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2012-01-13T15:12:00.000-08:00

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Best, Gann, Page, Smith and Thorpe read in Brighton

2011-11-23T13:38:00.000-08:00

Clare Best, Charlotte Gann, Catherine Smith and Lorna Thorpe will all be reading at the Pigbaby Festival in Brighton this week:

The 2011 Brighton Poetry Festival

Tuesday‭ ‬22‭ ‬– Sunday‭ ‬26‭ ‬November

Following the fun of 2010's rural Pigbaby party,‭ ‬this year the Alice-inspired event is coming to town,‭ as Pighog runs the‭ ‬2011‭ ‬Brighton Poetry Festival. Its talent-packed programme features free 6pm events at Three and Ten, Brighton and ticketed 8pm events just over the road at the Redroaster Coffee House.

Friday‭ ‬25 November‭‭
18.00‎ ‏Launch of Clare Best's Breastless, in the Pighog Documentary Series

20.00‎ ‏Launch of Lorna Thorpe’‬s new collection Sweet Torture of Breathing from Arc with Charlotte Gann

Saturday‭ ‬26‭‭ November
20.50 - 21.40 Peter & Ann Sansom (with Q&A) from the Poetry Business and Smith/Doorstop
22.00 - 22.30 Catherine Smith

All 18.00 events are free. All other events £5. Saturday evening £10 (Concs £3/£6). FESTIVAL SEASON TICKET £16 (£10 concs)
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Jeremy Page will be reading at the the last StoryStudio event at the Komedia Brighton on Sunday 11 December:

StoryStudio
Parlour Games
From mind games to board games, expect to be heartened and horrified by short stories, playlets, monologues and live graphic fiction from established writers and upcoming literary talent.
This will be our last night at the Komedia, so come along and help us give it a fiendishly good send-off.
ENTRY:
£6 / £4.50 concs (please bring proof) on the door.
Time: t.b.c. (evening)
Komedia Studio Bar
Gardner Street
Brighton, BN1 1UN

Not Only the Dark, featuring Jeremy Page, Clare Best, Maria McCarthy and Catherine Smith

2011-11-06T13:15:00.000-08:00

The new WordAid anthology Not Only the Dark will be published next month and launched at the University of Kent on 6th December 2011. It features poems by Frogmore poets Jeremy Page, Clare Best, Maria McCarthy and Catherine Smith. For more details see http://www.wordaid.org.uk/ and below.

All profits from this anthology will be donated to ShelterBox.

Launch event
Tuesday 6 December 6pm

Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NZ

“Here is a volume of poetry which asks the questions it shouldn’t. Exploring the small and the big things we do, need, and make to survive in a world that is crying out for change against the push to reduce us to the bare minimum.”
John Siddique, author of Full Blood.

Frogmore Papers No. 78 is out now!

2011-09-20T13:31:00.000-07:00

Cover art: John Fowler

This issue includes the winning and shortlisted poems from this year's Frogmore Prize, adjudicated by Tamar Yoseloff. This year's (25th) Prize was won by Sharon Black.

Among the contributors to this issue:

Caroline Ashley and her poetry were profiled in Contemporary Review (Oxford) last year.
William Bedford’s selected poems are published as Collecting Bottle Tops.
Kaddy Benyon was shortlisted for the inaugural Picador Poetry Prize.
Sharon Black's poems have appeared in various magazines and her first full collection To Know Bedrock is due to be published by Pindrop Press.
John Brantingham has been featured on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He lives in California.
Miles Cain is a writer, songwriter and storyteller based in York. His novel A Song for Nicky Moon was shortlisted in the Times/Chicken House children’s novel competition.
Tim Cresswell is a Professor of Cultural Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Michael Cunningham’s second collection About Healing was published by Driftwood in 2004.
Michael Curtis is the author of numerous collections of poems. Melnais Suns, Latvian translations of his poetry and prose, was published last year.
Ryan J Davidson has lived in Japan and New York, and is currently in Glasgow, where he is working on a PhD on the influence of William Blake on Walt Whitman.
Suzanna Fitzpatrick's poems are widely published and her work has been commended in several national competitions.
Nancy Gaffield is studying for a doctorate at the University of Kent. Tokaido Road is shortlisted for this year’s Felix Dennis (Forward) Prize for Best First Collection.
Joy Howard is the author of Exit Moonshine (Grey Hen Press 2009) and Refurbishment (Ward Wood 2011).
Kim Lasky is a poet and teacher, author of What It Means To Fall (Tall Lighthouse Press 2006).
Richie McCaffery, Newcastle-born, received a 2009 Scottish Arts Council Edwin Morgan poetry bursary.
Helen Overell’s collection Inscapes and Horizons is published by St Albert’s Press.
Moya Pacey completed an MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths. Her collection The Wardrobe is published by Ginninderra Press.
Andrew Pidoux is the author of Year of the Lion (Salt).
Donna Pucciani lives in the Chicago area but pays frequent visits to England. She has published four collections of poems.
Lesley Saunders, author of several books and pamphlets of poetry, has held
various poetry residencies, including at Acton Court, Iron Acton, a Tudor house built for Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
Lorna Thorpe’s second collection of poetry is due from Arc in November.
Emily Wills has had two collections published by The Rialto.
Jennifer Wong is based in London. Her collection Summer Cicadas was published by Chameleon Press.
Jeremy Worman’s autobiographical collection of short stories about London Fragmented is reviewed in this issue.

Launch of Clare Best's new collection EXCISIONS - two events for your diary

2011-09-07T03:57:00.000-07:00

Two events will mark the publication of Clare Best's new collection EXCISIONS:

16 September 2011:

WATERLOO PRESS and NEEDLEWRITERS
invite you to celebrate the publication of
EXCISIONS by Clare Best

on
Friday 16th September 2011
from 7.00 pm (reading at 7.45 pm)
at the Needlemakers Café, West Street, Lewes
(for details and map see http://www.needlemakers.co.uk/)

4 October 2011:
SELF-PORTRAIT WITHOUT BREASTS

Clare Best performs poems from her sequence exploring preventative double mastectomy
Display of photographs by Laura Stevens
Followed by a discussion with Dr James Mackay MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPE, Consultant Clinical Genetic Oncologist
on
Tuesday 4th October 2011
Reception at 6.30 pm for performance at 7.30 pm
at
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Chowen Lecture Theatre, Medical School Teaching Building,
University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9PX

Excisions may be ordered from Waterloo Press (£10.00) from 16th September

http://www.waterloopress.co.uk/
More info: clarepbest@me.com 01273 480985 07805 190026
http://www.clarebest.co.uk/

Result of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2011

2011-08-01T04:57:00.000-07:00

THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2011

Announcement of the result of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2011, sponsored by the Frogmore Foundation and adjudicated by Tamar Yoseloff.

The Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2011 is awarded to Sharon Black of St André de Valborgne, France for the poem FIBONACCI PONDERS THE ORIGIN OF LIFE. She receives the sum of two hundred guineas and a two-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

The first runner-up is Lesley Saunders of Slough, Berkshire for the poem SMALT. She receives the sum of seventy-five guineas and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

The joint second runners-up are Caroline Ashley of Summertown, Oxford for the poem THE GEOLOGIST’S WIDOW and Miles Cain of Heworth, York for the poem PHONE. They each receive the sum of twenty-five guineas and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

Other poems shortlisted were:

MOUCHE VOLANTE Sharon Black

PEPPERMINT BLOOD Suzanna Fitzpatrick

HYDRO Joy Howard

FLOOD Kim Lasky

MORSELS Helen Overell

APHASIA Moya Pacey

New work by Jeremy Page, Charlotte Gann, Clare Best and Tamar Yoseloff

2011-06-02T04:57:00.000-07:00

Frogmore Prize adjudicator Tamar Yoseloff’s latest collection The City With Horns (Salt) is launched at the Purdy Hicks Gallery, Hopton Street, London SE1 on 2 June.

Jeremy Page’s new translations of Catullus’s Lesbia poems are published by The Ashley Press this month as The Cost of All Desire. The collection will be launched at the University of Sussex on 21 June. Copies are available from The Frogmore Press, 21 Mildmay Road, Lewes BN7 1PJ at £5 inclusive of post and packing, and can also be ordered from any good bookshop or from Amazon.

Lesbia hurls the foulest insults
at me in her husband’s presence,
and that idiot exults in every one,
the mule-brained cretin.

If she forgot about me
and kept her peace,
then he could feel secure.

When she snarls at me
it’s because she remembers,
and remembering hurts.

And she talks
because she’s burning.

Clare Best’s first full collection Excisions is due from Waterloo Press in September. Her HappenStance pamphlet Treasure Ground was published to great acclaim in 2009.

Charlotte Gann’s debut pamphlet The Long Woman (Pighog Press) was launched at Red Roaster in Brighton last month. The collection includes poems that first appeared in The Frogmore Papers and Poetry South East 2010.

Two London poetry events with Jeremy Page coming up

2011-05-17T02:14:00.000-07:00

The master of modesty and marvellous poetry himself, Frogmore Papers editor Jeremy Page, will be reading in Islington on 21 May 2011 and in Covent Garden on 21 July 2011:

Saturday 21st May, 7.00 p.m.
POETRY IN THE CRYPT
St Mary’s Church, Upper Street, Islington, London
Admission £4 • Poets from the floor welcome • Coffee & cakes
Proceeds will support Hospice Care Kenya http://www.hospicecarekenya.com/
More info here: http://hospicecarekenya.com/images/Poetry_May_2011.pdf

Thursday, 21st July, 7.00 p.m.

Poetically Speaking..., reading,

The Poetry Café

22 Betterton Street,

Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX

In the downstairs room...

On the bill: Katherine Gallagher, Jeremy Page,

Anne Stewart and Merryn Williams

Frogmore Poetry Prize 2011 - deadline 31st May

2011-05-05T04:07:00.000-07:00

The closing date for submissions to this year’s (25th) Frogmore Poetry Prize is 31 May. Inaugurated in 1987 when the first winner was David Satherley,

The prize itself has always been paid in guineas. For younger poets for whom guineas constitute a hazy folk memory, the booty is currently £210 (or 200 guineas). The adjudicator this year is Tamar Yoseloff, whose latest collection The City With Horns (Salt) is scheduled for publication on 15 May.

Tamar Yoseloff

Last year’s winner was A K S Shaw and previous winners include Tobias Hill, John Latham (twice), Mario Petrucci, Caroline Price (three times) and Gina Wilson. No entry form is required and the entry fee is a modest £3 per poem. Full details at: http://www.frogmorepress.co.uk/

Number 77 of The Frogmore Papers is now out

2011-04-05T13:30:00.000-07:00

Cover art for Frogmore Papers No. 77, by Elizabeth Jardine

Number 77 of The Frogmore Papers is now out and will be mailed out to subscribers and contributors within the next couple of weeks. The issue has a striking cover by Brighton-based artist Elizabeth Jardine and contains artwork by Seattle-based artist Clare Johnson. Other contributors include Judy Brown, Desmond Graham, Christopher James and Ruth Valentine.

Clare Johnson: New Rainboots, 2008

morphrog has now slipped into pre-summer slumber. The next issue will go live on 1 July at http://www.morphrog.com/

And finally, the deadline for this year's Frogmore Poetry Prize - in its landmark 25th year - is approaching. Submissions need to be received by 31 May. The adjudicator is Tamar Yoseloff and the Prize itself is 200 guineas and a two-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers (plus, of course, publication of the winning poem - and all shortlisted poems - in issue 78 of the Papers). Full details available at http://www.frogmorepress.co.uk/

Michael Swan, Brian Aldiss and Maria Jastrzebska

2011-03-12T08:53:00.000-08:00

Dementia Diaries, a new play by Frogmore Papers contributor Maria Jastrzebska, looks at how the illness affects those who have it, as well as their family and carers. Directed by Mark Hewitt for Lewes Live Literature, Dementia Diaries is on tour throughout 2011. See www.leweslivelit.co.uk for details. Click here for a short article on the play and its production in The Guardian.

In other news:

Frogmore poet Brian Aldiss has a new selected poems published by the Flambard Press in March 2011. It is entitled Mortal Morning and costs £12.99. For more info on Mortal Morning click here. The Frogmore Press published A Plutonian Monologue by Aldiss in a signed limited edition in 2000. A handful of copies are still available at only £3.25. Get in touch with us if you would like to reserve a signed copy.

Yet another Frogmore poet, the inimitable Michael Swan, has a new collection of poetry out: Oversteps Books is publishing Swan's second collection of poetry, The Shapes of Things, out now at £8. The linguist's first collection of poetry, When They Come For You, was published by The Frogmore Press in 2003 and has been one of our most successful titles to date. Copies are available at the price of £5.95.

Rachel Playforth at Needlewriters in Lewes and Jeremy Page in Germany

2011-02-24T03:54:00.000-08:00

The next issue of The Frogmore Papers is going to the printers in the next few days, with a splendid cover by Elizabeth Jardine.

Elizabeth Jardine, Greenroot, oil on canvas

In other news:

Rachel Playforth, regular contributor to The Frogmore Papers in more than one capacity, will be reading her poetry at The Needlewriters in lovely Lewes on Thursday, 10th March 2011, alongside Chris Sykes and Eleanor Knight. There will be music, too. Details here: http://www.needlewriters.co.uk/#/whats-on/4539813579

On 1 December 2010 Jeremy Page's short play 'Loving Psyche' was performed in Bremen, Germany, by the the anglophile theatre group Alsomirschmeckts, which loosely translates as "well, I think it's tasty", on the occasion of the launch of the latest issue of the literary magazine NewLeaf. Because this is the brave new world we have a chance to watch the premiere of 'Loving Psyche' on YouTube. Here are the links (two parts!). Enjoy the German interpretation of a stetson and a musical appearance of Leonard Cohen:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Otn4VPav8
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr5m_JjVzW8&feature=related

“Languages of Colour”- call for submissions: poetry, prose, non-fiction and art work

2011-01-09T14:51:00.000-08:00

The Frogmore Press is inviting submissions on the subject of COLOUR in art, poetry, literature and science. Successful submissions will be published in a volume with the working title Languages of Colour, with publication provisionally scheduled for autumn/winter 2011. The editor will be Alexandra Loske.

Abstract colour blot 'Crimson' by Mary Gartside, 1805
Photograph: Dominic Tschudin

The Frogmore Press predominantly publishes poetry, short pieces of prose and literary reviews. This special volume intends to branch out into non-fiction, art history and the sciences. The volume will be illustrated.
We are inviting poems, very short pieces of prose, short reviews of classic works on colour, particular artists or works of art. Submissions may include images and may have been previously published, subject to copyright clearance. Translations are also welcome.

Maximum word length per submission: 1500; the shorter, the better.

We are particular interested in visual artists submitting graphic work to illustrate the volume.

For more information please email: Alexbythesea@hotmail.com

Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2011
Submissions should be sent with a s.a.e. to
The Frogmore Press
Re: Colour
21 Mildmay Road
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1PJ

A Swan, a Carpenter and morphrog(s)

2011-01-07T15:39:00.000-08:00

Happy new year!

An image from morphrog 2

The second issue of Frogmore's online journal morphrog went live on 1 January.
Poets featured include Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, Hugh Fox, Nancy Mattson, K.V. Skene and Sam Smith.
Here is the link: http://morphrog.com/

Frogmore poet Michael Swan has won the Stanza poetry prize (judged by Sheenagh Pugh) for his poem 'I Wasn't There. Michael's first collection, When They Come For You was published by the Frogmore Press in 2003 and his second is due later this year from Oversteps. Recent work will also appear in the March issue of The Frogmore Papers. Copies of his debut collection are still available from the Frogmore Press at £5.95.

Peter Carpenter, whose work has appeared regularly in Frogmore publications down the years, most recently in Poetry South East 2010, has been elected Chair of the Trustees of the Poetry Society.

Peter Carpenter

Gill Andrews (Frogmore Poetry Prize 2008) shortlisted for the Picador Poetry Prize 2010

2010-12-17T07:02:00.000-08:00

Frogmore poet and prize winner Gill Andrews has been shortlisted for the prestigious Picador Poetry Prize 2010.

Her first pamphlet, 'The Thief', was published by HappenStance in June 2010. She won the 2008 Frogmore Poetry Prize for the single poem 'Estd in 1769 London'. More about Gill Andrews here.

New date for Poetry SouthEast 2010 launch: 18 January 2011

2010-12-01T04:11:00.001-08:00

The launch of Poetry SouthEast 2010 will now take place at the Meeting House on Tuesday 18 January; full details to follow.

URGENT MESSAGE regarding tonight's 'Launch of Poetry South East 2010'!

2010-11-30T06:37:00.000-08:00

Owing to the rapidly deteriorating weather conditions across the county, this evening’s launch of the Poetry South East 2010 anthology at the Meeting House, University of Sussex, has, with regret been postponed.

Meeting House, Sussex University
Photo by J. Hakner

Upcoming events featuring Frogmore writers

2010-11-25T04:42:00.000-08:00

Catherine Smith’s Weight: three stories about secrets will be performed at the Con Club in Lewes, East Sussex at 8 pm tonight, 25 November 2010. Details at:

http://www.leweslivelit.co.uk/

Jeremy Page’s short play Loving Psyche will be performed at Kioto, the Lagerhaus Schildstrasse in Bremen on Wednesday 1 December at 8 pm. Details at:

http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/newleaf/events/

And finally, Clare Best will be reading from her prose memoir - ‘reflections on growing up in a family shaped by loss, ghosts and silence’ at Needlewriters at the Needlemakers, Lewes, on Thursday 9 December at 7.45. Poets Judith Kazantzis and Lee Harwood will also be reading.

Details at:
www.needlewriters.co.uk/#/whats-on/4539813579

Launch of POETRY SOUTH EAST 2010 at Sussex University, 30th November 2010

2010-11-11T05:03:00.000-08:00

For those of you who missed the first launch of POETRY SOUTH EAST 2010 at the New Venture Theatre in Brighton a few weeks ago, here is another chance to see and hear poets reading their work from the anthology:

NEW METAPHYSICAL POETRY
You are warmly invited to attend the launch of
POETRY SOUTH EAST 2010

Edited by Jeremy Page and Catherine Smith, published by Frogmore Press, this is the first anthology for ten years of poets from Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

Readings will be by some of the featured poets, including
Clare Best, Tom Cunliffe, Alison Dunn, John Feakins, Charlotte Gann, Joanna Grigg, Lydia Hill, Judith Kazantzis, Kim Lasky, Julia O'Brien, John O'Donoghue, Rachel Playforth, Sarah Salway, Colette Sensier, Sonya Smith and Anne Stewart.

WHEN? Tuesday 30th November 2010 at 6 p.m.

WHERE? The Meeting House at Sussex University

HOW TO GET THERE? Click here for info.

HOW MUCH? £5 FULL, £3 CONCESSIONS, £1 STUDENTS

Car parking is free on campus after 5 p.m.

Further information: please contact Patrick Bond 07932-141918

Launch of Poetry South-East 2010 at the NVT

2010-10-23T10:28:00.000-07:00

The first launch of the Frogmore anthology Poetry South-East 2010 took place last night at the New Venture Theatre in Brighton.

It was a wonderful evening, compered by the inimitable Catherine Smith, with moving performances by Lorna Thorpe, Ros Barber, Brendan Cleary and Maria Jastrzebska. Two other contributors from the anthology, Rachel Playforth and Colette Sensier, bravely grabbed the open mic and read their poems. I took a few pictures of the poets on the bill, as well as Catherine (see below). As a special treat here is a clip of Brendan Cleary reading 'Physics':

Brendan Cleary reading 'Physics' from the Poetry South-East 2010 anthology,

22 October 2010, Brighton

Compere Catherine Smith:

Lorna Thorpe:

Maria Jastrzebska:

Ros Barber:

Frogmore poets in new anthology 'Did I Tell You? 131 poems for Children in Need'

2010-10-07T04:50:00.000-07:00

'Did I tell you? 131 Poems for Children in Need' and is an anthology on the theme of'Childhood' in aid of Children in Need - available November 2010. All profits from this anthology will be donated to the BBC's Children in Need appeal.

Frogmore poets Clare Best, Jeremy Page, Rachel Playforth and Catherine Smith will be published alongside the likes of Andrew Motion, George Szirtes and Vicki Feaver in a new anthology to be sold in aid of Children In Need in November. Did I Tell You? 131 poems for Children in Need will be launched at the University of Kent on 16 November to raise money for the children’s charity. The collection, based on the theme of childhood, has been put together by Kent poets Nicky Gould and Vicky Wilson. The anthology will be on sale at www.wordaid.org.uk, at the various launch events and via Amazon; news of events linked to the publication can also be found on the website. Other contributors include Liz Bahs, Ros Barber, Mara Bergman, Geraldine Cousins, Martyn Crucefix, Michael Curtis, Maggie Harris, Maureen Jivani, Caroline Price, Sarah Salway, Carole Satyamurti, Maggie Sawkins, Myra Schneider, Derek Sellen, Anne Stewart, John Whitworth and Susan Wicks.

To pre-order a copy of Did I Tell You? please send a cheque for £12 (includes £2 p&p), made out to our publisher Categorical Books, to 70 Margate Road, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 7BH. You can also pre-order 3 copies at the special price of £27 (includes £2 p&p) .

Online ordering will be available from 1 November 2010.

Latest issue of The Frogmore Papers is out!

2010-09-29T06:25:00.000-07:00

The 76th issue of The Frogmore Papers has just been published and is now available from the Frogmore Press at £5 per copy (post-free). This issue includes all the poems shortlisted by Stewart Conn for this year's Frogmore Poetry Prize, as well a controversial piece of flash fiction that has already raised eyebrows. I left a copy of the issue lying around in my workplace and was informed by a colleague that the piece by Ashley Chantler (editor of Flash magazine) was "the smuttiest thing I have ever read". The managing editor has decided to take this as a compliment.

The splendid artwork, which combines British pub culture with Chinese calligraphy, is by Michael Munday from Lewes.

POETRY SOUTH EAST 2010 : out soon, and there will even be a launch party (or two)

2010-09-10T02:40:00.000-07:00

It’s been ten years since the poetic pulse of the South East (for these purposes the counties of Kent, Surrey and East and West Sussex) was last taken with the publication of Poetry South East 2000 (seen here on the right), so a repeat of the exercise seemed timely. Poetry South East 2010 has gone to the printers, with a stunning new cover by Neil Gower (on the left)

Catherine Smith and Jeremy Page are pleased in Poetry South East 2010 to publish work by several poets whose poems appeared in the original series of Poetry South East back in the days of South East Arts – poets such as Ian Caws, Judith Kazantzis, W H Petty, Derek Sellen, Ted Walter and John Whitworth; and to publish them alongside the work of younger and/or emerging poets from the region. As with most anthologies, there are a number of omissions we regret, but we hope that Poetry South East 2010 nevertheless provides a snapshot of the remarkable range and variety of high-quality poetry that is being produced in the region today.

The launch will be at the New Venture Theatre in Brighton on Friday 22nd October at 7:45pm.
Tickets are £7 (£6 members), details here: http://www.newventure.org.uk/whatson/sep10-dec10/

Compère at the launch:

Catherine Smith is a poet and writer of short fiction. She has published a pamphlet The New Bride (Smith/Doorstop 2001) and two full collections of poems The Butcher’s Hands (Smith/Doorstop 2003) and Lip (Smith/Doorstop 2007).

Readers at the launch:

Ros Barber has published two collections with Anvil, the second of which Material was a PBS Recommendation. Ros lives in Brighton.

Brendan Cleary was born in Carrickfergus and now lives in Brighton. His latest collection is goin’ down slow (tall-lighthouse), selected poems 1985-2010.

Maria Jastrzebska was born in Warsaw and grew up in London. She now lives in Brighton. Everyday Angels was published by Waterloo Press last year.

Lorna Thorpe is the author of Dancing To Motown (Pighog Press, PBS Pamphlet Choice 2005) and A Ghost In My House (Arc, 2008). She lives in Seaford.

The result of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2010 - a very international affair

2010-07-19T14:29:00.000-07:00

THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2010

Sponsored by the Frogmore Foundation and adjudicated by Stewart Conn.
More on Stewart Conn here.

Stewart Conn
Photograph by Jemima Kuhfeld

The Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2010 is awarded to A K S Shaw of Templecombe, Somerset for the poem COAST GUARD. He receives the sum of two hundred guineas and a two-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

The first runner-up is Frances-Anne King of Bath for the poem FLEET. She receives the sum of seventy-five guineas and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

The second runner-up is Carolyn King of Ventnor, Isle of Wight for the poem WRIT IN STONE. She receives the sum of fifty guineas and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

Other poems shortlisted were:

HOME   Pat Borthwick
BREAK OF DAY   Charles Evans
THE GREEN CHILD    Paul Groves
...AND NOT A TRACE OF BASS   Ruth L Hill
RIVER, LAKE, SEA   Melinda Lovell
MAIRI IT IS SUMMER   Morag McCarron
CARLYLE ALONE   Tracey S Rosenberg

It is remarkable that this year's shortlist contains poems by writers resident in England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, France and Italy.

These poems will all be published in number 76 of The Frogmore Papers in September 2010.

morphrog.com...poetry in the extreme - Vol 1 Issue 1 is now online

2010-07-01T13:08:00.000-07:00

morphrog has gone live. Click here to access it.

morphrog.com...poetry in the extreme

Volume 1 Issue 1 is edited by Jeremy Page and Peter Stewart
morphrog is published bi-annually on 1 July and 1 January. Subscription is free.
Please send your email address to: morphrog@googlemail.com

CONTRIBUTORS TO morphrog 1

Liz Adams has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Her work has appeared in Iota Fiction, The Frogmore Papers, and is forthcoming in Stand. Her first collection of poems, Green Dobermans, will be published by Lazy Gramophone Press in 2011.

Robert Etty was born and lives in Lincolnshire. He is the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently Half A Field’s Distance: New and Selected Poems (Shoestring 2006).

Michael Fraley lives in San Francisco, within walking distance of the zoo. His poems have been published internationally.

Susan Shingleton is a Londoner, educated at Oxford. Retired from university lecturing in the Far and Middle East, she enjoys seeing her three grown up children and their families. Her interests include writing, reading, bird-spotting and travelling.

K V Skene is a long-term expat Canadian (born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario), resident in Oxford. Author of numerous collections of poems, including Edith (Flarestack).

Ivor C Treby chose, annotated but did not edit Uncertain Rain – Sundry Spells of Michael Field (De Blackland Press). He is also the author of several collections of poetry.

Roddy Williams lives, paints, writes and works in London. A radical atheist, his Haiku Diary of Common Sense can be found at http://hairybloke.blogspot.com/

In and Out of The Dark Wood

2010-05-19T03:46:00.000-07:00

A new chapbook of poems by Jeremy Page, editor of The Frogmore Papers, has been published by HappenStance Press.

In and Out of The Dark Wood brings together poems written since the publication of his last collection The Alternative Version in 2001. Copies, which cost only £4.00, can be ordered through any good bookshop or direct and post free from HappenStance’s online shop: http://www.happenstancepress.co.uk/zencart/

HappenStance also publish Clare Best’s Treasure Ground.

Closing date for the Frogmore Poetry Prize is 31 May 2010

2010-05-11T13:18:00.000-07:00

A reminder that the deadline for submissions for the 2010 Frogmore Poetry Prize is approaching.

The Frogmore Poetry Prize was founded in 1987 and has been awarded annually since then. The Prize money is currently two hundred guineas but the true Prize is the kudos of joining a select band of winners which includes Caroline Price, John Latham, Tobias Hill and Mario Petrucci. Many leading poets - Carole Satyamurti, Pauline Stainer, Linda France, Paul Groves, John Mole, Sophie Hannah, Elizabeth Bartlett and Susan Wicks among them - have adjudicated the Prize and all winners have been published in the pages of The Frogmore Papers.

Winners of the Prize have been David Satherley, Caroline Price, Bill Headdon, John Latham, Diane Brown, Tobias Hill, Mario Petrucci, Gina Wilson, Ross Cogan, Joan Benner, Ann Alexander, Gerald Watts, Katy Darby, David Angel , Howard Wright, Julie-ann Rowell, Arlene Ang, Peter Marshall and Gill Andrews.

This year's adjudicator is Stewart Conn.
Stewar Conn has lived in Edinburgh since 1977, and was the capital's inaugural poet laureate, under the title the Edinburgh Makar. His poetry has been widely anthologised and translated. Among many individual volumes are Stolen Light: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 1999) and Distances: a personal evocation of people and places (Scottish Cultural Press, 2001), and Ghosts at Cockcrow (Bloodaxe, 2005).

Conditions of Entry

1 Poems must be in English, unpublished, and not accepted for future publication.
2 Poems should be typed and no longer than forty lines.
3 Any number of poems may be entered on payment of the appropriate fee of £3 per poem. Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to The Frogmore Press.
4 The following methods of payment are acceptable: cheque drawn on UK bank; British postal order; sterling.
5 Each poem should be on a separate sheet, which should not include the name of the author.
6 The author’s name and address should be provided on an accompanying sheet of paper.
7 The winner, runners-up and shortlisted poets will be notified by post. All shortlisted poems will appear in number 76 of The Frogmore Papers (September 2010)
8 To receive a copy of the results, please enclose an s.a.e. marked ‘Results’.
9 Poems cannot be returned.
10 Closing date for submissions: 31 May 2010.
11 Copyright of all poems submitted will remain with the authors but the Frogmore Press reserves the right to publish all shortlisted poems.
12 The adjudicator’s decision will be final and no correspondence can be entered into.
13 Entries should be sent to: The Frogmore Press, 21 Mildmay Road, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1PJ.
14 The submission of poems for the Prize will be taken as indicating acceptance of the above conditions.

Frogspawn

2010-03-12T06:53:00.000-08:00

Hello,

just a couple of notes on writers associated with the Frogmore Press.

Jeremy Page, co-founder of the Frogmore Press and editor of The Frogmore Papers, was one of the authors reading at this year's Quick Fiction at the University of Sussex. The event was organised by Nicholas Royle and supported by independent publisher Myriad Editions. His very short short story 'Chaos Theory on a Bad Gravy Day' can be found here. (You need to scroll down a bit.)

Charlie Rolfe, whose new novel The Crying Girl is reviewed in the latest issue of Frogmore (no. 75, Spring 2010) has alerted me to his website Made-up Co., which features work by a collective of self published writers and poets based in Brighton. It is in its infant stage but well worth supporting and having a look at:

http://www.made-up.org/index.html

Keep on reading and have a lovely weekend,

Alexandra

Frogmore Papers Issue 75 is out!

2010-03-11T09:22:00.000-08:00

The spring 2010 edition of The Frogmore Papers (number 75) is now out, and subscribers and contributors should receive their copies within the next two weeks. Copies can be ordered by sending a cheque for £5.00 payable to ‘The Frogmore Press’. The new Papers sport a stunning cover from Neil Gower and contain poems by Frogmore stalwarts Peter Carpenter, Michael Curtis, Edna Eglinton, Robert Etty, Sam Gardiner, Desmond Graham, Caroline Price, Alex Smith and Michael Swan alongside new work from the likes of Martyn Crucefix, Katrina Naomi and Martin Reed, prose from Peter Gilmour, Jaki McCarrick, Maria McCarthy and Richard Todd, and artwork from Donald Stuart and Alexey Talimonov. A fifty-two page feast for the eyes and mind!

A new online journal published by The Frogmore Press: morphrog

2010-02-26T06:22:00.000-08:00

morphrog, the online journal of The Frogmore Press, will launch in July. It will be edited by Jeremy Page and Peter Stewart.

Issues will be accessible for a strict three-month period (in this case 1 July – 30 September). morphrog will publish poems that operate at the extremes of experiment and tradition and welcomes submission of both very long and very short poems. Copyright in every case will remain with the poet.

The deadline for submissions to issue one is 31 May. Poets are asked to send no more than four poems as a single Word attachment or in the body of the email to: morphrog@gmail.com

Poetry South East 2010

2010-02-11T07:11:00.001-08:00

In October the Frogmore Press will publish Poetry South East 2010, an anthology of poetry from writers resident in Kent, Surrey and East and West Sussex. The anthology will be edited by Jeremy Page and Catherine Smith and will consist of fifty-two poems by fifty-two poets.

Poets resident in Kent, Surrey, East or West Sussex are invited to submit up to three poems for consideration for publication in the anthology by 30 April 2010 to Poetry South East 2010 at the above address.

Please include a stamped SAE or email address for reply. Poets whose work has been selected for inclusion will be notified by the end of May and will receive two gratis copies of the anthology on publication in October.

The Frogmore Press
F.A.O. Alexandra Loske
21 Mildmay Road
Lewes BN7 1PJ

A new lease of life

2010-02-07T15:06:00.000-08:00

Having just accepted the post of Managing Editor of the Frogmore Press I have decided to revive this blog, not least because 2010 promises to be a very busy year for the Press:

- The Frogmore Papers will publish their 75th number in March.

- morphrog, the Press's new online journal will launch in July.

- Stewart Conn will spend the month of June adjudicating the 24th Frogmore Poetry Prize.

- October will see the launch of Poetry South East 2010, edited by Jeremy Page and Catherine Smith.

Stay tuned and keep on reading poetry.
Alexandra

Number 71

2008-02-20T06:24:00.000-08:00

The Frogmore Papers 71st number is now with the printer and should be available very soon.. It's a cracker of an issue with new poetry from the likes of Joe Sheerin, Kate Scott, Helen Mort and Myra Schneider, prose from Alice Wooledge Salmon and Andrew Blair, artwork by Rahul Gupta, poetry in translation and lots more. Also, full details of the 22nd Frogmore Poetry Prize, to be adjudicated by Clare Pollard. Still only £3.50 from The Frogmore Press, 42 Morehall Avenue, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4EF.