Christine Despardes

Successful small press poet. A review in Krax magazine described her poetry as "consistently readable".

Online Presence

• Visit the author's literary blog soon to appear (under construction)
• Poetry available for download

Competitions and Awards

• Finalist in the International Division of the 1998 Scots International Poetry Competition with her long verse narrative, Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate).
• Placed 13th in the 2009 Purple Patch UK Small Press Poets of the Year.
• Runner-up (second place) in the 2010 Data Dump Award for the best sci-fi poem published in the UK in 2009 with Peas and Diced Carrots (Bard 73).

Publications from Atlantean Publishing

Small Press Voyager: The Data Dump Files (2018)

• Peas and Diced Carrots

Appearances in Atlantean Publications

Verse and prose

Awen 71

• Midnight
• Kaherdin

Awen 101

• b^x = y The Logarithm

Awen 103

• Recovery
• Opening arguments
• Return at Midnight

Awen 104

• Romanza
• Unfinished

Awen 113

• Aria
• Cracker Crumbs

Awen 118

• Arkhangelsk II

Awen 120

• A Weekend Truffaut Festival

Bard 73

• Peas and Diced Carrots

Bard 97

• Dead Lives

Bard 103

• Ghouls and Beasts

Bard 184

• After Philippians 4:8

Bard 185

• Ikons

Bard 187

• Belle and Beau
• In the Garden of Dreams

Bard 189

• Kali Yuga

Bard 196

• Augustan serenity

Reviews and Articles

The Supplement 56

• The International, A Movie Review
• On Short Prose

The Supplement 81

• The Benevolent Banker and Other Enigmas by John Light, A Review

The Supplement 82

• Comment on “Sicily: Culture and Conquest at the British Museum” by Paul Murphy in The Supplement 79

The Supplement 84

• A Review of Kiss of the Viking by Julie Maclean 

The Supplement 85

• A Review of A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson

The Supplement 88

• A Review of Commotion Time by Cardinal Cox

The Supplement 89

• A Review of Under the Greenwood Tree by Cardinal Cox

The Supplement 94

• Comments on 'Reformation Of Saint Hippopotamus' and 'Transfiguration Of Saint Rhinoceros', both by Paul Murphy and published in Awen 107.
• Overturning Dr. Faustus, Rereading Thomas Mann's Novel in Light of Observations of a Non-Political Man by Dr. Frances Lee, A Review.

The Supplement 97

• The Commons' Revolt by Cardinal Cox, A Review
• The Folk Show: Pennies in a Battered Hat by Cardinal Cox, A Review
• Red Skies by Cardinal Cox, A Review
• Le Monde Extraordinaire by Cardinal Cox, A Review

The Supplement 99

• The Drowningdays by Emma Sanderson, A Retro-review

The Supplement 100

• A Poem for Jean Armour by Cardinal Cox, A Review
• Chydonax by Cardinal Cox, A Review
• The Folk Show 2: A Tuppence for the Guy by Cardinal Cox, A Review

The Supplement 101

• A Little Piece of Harm by Chris Jones, A Review

The Supplement 103

• The Folk Show 3: Fan Mail for a Film by Cardinal Cox, A Review

The Supplement 104

• A Review of Starlight by Jane Stuart (La Luce Della Stella, a bilingual edition translated by Giovanni Campisi)
• A Review of The Russian Section by Cardinal Cox

Appearances Elsewhere

Digital Pamphlets

• A 2019 release of 4 thematic self-published pamphlets of short prose and verse available at http://chrisd.tradebit.com; click on "Files".

Handshake, a newsletter of the eight hand gang

• Produced by John Frances Haines, Handshake (now defunct) issues 50, 59, 75 and 86 presented a dozen verses submitted between 2001 and 2014. They are available again as part of a separate compilation.

Moodswing

• Moodswing (defunct) issue 7 presented the verses 'Untitled' 'Cold Coffee' and 'Back On The Street'.

Purple Patch

• Purple Patch (defunct) issue 113 presented the verses 'Outerlands' and "\High Flyer' in March 2006.

tigershark

• Tigershark #19 published the verse 'Coda' in August 2018.
• Tigershark #26 published the verse 'The Roaming' in July 2020.
• Tigershark #29 jpublished the verse 'Post-pandemic Rattled' in Spring/Summer 2021.