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Annie Fisher

Oil painting in mostly grey and blue showing a jug and two bowls on a shelf

Learning about loss

Annie Fisher reviews The Wind and the Rain by Anthony Wilson (Blue Diode Press, 2023)

Continue readingLearning about loss
A window at night with twilight streaming through. Or it could be a streetlight. Twilight is more poetic though, innit?

The art of loneliness

Annie Fisher reviews Night Window by Ian Seed (Shearsman, 2024)

Continue readingThe art of loneliness
The title of the book in seraph font on a an apricot background. Could do better.

In the ‘quiet coach’

Annie Fisher reviews Surprising the Misses McRuvie by Eleanor Livingstone (Red Squirrel Press, 2023)

Continue readingIn the ‘quiet coach’
Image of a white skull on a black background. The skull has a pink flower in the right eye socket.

Say I was born in peacetime

Annie Fisher reviews Ruin, Blossom by John Burnside (Cape, 2024)

Continue readingSay I was born in peacetime
A painted book cover with a blue background. A thick swirling dark blue brush stroke bisects the page horizontally. three partial circles hover in the background like alien planets. Light blue, mid blue and (nope not another blue) red.

Pangolins and Plainsong

Annie Fisher reviews Words of Mercury by Alasdair Paterson (Shearsman Books, 2024)

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A photograph of a man wearing a spotless white shirt, a paisley tie and a beige cardigan. Only the lower half of the face is visible,

Soldier, astronaut, photographer, accountant … poet

Annie Fisher reviews The Remaining Men by Martin Figura (Cinnamon Press, 2024)

Continue readingSoldier, astronaut, photographer, accountant … poet
Close up photo of a white sheeps head. We can mostly see the eye.

Tiny shorts the colour of meringues

Annie Fisher reviews Women in Comfortable Shoes by Selima Hill (Bloodaxe Books, 2023)

Continue readingTiny shorts the colour of meringues
A composite image of three brightly coloured children's poetry book covers.

Danger leaps from off the page

Annie Fisher looks at some of the best new poetry collections for children

Continue readingDanger leaps from off the page
Drawing of a cow with wings on a pink background. It is saying 'Bong' and it's by Spike Milligan.

Poetry for children: where do we start?

Annie Fisher gathers together the best children's poetry, and the best children's poetry anthologies

Continue readingPoetry for children: where do we start?

What does Annie Fisher say?

I write reviews for pleasure and to broaden my reading, but I only review collections I like ...

Continue readingWhat does Annie Fisher say?
An old black and white photo of two kids, one older boy and a younger girl.

Catch the heart off guard and blow it open

Annie Fisher reviews Skin & Blister by Blake Morrison (Mariscat, 2023)

Continue readingCatch the heart off guard and blow it open
Close up graphic of a green leaf. It is partially transparent on a white background, and the veins running through the leaf are clearly visible.

Drawing the clean light in and doing good

Annie Fisher reviews The Bigger Picture by D. A. Prince (HappenStance, 2022)

Continue readingDrawing the clean light in and doing good
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