We caught up with Sarah Westcott to discuss the interplay between science and creative writing and the various aspects of life and culture that enrich her poetry collection Slant Light. As someone who has studied both biology and creative writing, do you think that scientific methods (e.g. observation and analysis) bear any similarity to poetic composition? … Continue reading
Mona Arshi wins 2015 Forward Prize for Best New Collection!
We are thrilled to congratulate LUP author Mona Arshi on winning the Forward Prize for best new collection for Small Hands, awarded in a ceremony on Monday 28th September 2015. The jury praised her work for its “imagination, sensuality and beguiling playfulness”, also commenting on her “beautiful precision and her willingness to experiment with form, including couplets, … Continue reading
A new chapter in books editorial
Over the past dozen years Liverpool University Press has grown significantly. The 2004 catalogue featured just 7 titles with publication dates for that year: the Press now publishes more than 100 books a year and 28 journals. LUP’s expansion has been built on a tight editorial focus across a few distinctive areas. Given the resulting … Continue reading
Pavilion Poetry and the 2016 Forward Prizes
Pavilion Poetry and LUP would like to congratulate Ruby Robinson and Sarah Westcott on their achievements in the 2016 Forward Prizes for Poetry! Ruby Robinson on the nomination of Every Little Sound for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection. Sarah Westcott for her poem Inklings (from Slant Light) which has been Highly Commended by the judges for this year’s … Continue reading
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