Lynne Bryan writes in such an insightful, thought-provoking and moving way about disability, the vulnerability of the body and of the mind, and about the frailty and also the strength of our corporeality.
A mix of memoir and narrative non-fiction, White Spines is a book about Nicholas Royle’s passion for Picador’s fiction publishing from the 1970s to the end of the 1990s.
In Dreamtime Venetia Welby paints a terrifying and captivating vision of our near future and takes us on a vertiginous odyssey into the unknown.
One sweltering midsummer night, two young women form an unlikely bond. How can they lead good lives, they wonder? What will they give to the world? By the time the sun comes up, their futures have... Læs mere
Since childhood, Sandra Peters has been fascinated by the small, private island of Lieloh, home to the reclusive silent-film star Valerie Swanson. Having dreamed of going to art college,... Læs mere
Some of the characters in Stewkey Blues have lived in Norfolk all their lives. Others are short-term residents or passage migrants. Whether young or old, self-confident or ground-down,... Læs mere
Tackling the loss of the poet’s mother – as well as themes of motherhood, birth, death and marriage – this poignant collection explores how we grieve and remember those we love.
Sing Me Down From the Dark explores the highs and lows of a ten-year sojourn in Japan, two international marriages, a homecoming, and the struggles of cross-cultural... Læs mere
Eastmouth and Other Stories is her second collection, featuring stories published in the subsequent decade, including stories that have appeared in Best British Short Stories, Best British Horror and Best New Horror, as well as new, unpublished work.
The Death Poems: Songs, Visons, Meditations explores death in a range of forms – celebratory, visionary and contemplatively.
Formally-innovative, comic, surreal and deeply poignant – Evans’s poetry is a restless delight as he tackles almost anything: lost invoices, hearing aids, fruit flies, migration, bin lorries, road signs and love’s strains and pleasures.
The Meanwhile Sites is a book about development sites and their relationships with people, and the oppositions of marginality against mainstream, renewability against finitude,... Læs mere