Issue 1 index
Editorial
Meet the Editors & Designers
Contents
St.Tobaq
Rhys Shanahan
Rice Paper
Damon Young
Hopkins & Hallam
Note from Naomi Lebens
Before I go I have to say...
Kate
Pursglove
Some Other Where
Steven
Matthews
Weekend Poems: Breakfast
Eleanor
Burleigh
Aged 7
Jean Watkins
Childhood & Plastic People
Zeng Chen
Street Scene
Peter Robinson
A Martian Writes
Michael Hutchinson
The Tarot Reading of The
Fool
Anonymous
Stop Making Sense
& Bla bla bla
Jenna Fox
Fringe Festival
Claire Dyer
When you have hope of life returning,
this
Kate Noakes
Broadwood 7362
Gill
Learner
A Drop in the Ocean
Lindsey
Jones
Pitch of Ghosts
Vic Pickup
23rd February 2021
Kitty Hawkins
The Sofa
Tara Bermingham
Trophies on a Windowsill? &
Still (monetizing) Life
Laura Rozamunda
Good to know perhaps, but nothing to
be done
Kate Noakes
Heading Out
Michael
Anania
The Threshold
David Brauner
Birds
Hannah Lily
Park Recollection
Liam Anslow-Sucevic
Balloons
Rhianna Bryon
Ephemerality of the World
Salma Haque
The August Elvis Died
Gill Learner
Reprieve
Michael Anania
Hit Me Gently
Daisy Dickens
Meet the Editors & Designer
Issue two is full of poetry and art by talented artists and writers from the university and local area. We are beyond excited to be releasing yet another wonderful issue to be enjoyed by Reading’s creative community. We are also very pleased to have some art and writing by alumni.
Issue two has been edited by third-year students, Chloe Baker, Helen Zeineh, and Tiffany Tse. Chloe is studying English Literature and Creative Writing, Helen is studying Creative Writing and Film, and Tiffany is studying English Language and Literature. The website designer for this issue has been Natalia Biegala who studies Typography and Graphic Communication.
The Canvas team would like to thank Peter Robinson for his guidance and support of The Canvas. This project could not have been published without his invaluable effort. Our thanks also to Eric Kindel who supervised and supported the designer as part of the Real Jobs scheme in the Typography & Graphic Communication department. We would also like to thank Rowena Comrie for her permission to use her painting Fastlane as this issue’s cover art. Lastly, we would like to thank and congratulate the wonderful creatives who have sent their art and writing over to us.
As ever, if the work presented here inspires you to submit your own, please send it our way at thecanvas@reading.ac.uk. Find out how to become part of the third issue by heading over to our submit section on the website.
That’s all from us at The Canvas. Enjoy!
Cover Credits: Rowena Comrie, Fastlane, Oil on linen, 600x760 mm. © Rowena Comrie