ArtificeArtifice is an exploration of the art of making. Its poems celebrate the artistry of craftsmanship: how works relate to beauty, and how they might inspire or ensnare. They consider issues of artificiality and authenticity, the man made and the natural. They warn of artfulness, in the sense of cunning or deception. And they wonder at the mystery of art and language, that which resolutely remains unknown or ineffable. For Artifice is as much riddle as

Meet Adele Vialli: an intelligent

and including many thought-provoking fiction from Sudan

This book contains the winners and commended poems from the Verve Festival 2019 Community Themed Poetry Competition judged by Joelle Taylor

six very different fiction writers from the Netherlands

He is a different version of himself with each loved one

and who lost friends and family to drug abuse

based on a true story and set in Weimar Germany

Han Meilin is a titan of contemporary Chinese art

In the US he was published by Little

” – Sir Bobby Robson

Lift and Fairground Magician

Prickling with magic and spells