Salon “Salon (london)? 31st August ? 11 September 2009 295 Regent Street London, W1B 2HL SALON (LONDON) is a new arts collective inspired by non-traditional spaces and inter-disciplinary collaboration and is dedicated to showcasing the UK?s most innova …

“Just a note here about a slim Salt Publishing publication I recently read, Siân Hughes’s The Missing. The Missing is a first book, but it’s author is no novice at life.”Read more … …

“Siân Hughes’ use of idiomatic language is superb, and often has the effect of lulling the reader into a feeling of the quotidian, leaving him or her unprepared for the poem’s ending.”Read more … …

“Towards the end of last week I read Sian Hughes’s The Missing, shortlisted for this year’s Forward Prize for Best First Collection. I haven’t read the other books on the shortlist so I can’t comment on who should win, but I can say that this one’s rea …

“For once, a collection outdoes its blurb – as mentioned in a previous post, “The Missing” is an exceptional book in the context of contemporary U.K. poetry. “Siân Hughes’ subject matters in “The Missing” are signposted from the start. Her lost third c …