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Exciting news! BBC's The One Show have been back in touch with John Martin, the 98-year-old author of the best-selling war memoir A Raid over Berlin, and will be rescreening the interview with him that first appeared in November 2018 this Friday, 8 May, to celebrate VE Day. Not only that but they revisited him last week (socially distanced, of course) and will also be showing that follow-up interview.

So tune in at 7pm on Friday!

Sophie McKeand, whose poetry collection Rebel Sun was published by Parthian in 2017 to great critical acclaim ('Sophie McKeand's Rebel Sun is no dying star, but a fiery tour de force, full of surreal and ingenious imagery.' – Planet) has taken to Instagram TV to perform her poems.

You can watch them here.

And you can order the collection here.

Hello Readers! We thought you might like some free online readings in this time of STAY-AT-HOME crisis and with that in mind, here are some videos and podcasts and recordings that have recently featured our authors and can be watched or listened to again...  ROBERTO PASTORE The first of the Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival podcasts by @talkinginkpod is now available to listen to on Spotify and Sound Cloud. In this episode Lucy Smith talks to Roberto Pastore about his debut collection Hey Bert and about ways to find happiness. CHRISTINA THATCHER  Releasing a new book in is nerve-racking at the best of times, releasing...

'Indeed, the book stands up remarkably well (better than some communist empires have ...), showing it is much more than just a product of and reflection on Soviet times and circumstances; its belated translation is very welcome'

Happy publication day to Alberts Bels's infamous novel, Insomnia!

And to celebrate, it's been given a fantastic and indepth first review. You can read the full review here.