WELCOME TO THE INTERPRETER'S HOUSE..

.... the house of the Interpreter, at whose door he should knock;
and he would show him excellent things
Bunyan, 'Pilgrim's Progress'

DEDICATED TO THE BEST IN POETRY AND SHORT STORIES

'The Interpreter's House', which celebrated its tenth birthday in
February 2006, is looking for excellent poetry and short stories.
Over 500 writers have appeared in our pages, some very distinguished (Elizabeth Bartlett, Ruth Bidgood, Alan Brownjohn, Toby Litt, Sheenagh Pugh, Carole Satyamurti, Penelope Shuttle, R.S. Thomas) and some for the first time ever.

We appear in February, June and October and are associated
with the Bedford Open Poetry Competition.

The Interpreter's House SHORT STORY COMPETITION is now closed. Thanks for all your entries, and for helping to make our first attempt such a success

The entries are now with the judge, Robert Barnard. Due to the unexpectedly large number of entries received, winners will now be published in the OCTOBER issue of the magazine, to give Robert the time he needs to assess them properly.

Issue 37 is NOW AVAILABLE, including the winners of the Bedford Open Poetry competiton, and the Judge's summary

Please note that the price of subscriptions has increased to £12.00, and the price of individual issues is now £4.50

The pieces in 'The Interpreter's House' are quite unusual, as
editor Merryn Williams looks for 'the union of simplicity and mystery which
makes writing memorable'. The first issue was interesting because of this
third dimension; the works mutate and change meanings so they are exciting to reread.

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Poems from previous issues...