(Photo credit: Mark Sherratt) Wayne Holloway-Smith teaches at the University of Hertfordshire. His poems have appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies. His first book-length collection, Alarum, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2017. In 2018 Wayne won the National Poetry Competition … Continue reading
You are a Mumbai based senior academic, critic, literary editor, and author, with 19 published books. Tell us about your literary journey. How did it all begin? Right from early childhood, I was interested in fine arts. Both mother and … Continue reading
“Why, look at you! I could just eat you up!” The young boy beamed, revealing a set of crooked teeth. “What’s your name, cutie?” “Timmy.” “Hello, Timmy. I’m Carol.” She sighed. Timmy was the cute, little boy she’d always dreamed … Continue reading
Love. The four-letter word that has captured creatives for centuries is the defining theme of LOVE – A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Loving and Being in Love, the second of the Collections of Poetry and Prose book series … Continue reading
Can you please tell Ink Pantry about your journey as a performance poet? I’d always written ever since I was a child. My first poem was published in the ‘Brownie Magazine’ when I was about six or seven. I remember … Continue reading
Hello Jim. Many thanks for agreeing to this interview. I’m sure that our readers will benefit greatly from your extensive experiences within poetry and creative writing. Can I start by asking you about the earliest foundations of your writing? Were English & … Continue reading
On the first day of Christmas I was beside myself with glee: I’d bagged a date with a guy who was as handsome as can be. He seemed intelligent and fun and adventurous and kind! A combination of things near … Continue reading
‘He had to run. Whatever was about to happen, he didn’t want to find out. This was huge. Massive. Ginormous. Ginormassivous! One word ran through his mind, over and over. Abduction.’ Young Jack Mills lives at Number 5 Winell Road … Continue reading
The first time I laid eyes on The Long Goodbye was twenty-odd years ago, somewhere in the north-western suburbs of London, on a warm day with a cloudy look of rain on the horizon. I broke the silver-coloured spine and … Continue reading
Hugely successful horror writer David Moody has had many books published, including the Autumn series (Autumn, The City, Purification, Disintegration, Aftermath, The Human Condition), Trust, the Hater series (Hater, Dog Blood and Them or Us) and Straight To You. Autumn … Continue reading