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Today on the blog we are celebrating World Poetry Day 2021 by sharing with you some short films from inVERSE poetry reimagined for the 21st century. inVERSE is a collection of five of the world’s oldest surviving poems which have been re-imagined for the 21st century through the medium of film, by the award-winning filmmaker Jack Jewers and released for World Poetry Day 2021. With historical poems ranging from the 1st Century Italy to 1500 BCE Mesopotamia, these five short films explore time and the human condition using the language of the ancients and the modern filmmaking techniques of the 21st century. Each poem chosen for the collection feels like it could have been written yesterday. The five poems chosen...

Coming Home to Glendale Hall by Victoria Walters – Book Review Coming Home to Glendale Hall Author – Victoria Walters Publisher – Canelo Hera Pages – 384 Released – 25th September 2019 ISBN-13 – 978-1788636070 Format – ebook, paperback Review by – Stacey Rating – 5 Stars I received a free copy of this book. This post contains affiliate links.   No matter how far you go, home is where the heart is… Beth Williams hasn’t been home for ten years. After falling pregnant at sixteen, she ran away from the imposing Scottish estate where she grew up rather than risk her family’s disapproval, working hard to build a life for herself and daughter Isabelle – but now she’s finally...