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Sandsnarl: new pamphlet from Sidekick’s Jon Stone!

Sidekick editor Jon Stone recently launched his pamphlet Sandsnarl with the ever-excellent Emma Press.

Sandsnarl cover - yellow swirls on a white background

Sandsnarl is a settlement steeped in sand – though where it came from and how long ago is a matter of tall tales and steely whispers. The sand itself makes accurate record-keeping impossible. It is drug, ore, plague and delicacy. The inhabitants of this region (or is it a fallen kingdom?) talk and think through its haze. Some alter their shape. Others fizz and seethe with the habit of resistance. These poems eavesdrop, extract and sift. Together, they make a brief impression of a time and place, a Buñuelian musical without the music.

Click here to view sample poems and buy your copy!

Blackout Poems: A National Poetry Day Downloadable Anthology


It’s National Poetry Day, and the theme this year is ‘Light’. To celebrate, Dr Fulminare has resurrected five ex-Poet Laureates, and we’ve commissioned them, along with a raft of still-living Sidekick poets, to contribute to a new, free, downloadable pdf anthology, ‘Blackout Poems’.

The poems are all written in the traditional ‘blackout’ style, which simulates reading in the dark. With iridescent page numbers.

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