At Three Drops from a Cauldron, we don’t just have a passion for publishing the writing submitted to us, but also reviews of poetry collections, pamphlets and chapbooks, as well as selected non-fiction resources, relating to folklore, myth, legends, fables, and fairytales, and/or interviews with authors who write work as above. The reviews and interviews are posted on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, as and when they appear.
If you’ve written such a book, or would otherwise like to recommend one to our mystical, magical team of reviewers, please send a query with any links and a blurb/synopsis to [email protected]. Alternatively, if you have written a review of your own, or interviewed an author, and would like the review/interview to be published on Three Drops from a Cauldron, send your query to [email protected]
Our Dedicated Reviews Team
Robert de Born
Robert de Born is a poet and musician who lives in Sheffield with his beloved wife, cat and an ever-increasing number of trolls. A Mormon recently told him he looked like Jesus, and a Mormon would know. His poetry has appeared in print and online and he has performed widely across the UK, including Oxford, London and Sheffield. You can find him online at www.robertdeborn.co.uk or on his blog, Robert de Born’s Long Summer Days.
Steve Nash
Dr Steve Nash is a writer, lecturer, and dreadful musician. His first collection, Taking the Long Way Home (Stairwell Books) was described as “The work of a rare artist with a fire in his head” by One & Other Magazine, and he is a winner of the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer.
Steve’s next book, The Calder Valley Codex, a narrative poetic sequence taking inspiration from the folklore of the Calder Valley, will be released later this year, and you can find his website over here: starlighttocasualmoths.blogspot.co.uk
Steve strongly suspects his guinea pigs are plotting against him.
Caroline Hardaker
J.S. Watts
J.S.Watts is a UK writer. Her poetry, short stories and reviews appear in publications in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the States and have been broadcast on BBC and Independent Radio. She has published five books: two poetry collections, Cats and Other Myths and Years Ago You Coloured Me, plus a multi-award nominated SF poetry pamphlet, Songs of Steelyard Sue, all published by Lapwing Publications, and two novels, A Darker Moon - dark literary fantasy, and Witchlight - paranormal romance, published in the US and UK by Vagabondage Press. See www.jswatts.co.uk for further details.
Diana Sanchez
Diana Sanchez is a Guatemalan-American writer, archaeologist, crafter, tea advocate, and cat mother living in California. She has obtained her BSc in Archaeology from Cardiff University and an AA in Anthropology from Bakersfield College. She has traveled to many countries, notably Canada, Brazil, England, Ireland, and Scotland, but Wales stole her heart.
Diana has been an active member of Scribophile for over two years, and has critiqued every genre, though she particularly enjoys fantasy and historical fiction, but she is also well versed in non-fiction, especially history and natural science. She’s a huge Shakespeare nerd; though she’s not an expert in poetry or drama, she enjoys them nonetheless.
Diana has been studying paganism since 1997, and is fascinated by culture, religion, and folklore. She herself is a Brythonic Polytheist with a strong emphasis on Welsh and Gaulish cultures. She believes the best things in life are books, tea, and thunderstorms.
Helen Vivienne Fletcher
Helen Vivienne Fletcher’s poetry has appeared in online and print publications. She has recently turned her hand to writing for the stage with her first play How to Catch a Grim Reaper, for which she was named Outstanding New Playwright at the Wellington Theatre Awards in 2015. Helen is also the author of several e-picture books for children, and is a previous recipient of the WCBA New Pacific Studios residency. Helen lives in Wellington, New Zealand where she teaches afterschool creative writing classes for children, and classes for adults in a range of subjects including arm-knitting and gluten-free baking.
Michelle Anderson
Michelle Anderson is a teacher, a black cat mama, a recovering music snob and an old soul. She’s currently studying postmodern ecocriticism and for fun, interprets various folklore through this lens. She resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her husband Dave and 2 cats (Miles Edgar and Emilia) but will forever call the barren shores of Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, home. Her latest poetry, short stories and acoustic songs can currently be found crumpled at the bottom of her desk drawer.
Dear Kate,
I wondered if you might consider consider reviewing my first collection ‘In The Cinema’
published by Playdead Press November 2014.
Best wishes
Stephen Bone
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Hi Stephen - sorry this reply is so late, our reviews were sort of on hiatus. We’d love to review your book. Please email me at [email protected] to discuss it. - Kate
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