This December I reviewed one poetry pamphlet a day – a challenge made trickier by the fact that it coincided with many holidays… It was all done to crowdfund for our next Saboteur Awards (you can contribute here). I gave myself the additional challenge to review one pamphlet per press, so that readers joining me for the ride might get a glimpse at the diversity of publishing out there.
There were perks to the challenge – having avoided reviewing for most of the year, going through an intense reading period felt wonderful. I remembered what's great about the process: that pamphlets I dismissed on first flicking through, grew to be among my favourites by the end of the month.