A Revolutionary Calendar by Zoë Skoulding Ciaran Berry co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW

co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW

in a beautifully orchestrated collection and Quinn’s handling of rhythm and repetition is pitch perfect

and the winedark sea is still as dark as wine

Perry’s Beauty/Beauty is a book of reflection and symmetry

to his young granddaughter

A Revolutionary Calendar by Zoë Skoulding Ciaran Berry co-commissioned by 14-18 NOWThe French Republican Calendar, in use from 1793 to 1805 and revived briefly during the Paris Commune of 1871, was an effort to secularise time and return symbolic power to the rural worker. The poet Fabre dglantine renamed the months after seasons, while each day, instead of being dedicated to a saint, was dedicated to a plant, animal, mineral or agricultural tool. These names are the starting point for the poems of A Revolutionary Calendar, in which