA Silhouette Press ISBN: 978-0993431524 £6.00/53 pages Reviewed by: Stella Backhouse A few lines into ‘Hyena’, the opening narrative of Andrea Mbarushimana’s short prose and poetry collection The Africa in my House, the...
by Here Comes Everyone | Jan 2, 2019
BEGINNING WITH YOUR LAST BREATH BY ROY MCFARLANE Nine Arches Press ISBN: 978-1911027089 £9.99/84 pages Reviewed by: Stella Backhouse In the violently racist 1970s, a very young Lenny Henry used to tell a joke that went something like this: “Enoch Powell says he’ll...
by Here Comes Everyone | Apr 22, 2018
MELTING CHEESE ON THE COSMIC PIZZA BY ANDREW BUTTON erbacce-press ISBN 978-1-907878-94-7 £10.00/96 pages Andrew Button’s first Fire & Dust headline set was back in December 2016, when he was promoting his poetry pamphlet, ‘Dry Days in Wet Towns’. In April 2018, he...
by Here Comes Everyone | Apr 21, 2018
THE AMAZING LOST MAN BY BEN PARKER Eyewear Publishing ISBN 978-1-911335-39-9 £9.99/ 70 pages Reviewed by: Raef Boylan When it comes to poetry, Ben Parker is amazing. And he’s far from lost. Consequently, he had been receiving a lot of praise and respect...
by Here Comes Everyone | Jul 26, 2017
Fire & Dust – the Return of DrayZera: a review by Aarushi Shetty After being shut for a few weeks for expansion, The Big Comfy Bookshop reopened at the perfect time to host the Fire & Dust open-mic in July. The newly renovated shop was bigger,...
