In this issue:

Fiction

"Exposure"

Benjamine Newman

"Beggar Birds"

S.P. Hannaway

"Palaeontology for Girls"

Niamh Bohane

Poetry

"The Origin of a Family Name"

Yuan Changming

"In The Bookstore I Found A Book"

J.R. Solonche

"Never Doubted"

Claire Lewis

"Little Gods"

Glyn Edwards

"Warm Wishes"

Rebecca Parker

"If You Are Worn In Your Grief"

Chrissy Martin

Portfolio

"College Life"

Saman Sarheng

Interviews

Behind the Desk No. 10

Callum McAllister in conversation with Kim Moore

For our Behind the Desk interview, Callum McAllister, The Review's assistant editor, spoke with Kim Moore. Kim Moore was born in 1981 and lives and works in Cumbria. Her first full length collection, The Art of Falling, was published by Seren in April 2015. She won the New Writing North Award in 2014, the Eric Gregory Award in 2011, and the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2012. Her first pamphlet, If We Could Speak Like Wolves, was a winner in The Poetry Business Pamphlet Competition, judged by Carol Ann Duffy. If We Could Speak Like Wolves was chosen as an Independent Book of the Year in 2012 and was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Pamphlet Award and the Lakeland Book of the Year Award.

New Welsh Writers

Jamie Gillingham in conversation with Susie Wild

Book Reviews

"Manhattan Beach " by Jennifer Eagen

Lesley Richardson

"Ergasy" by Christopher Cornwell

Callum McAllister

The cover of Issue 9 features a photo by Max Rosenstein. Max Rosentein is a phootgrapher living and working in Toronto, Canada. See Max's work at maxrosenstein.com.