George Szirtes fled from Budapest with his family after the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Many of these poems relate to his arrival in England as a young child, and to the themes of... Læs mere
Catalan poet Joan Margarit (1938-2021) was one of Spain’s major modern writers. In this final collection he faces the approach of death with courage, humility and even humour. ‘Each of... Læs mere
Tua Forsström is one of Finland’s best-loved Swedish-language poets. Her poetry draws its sonorous and plangent music from the landscapes of Finland,... Læs mere
Ana Blandiana is one of Romania’s foremost poets, a leading dissident before the fall of Communism, and winner of the Griffin Trust Lifetime Recognition Award in 2018. This new translation... Læs mere
The Citizen is an early prose work relating to Roy Fisher and his native city of Birmingham – previously thought to have been lost – which was the precursor of City,... Læs mere
Louis de Paor is one of Ireland's leading Irish-language poets. This new dual-language selection is drawn from his collections Cúpla Siamach an Ama/The Siamese Twins of Time and... Læs mere
Diana Anphimiadi is one of the most widely revered Georgian poets of her generation. Her boldly inventive work reflects an exceptionally curious mind and glides between... Læs mere
These intimate, visceral and often wickedly funny poems journey through darker days of new parenthood, teasing out anxieties over violence against women and the destruction of our... Læs mere
Fairoz is a a powerful portrayal of human vulnerability, a book-length poetry sequence in which Moniza Alvi explores an imagined teenage girl’s susceptibility to extremism. The book’s fragmented,... Læs mere
John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 40 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. His ninth Bloodaxe collection,... Læs mere
Jo Clement's first collection confronts Romantic impressions of British Gypsy ethnicity and lyrically lays them to rest. Her poems consider notions of otherness, trespass, and craft.... Læs mere