The Bards is an irregular series of short poetry 'broadsides', a folded A4 sheet in format, inspired by Bard. It differs from its parent title in that each issue is dedicated to the work of a single author — they are intended to be handed out at poetry readings or for readers to purchase as affordable samplers of a poet's work. It is edited by DJ Tyrer.
Spin-off series
This title has, in turn, now inspired descendants of its own in a similar style, only themed: Xmas Bards and Yellow Leaves are two recently-established series that use the same format, while Xothic Sathlattae is a brand new addition publishing Cthulhu Mythos-related poetry.
Covers gallery
The cover designs for all the issues of The Bards can be seen together at The Bards Covers Gallery, where they can be clicked-through to their individual issues.
Issues
Note: Due to changes in how they are printed, some early copies have recently been reformatted, but this has made no tangible difference to the content except for the updating of address and website details.
Issue no. | Author | Title | Cover artist |
The Bards 1 | AC Evans | Psychic Citadel | AC Evans |
The Bards 2 | Geoff Stevens | Life in 21st Century Britain | Geoff Stevens |
The Bards 3 | Christopher Brewer | AC Evans | |
The Bards 4 | Eric Ferris | False Prophets? | Eric Ferris |
The Bards 5 | Aeronwy Dafies | The Ragwort Riders | DJ Tyrer |
The Bards 6 | Steve Sneyd | AC Evans | |
The Bards 7 | DJ Tyrer | War On Terror | DJ Tyrer |
The Bards 8 | Eddie Harriman | A Tale Or Two | Eddie Harriman |
The Bards 9 | Jan Oskar Hansen | Eddie Harriman | |
The Bards 10 | DS Davidson | These Fortean Times... | AC Evans |
The Bards 11 | Paul Murphy | AC Evans | |
The Bards 12 | Les Merton | DJ Tyrer | |
The Bards 13 | Dave Wright | Rough Guide To Genesis | AC Evans |
The Bards 14 | John Francis Haines | Overdrawn at the Memory Bank | AC Evans |
The Bards 15 | Cardinal Cox | Tir Na nOgham | AC Evans |
The Bards 16 | Bryn Fortey | Outlook: Bleak | AC Evans |
The Bards 17 | Paul Cutting | AC Evans | |
The Bards 18 | Deborah Tyler-Bennett | Deborah Tyler-Bennett | |
The Bards 19 | Michael Dundrow | Tracy Patrick | |
The Bards 20 | E. Jodi Woodward | Time Zones | Graham Earnshaw |
The Bards 21 | Sally Richards | Edwin Page | |
The Bards 22 | Steve Mann | Ian Brown | |
The Bards 23 | David Norris-Kay/
Dave Austin |
Ian Brown | |
The Bards 24 | Ed Blundell | One Man and His Doggerel | DJ Tyrer |
The Bards 25 | Neil Leadbeater | Amazing World | Neil Leadbeater |
The Bards 26 | DS Davidson | Love and Hate... | AC Evans |
The Bards 27 | Frances Sackett | Monica Goddard | |
The Bards 28 | Zack Samuel | AC Evans | |
The Bards 29 | DJ Tyrer | What You See Is What You Are | AC Evans |
The Bards 30 | Christine Despardes | The Tristan Cycle | Christine Despardes |
The Bards 31 | JB Dawson | If Only | David Leverton |
The Bards 32 | Neal Wilgus | Neal Wilgus | |
The Bards 33 | Aeronwy Dafies | Dead Rose | Aeronwy Dafies |
The Bards 34 | John O'Malley | DJ Tyrer | |
The Bards 35 | Jane Stuart | David Leverton | |
The Bards 36 | Frederick J. Mayer | Frederick J. Mayer | |
The Bards 37 | Ian Clarke | AC Evans | |
The Bards 38 | Bryn Fortey | Borrowed Lines | AC Evans |
The Bards 39 | Margaret Saine | Margaret Saine | |
The Bards 40 | Neal Wilgus | The Phoneiad | DJ Tyrer |
The Bards 41 | DJ Tyrer | Deadly Eye | David Leverton |
The Bards 42 | K.A. Opperman | Fungal Grotesques, Sporous Perversions: Mushroom Poetry | Mutartis Boswell |
The Bards 43 | Ashley Dioses | Beneath Her Spell: She-Devils of Renown | Ac Evans |
The Bards 44 | David Norris-Kay/
Dave Austin |
AC Evans |
Review of The Bards 1, 2 & 3
If you buy all three of these, it would cost you 30 pence (and only one stamp) and not only would you have an introduction to or reminder of three accomplished poets, but a miniature celebration of the diversity of contemporary poetry."
— by John Light
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