News
Review of Tenderfoot by Chris Beckett on London Grip
Chris Beckett’s poetry collection Tenderfoot (Carcanet) has been reviewed by Anne on London Grip, the international online cultural journal: londongrip.co.uk/2023/01/london-grip-poetry-review-chris-beckett/
Review of Unruled Journal in Magma
Anne’s collection Unruled Journal has been reviewed in Magma 83. Sophie Thomas comments, ‘These are poems that flit between the tangible and the enigmatic, the way a body is caught between flesh and absence, the way language is, too. […] Ryland’s voice is generous and intimate, offering up moments of personal insight for the reader.’ Read the review in full here: https://magmapoetry.com/sophie-thomas-reviews-padraig-regan-anne-ryland-and-dan-obrien/
Publication in Amethyst Review
Anne’s poem ‘Dr Fabrício’ has just been published in online journal Amethyst Review (‘New Writing Engaging with the Sacred’). https://amethystmagazine.org/
Publication of Article in Long Poem Magazine
Anne’s article has been published in the ‘Poets & Their Processes’ section of the Long Poem Magazine website. ‘Distance and Intimacy’ explores the writing process behind her sequences and long poems. Read the article (and those by other poets on the same theme) in full here:
http://longpoemmagazine.org.uk/anne-ryland-distance-and-intimacy/
Publication in Long Poem Magazine
Anne’s poem ‘Um Glossário do Bairro’ (‘A Glossary of the Neighbourhood’) has been published in Issue 27 of Long Poem Magazine. Written in the form of glossary entries, the poem explores the places, architecture and community of a neighbourhood in Lisbon where she lived for a time.
http://longpoemmagazine.org.uk/issues/issue-twenty-seven-spring-2022/
Poetry Reading – Hexham Book Festival
Anne will be reading from her new collection Unruled Journal at Hexham Book Festival on Sunday 19th June, from 12 noon to 1pm, in Prior’s Hall, Hexham Abbey. She will be joined by poets Cynthia Fuller and Pippa Little in a reading of poems that will range across the North, celebrating its landscapes, stories and communities, while also exploring inner territories of the body, spirit and imagination. For more information and to buy tickets, visit https://www.hexhambookfestival.co.uk/Event/poets-from-the-north