Kit Wright is both a seriously funny poet and a poignant chronicler of our times. His sixth collection is published on his 70th birthday.
Debut collection by one of the most distinctive lyric voices to emerge from Scotland in recent years. Poetry Book Society Recommendation, winner of the Saltire First Book of the Year Award.
Challenging and tender, these poems are a rite of passage, following the failing of the body, through the mind's weakening hold on the borderline between the present and the traumas of the past. It... Læs mere
First book of essays on a maverick figure in late 20th century British poetry.
A book of poems about family in a world both more exciting and frightening than ever before. It explores the facets of motherhood - ambivalence, trepidation and joy - while coming to... Læs mere
Third collection by winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2011.
Ann Sansom’s poetry overturns the reader’s expectations. Her poems often present human dramas in which people are seen as acting out their versions of themselves in their own fictions – what Stanley Cook called ‘an authentic Northern mix of realism and imagination’.
New book of previously uncollected poems by R.S. Thomas - all totally new to his thousands of readers.
The Mining Road, Leanne O'Sullivan's third poetry collection, finds inspiration in the disused copper mines that haunt the rugged terrain around Allihies, near her home at Beara, in West... Læs mere
First book-length collection by renowned artist and award-winning poet whose Faber New Poets pamphlet received national TV, radio and newspaper coverage.
Ovid's poems voiced by female figures from Greek and Roman myth in new 21st century versions, with a cast of women who are brave, bitchy, sexy, suicidal, horrifying, heartbreaking and surprisingly modern.
Third collection by acclaimed Scottish poet, shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and a Poetry Book Society Choice. Herd's debut No Hiding Place was shortlisted for the Forward Prize... Læs mere