Sunday, 14 February 2016

Turbulent Times

This week's news from our turbulent little world...


Calls for submissions

Hobo Camp Review is open for submissions for their Spring issue, check their submissions page here.

Turbulence is seeking submissions for issue 16, for details of how to submit your work click here.

Valley Press is seeking submissions for its upcoming Yorkshire-themed anthology, to be edited by Miles Salter. Check out their call for submissions for full details.


Events

The launch of Stephanie Conn's debut collection, The Woman on the Other Side (Diore Press) will take place on 11th March at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast at 8pm.

Susan Evans is featuring at the Angry Manifesto Readings at Cross Hands in Fishponds, Bristol on 24th February from 8pm and at Girlfriend in a Comma at the Full Stop Cafe, Brick Lane, London on 25th February. Check out her facebook page for more details.

Chris Stewart will be testing out a new dramatic dialogue at the ARCADE Scratch Night at ARC in Stockton on 9th March. The night starts at 7pm and more details can be found here and Chris can be tweeted @sideburnedpoet.

Forthcoming Collections

Mary McCollum's debut collection, "Heart on the Water", will be published as a signed, limited-edition and as an ebook by Dancing Sisters on March 1st. 

New Collections

Andy Fletcher's new collection, How To Be A Bomb, is out now and is available from Wrecking Ball Press.

Venues and Installations

If you're planning a trip to Perthshire this year The Corbenic Poetry Path is well worth a visit. The 3km path not only takes in Highland scenery but also poetry carvings, etchings and burnings from some of Scotland's most active poets, including Jon Plunkett


Turbulent Times

If you are a Turbulence contributor (past or present) and have news of an event, collection, chapbook, project, call for submissions or anything else literature-related, drop us an email at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com and we'll endeavour to include it in the next Turbulent Times post.

Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Turbulent Times

This week's news from our turbulent little world...


Calls for submissions

Hobo Camp Review is open for submissions for their Spring issue, check their submissions page here.

Turbulence is seeking submissions for issue 16, for details of how to submit your work click here.

Valley Press is seeking submissions for its upcoming Yorkshire-themed anthology, to be edited by Miles Salter. Check out their call for submissions for full details.


Events

The launch of Stephanie Conn's debut collection, The Woman on the Other Side (Diore Press) will take place on 11th March at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast at 8pm.

The launch of Andy Fletcher's new collection, How to be a Bomb, will take place at Hull Central Library on 10th February at 7.30pm.

Susan Evans is featuring at the Angry Manifesto Readings at Cross Hands in Fishponds, Bristol on 24th February from 8pm and at Girlfriend in a Comma at the Full Stop Cafe, Brick Lane, London on 25th February. Check out her facebook page for more details.

Speakers' Corner, an open mic for poets, storytellers and spoken word performers will take place on 10th February at the Golden Ball, York. This month's featured guest is Hannah Stone at 7.30pm.

Wendy Pratt is running The Word Shop every Thursday afternoon (1.30 - 3.30pm), a weekly workshop series in Gristhorpe, North Yorks.


Forthcoming Collections

Mary McCollum's debut collection, "Heart on the Water", will be published as a signed, limited-edition and as an ebook by Dancing Sisters on March 1st.



Turbulent Times

If you are a Turbulence contributor (past or present) and have news of an event, collection, chapbook, project, call for submissions or anything else literature-related, drop us an email at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com and we'll endeavour to include it in the next Turbulent Times post.

Monday, 1 February 2016

Turbulent Times

This week's news from our turbulent little world...


Calls for submissions

Hobo Camp Review is open for submissions for their Spring issue, check their submissions page here.

Turbulence is seeking submissions for issue 16, for details of how to submit your work click here.

Valley Press is seeking submissions for its upcoming Yorkshire-themed anthology, to be edited by Miles Salter. Check out their call for submissions for full details.


Events

The launch of Andy Fletcher's new collection, How to be a Bomb, will take place at Hull Central Library on 10th February.

Speakers' Corner, an open mic for poets, storytellers and spoken word performers will take place on 10th February at the Golden Ball, York. This month's featured guest is Hannah Stone.

Wendy Pratt is running The Word Shop every Thursday afternoon, a weekly workshop series in Gristhorpe, North Yorks.



Collections


Michael Mc Aloran's new collection, breath(en) flux is out now from Hesterglock Press.


Reviews

Sabotage Reviews features Bethany W. Pope's review of Wendy Pratt's latest pamphlet, Lapstrake. The pamphlet is available now from Flarestack Poets.



Journal publications

Issue 223 of Ambit is out now, featuring a poem from Ariel Dawn.

The Journal #47 is out now, including poetry from: David Andrew, Laura Chalar, Jim Conwell, Clive Donovan, Fred Johnston and Robert Nisbet.


Nutshells and Nuggets features a poem by Rose Cook.


Turbulent Times

If you are a Turbulence contributor (past or present) and have news of an event, collection, chapbook, project, call for submissions or anything else literature-related, drop us an email at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com and we'll endeavour to include it in the next Turbulent Times post.

Sunday, 24 January 2016

Turbulent Times

This week's news from our turbulent little world...


Calls for submissions

San Pedro River Review closes for submissions for its next edition on 31st January 2016. The issue's theme is "The American Southwest". Check out their website for more details.

Turbulence is seeking submissions for issue 16, for details of how to submit your work click here.


Competitions

The Prole Laureate Poetry Competition, with a £200 first prize closes for entries on 31st January 2016. This year's judge is Kate O'Shea.


Journal publications

Bunchgrass Press' chapbook anthology Gate is out now, featuring poetry from Jeffrey C Alfier and Tobi Alfier.

Issue 25 of Hobo Camp Review is out now, including poetry from Tobi Alfier and James H Duncan.

Mad Swirl has published a poem by Jonathan Butcher on their site.

Volume 2, Issue 1 of The Magnolia Review is out now, including poetry from Tobi Alfier, Gary Beck and Tom Pescatore.

Issue 9 of Red Paint Hill is out now, including poetry from Kierstin Bridger.


Turbulent Times

If you are a Turbulence contributor (past or present) and have news of an event, collection, chapbook, project, call for submissions or anything else literature-related, drop us an email at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com and we'll endeavour to include it in the next Turbulent Times post.

Sunday, 17 January 2016

Turbulent Times

The latest news from our turbulent little world...


Calls for submissions

Turbulence is still seeking submissions for issue 16, for details of how to submit, click here.



Journal publications

Tobi Alfier and Len Kuntz have pieces of short fiction appearing in Revolution John.

Byron Beynon has poetry appearing in Wilderness House Literary Review.

Joseph Farley has poetry appearing in A Bouquet of Flowers from Green Panda Press.

Howie Good and Kenneth Pobo have poetry appearing in MockingHeart Review.

Wendy Pratt has a poem appearing in Three Drops from a Cauldron.


Forthcoming collections

Mary McCollum's debut collection, "Heart on the Water", will be published as a signed, limited-edition and as an ebook by Dancing Sisters on March 1st.

  
Turbulent Times

If you are a Turbulence contributor (past or present) and have news of an event, collection, chapbook, project, call for submissions or anything else literature-related, drop us an email at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com and we'll endeavour to include it in the next Turbulent Times post.

Sunday, 10 January 2016

Turbulent Times

The latest news from our turbulent little world...


Calls for submissions

Turbulence is back from hiatus and is seeking poetry submissions for issue sixteen. For details of how to submit, click here.

San Pedro River Review is now open for submissions for its next edition for which the theme is "The American Southwest". Check out their website for more details.


Journal publications

Joseph Farley has poems appearing in appearing in Ygdrasil.

Howie Good has a poem in haikuniverse.

Bruce McRae, Kushal Poddar and April Salzano all appear in issue six of The Birds We Piled Loosely.


Events

The 2016 York Literature Festival programme is out now and can viewed here.


Turbulent Times

If you are a Turbulence contributor (past or present) and have news of an event, collection, chapbook, project, call for submissions or anything else literature-related, drop us an email at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com and we'll endeavour to include it in the next Turbulent Times post.

Sunday, 3 January 2016

Issue 16 submissions

Turbulence is back from its hiatus and we are now inviting submissions for issue 16. Please send up to six previously unpublished poems on any theme and a brief (50ish words), third-person biographical note to us at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com. As you are probably aware, Turbulence doesn't have the money to be able to pay poets for their work, but we do offer a free contributor copy to all the poets we include. These are hard copies in the UK and pdf versions for poets outside the UK.

We're really sorry that we have been away for so long, but we are very happy to be back!

Sunday, 13 October 2013

Turbulent Times

The latest news from our turbulent little world.

Turbulence 15
Turbulence 15 is being finalised this week.

Poets' News
Helen Mort has been appointed as Derbyshire Poet Laureate.

New books / chapbooks
Byron Beynon's latest collection, The Echoing Coastline (Agenda Editions).
Dave Malone's new collection View from the North Ten (Mongrel Empire Press). 

Journal Releases
Issue 3 of The English Chicago Review is out now. 

Events
25th October, 7PM,  London: The launch of Enemies: The Selected Collaborations of SJ Fowler at Toynbee Studios, London E1 6AB. Free entry.

Turbulent Times
If you are a Turbulence contributor (past or present) and have news of an event, collection, chapbook, project, call for submissions or anything else literature-related, drop us an email at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com and we'll endeavour to include it in the next Turbulent Times post.

Sunday, 6 October 2013

Turbulent Times

The latest news from our turbulent little world.

Website news:
We've added a new section to the website for links to contributors' sites and projects. If you are a contributor (past or present) and your site is missing, please drop us a line and we will update the list.

New books / chapbooks:
Peter Branson's latest collection, Red Hill (Lapwing).
Peter Cowlam's new novel, Who's Afraid of the Booker Prize? (CentreHouse Press).
Chris Crittenden's full-length collection, Jugularity (Anvil and Hammer).
Tamara J Madison's latest collection, Kentucky Curdled.
Helen Mort's Division Street (Chatto & Windus).
Bethany W Pope's second collection, Crown of Thorns (Oneiros Books).
Kevin Ridgeway's chapbooks, All the Rage (Electric Windmill Press).
Miles Salters' second collection, Animals (Valley Press). 

Forthcoming books / chapbooks:
Steve Rudd's latest collection, Fifty States of Being is coming soon from Valley Press. Check out Steve's website for details.
Sam Smith's new crime novel, Marraton, is due out early November. Check out Sam's website for details. 

Interviews:
Laura Cesarco Eglin has been interviewed for a Words on a Wire podcast. 

Turbulent Times:
If you are a Turbulence contributor (past or present) and have news of an event, collection, chapbook, project, call for submissions or anything else literature-related, drop us an email at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com and we'll endeavour to include it in the next Turbulent Times post.

Thursday, 8 August 2013

Issue 15 submissions

We're currently reading for issue 15 of Turbulence. If you would like to submit, please send up to six previously unpublished poems and a brief, third-person biographical note to us at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com, the deadline for issue 15 is August 25th - any submissions received after this time will be considered for issue 16. We would encourage people submitting to read a previous issue of Turbulence, not only will this give you an idea of the poetry we tend to go for, but it also helps in keeping this wholly-unfunded project going. Copies are available via "Buying Turbulence" section of this website.

Saturday, 29 June 2013

Turbulence 14 is out now!

Issue 14 of Turbulence is out now! The latest instalment features poetry from David Andrew, Aaron Anstett, David Bellusci, Byron Beynon, Ken Champion, Joe Eldridge, Chris Fenton, Andy Fletcher, Kathy Halliday, Scott Hartwich, Anne Higgins, Maria C.G. Hofman, Fred Johnston, Ric Lee, David Lewitzky, Mary McCollum, Robert Nisbet, Kate O'Shea, Bethany W Pope, Pam Riley, Stephen R Roberts, Anthony Ward and Lucy Winrow. The cover artist is Susan Duncan.

To purchase a copy, click on the appropriate button below.



Current Issue (UK)
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Monday, 18 March 2013

Issue 14 submissions

The ink has dried on Turbulence 13 and now it is time for us to start actively reading for issue 14. If you have submitted to us for issue 14 already, we should be getting back to you in the next few weeks. If you haven't submitted to issue 14, please send up to 6 poems and a brief, third-person biographical note to us at turbulencemagazine@gmail.com. Also, if you know of a poet whose work might interest us, please do pass on our details. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, for full details, please see the "submissions" section of the website. We actively encourage people submitting to read a previous issue of Turbulence, not only will this give you an idea of the poetry we tend to go for, but it also helps in keeping this wholly-unfunded project going.

Saturday, 16 March 2013

Facebook

Turbulence has a new facebook page - add a little turbulence to your day, visit our page and give us a 'like'.

Back Issues

Don't panic if your collection of Turbulence is incomplete! All of the Turbulence back issues are now available to purchase in the UK via the website.

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Issue Thirteen

Issue 13 of Turbulence is out now! The latest instalment features poetry from Elizabeth Barrett, Jaime Birch, Eric Blanchard, Timothy Brainard, Nancy Davenport, Matt Dennison, Chris Fenton, Howie Good, Christy Hall, David Hemming, Richard Hughes, juli Jana, Nathan Lenthall, Michael Loughran, Andy McIntyre, Stephen Mead, David R Morgan, Robert Nisbet, Dorene O'Brien, Antony Owen, Lisa Pellegrini, Tom Pescatore, Gary Robinson, Miles Salter, William S. Tribell and Anthony Ward.

To purchase a copy, visit the 'Buying Turbulence' page of the website.

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

International subscriptions

International subscriptions are now available for Turbulence. International single copies cost £4.50 and one year (four issue) subscriptions cost £14 (saving £4 over a year) - both prices include postage and packing. Click here to go to the subscription page.

Monday, 10 December 2012

Turbulence 12 - out now!

Issue 12 of Turbulence is out now! The latest instalment features poetry from Jonathan Barrington, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, Byron Beynon, Ed Blundell, Kierstin Bridger, Jonathan Butcher, Idris Caffrey, Ken Champion, Tobi Cogswell, Stephanie Conn, Ariel Dawn, Nikolai Duffy, James H Duncan, Caroline England, Michael Estabrook, Cliff Forshaw, Alan Hill, Tom Holmes, Ted Jean, Richard Luftig, Dave Malone, Mario E. Martinez, Michael Mc Aloran, Patrick McEvoy, Mark J. Mitchell, David R. Morgan, JBMulligan, Jim Murdoch, Rachel Newlon, Richard King Perkins II, Charles Pitter, Estill Pollock, Kevin Raidgeway, Jeremy Stewart and Lin Whitehouse.

To purchase a copy, visit the 'Buying Turbulence' page of the website.

Sunday, 2 December 2012

Turbulence 12

Issue twelve of Turbulence is now going to the printer. Watch this space!

Monday, 5 November 2012

2012 Pushcart Prize nominees

We are delighted to announce the following Turbulence nominees for the 2012 Pushcart Prize:

Byron Beynon - "Worm's Head"
Tyler Bigney - "Odds / Ends"
Peter Harris - "The Pentecostal Minister and Me"
Mary McCollum - "Witnesses"
Helen Mort - "The correct pronounciation of Staropramen"
Andrew Pidoux - "The Charity Shop at Night"

Saturday, 3 November 2012

Turbulent Times

The latest news and events from around our turbulent little world:

EVENTS

Fresh Ink Open Mic: 
Wednesday 7th November - Staks Bar, Beverley Road, Hull. HU5 1LN. 7.30pm.
An evening of Hull's finest poetic and spoken word talent hosted by Ashley Fisher and Nicky Ellam on the first Wednesday of each month. November's special guest is Johnathan Barrington. Free entry. www.facebook.com/freshinkopenmic.

Sharp Street Launch
Saturday 10th November - Trinity Church, Newland Avenue, Hull.
Wrecking Ball Press launch 'Sharp Street', a collection of poems telling the story of 140 men from one street who died in World War I. They were all from an area of Hull that is a relic of the Industrial Revolution; growing up together, working together and supporting local Rugby teams. The poems offer a narrative of the War from the opening salvos through to the Armistice.

More Poetry: 
Sunday 11th November - Frank's Front Room, 31-32 Station Road, Hastings. TN34 1NJ. 2.30pm.
Ken Champion and Juli Jana host. Featuring poetry from Catherine Smith, open mic, and music from Tim and Mel. www.facebook.com/morepoetry.

More Poetry
Monday 12th November -  The Coffee Shop, 13 Leyden Street, London. E1 7LE. 7.15pm
Ken Champion and Juli Jana host an evening of poetry and music featuring Post-Beat poetry from Brian Docherty, guest musician Petri, music from Tim and Mel and open mic. Admission £1. www.facebook.com/morepoetry.




BOOKS

Two-Headed Dog by Mitch Grabois
Hank Ribinthal is a psychologist at FLOPSIE, a state psychiatric hospital in the Florida panhandle. When his favorite patient, Tiffany, disappears from the hospital grounds, Hank becomes obsessed with finding her. His search brings him into Tiffany's world, and into a wider and weirder reality than he believed possible. For more info click here.

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