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    Is poetry a selfish act?
    Belle Kenyon
    • Dec 15, 2018
    • 2 min

    Is poetry a selfish act?

    Since Fly on the Wall opened for chapbook submissions, I have been flooded with a wealth of talent and support for the press (so truly, t...
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    Self Publishing the smart way
    Belle Kenyon
    • Jul 22, 2018
    • 2 min

    Self Publishing the smart way

    When I first heard of self publishing, Amazon Createspace was the service shouting the loudest. This is still arguably the easiest platfo...
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    May Book Reviews!
    Belle Kenyon
    • May 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    May Book Reviews!

    Poetry Picks: Something Like Happiness by Alex Five Truthful and unique Honestly this book sometimes revolted me - the words of the oth...
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    Should we publish our pain?
    Belle Kenyon
    • May 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    Should we publish our pain?

    I've been wondering lately: what should we reveal publicly, in order to honour the 'truth' of our writing, and what should we conceal? We...
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    Review: The Last Time We Saw Strangers by Christopher Hopkins
    Belle Kenyon
    • May 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    Review: The Last Time We Saw Strangers by Christopher Hopkins

    I was lucky enough to be an early reader of Christopher Hopkins' second chapbook with Clare Songbirds Publishing House, my own publisher ...
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    Let's get personal
    Belle Kenyon
    • Apr 24, 2018
    • 2 min

    Let's get personal

    I've did a poll on Twitter a while ago, and something which you said you wanted to see more of on my blog, was personal blog posts. It's ...
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    The benefits of writing to your mental health
    Belle Kenyon
    • Apr 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    The benefits of writing to your mental health

    Today Mind Poet Katie Lewington, takes over my blog to talk about how writing helps her on a day to day basis. You cannot really argue wi...
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    Our identity is fluid.
    Belle Kenyon
    • Mar 5, 2018
    • 4 min

    Our identity is fluid.

    One of the themes within the Mind anthology 'Please Hear What I'm Not Saying' is the identity of motherhood and the struggles (and joys) ...
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    Why secondary school ruined poetry
    Belle Kenyon
    • Feb 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Why secondary school ruined poetry

    I recently picked up a copy of Carol Ann Duffy's 'Love Poems' - and read from cover to cover. I loved it. Carol was on my secondary sylla...
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    Is mental health a selfish condition?
    Belle Kenyon
    • Feb 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    Is mental health a selfish condition?

    This week I went to see 'The Almighty Sometimes' at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Directed by Katy Rudd, and a winner of the ...
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    Why we love poetry (and you should too!)
    Belle Kenyon
    • Feb 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Why we love poetry (and you should too!)

    Poetry gets a bad rep - stereotypes like 'hard to read', 'pretentious' float around and excuses like 'I just don't have time to read, I'd...
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    Time To Talk Day: Mental Health Awareness
    Belle Kenyon
    • Feb 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Time To Talk Day: Mental Health Awareness

    It's 'Time to Talk Day' which is a movement of mental health awareness run by Time To Change: https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/about-men...
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    Belle Kenyon
    • Jan 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    'The Cult' of Modern Poetry: my take on Rebecca Watt's controversial article.

    Rebecca Watt’s recent article ‘The Cult of the Noble Amateur’ has divided opinion. Rebecca attacks ‘Instagram’ and ‘Spoken word’ poets wh...
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    Let's Talk About Alzheimer's Disease
    Belle Kenyon
    • Jan 22, 2018
    • 2 min

    Let's Talk About Alzheimer's Disease

    As submissions for the Mind poetry anthology, 'Please Hear What I'm Not Saying' flooded in, a trend emerged - and one which, perhaps, is ...
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    How To...Write a Book, Publish and Market It...
    Belle Kenyon
    • Jan 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    How To...Write a Book, Publish and Market It...

    ...A whistle stop tour! How to Create Your First Collection: Write every other day for a month. What is the theme emerging? At the end of...
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    Belle Kenyon
    • Dec 31, 2017
    • 2 min

    A Dangerous Trend in Contemporary Poetry

    There seems to be a trend emerging in poetry, which you might be familiar with, particularly in self published work. It goes something li...
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