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Dylan Thomas
Out of Chaos Comes BlissDylan Thomas is one of most beloved poets of th...Dylan Thomas is one of most beloved poets of the twentieth century. Richly melodious and expressive, Thomas's poems strike to the heart of eternal themes of living and dying, of childhood days lost... -
Pam Ayres
Pam Ayres on AnimalsA beautiful collection from much-loved poet Pam...A beautiful collection from much-loved poet Pam Ayres, compiling her best verse dedicated to animals, illustrated by Ellie Snowdon. Now a Sunday Times bestseller. 'Oh WHY must you bark at the postm... -
Robert Alan Jamieson
Plague ClothesOriginally written as a series of Facebook stat...Originally written as a series of Facebook status updates during the recovery from Covid-19, Robert Alan Jamieson's Plague Clothes is an immediate and intimate account of one person's battle with t... -
Chrissie Gittins, Helen Porter
Professor Heger's DaughterThe latest collection from Chrissie Gittins. Th...The latest collection from Chrissie Gittins. The spur for the title poem was the torn and stitched letters from Charlotte Brontë to Professor Heger which are lodged between sheets of glass in the B... -
Elihn Blotnick
Searching for ScienceMindful mending in a scientized world: With eve...Mindful mending in a scientized world: With everything digitized also being scientized, the defining is a living quest. Indeed science is an alphabet of possibilities. Yes, science is safe, except ... -
Wigtown Festival Bookshop
Southlight 31Southlight 31 is the previous print edition of ...Southlight 31 is the previous print edition of Dumfries & Galloway’s very own literary magazine, which publishes the best of new poetry and short stories alongside black and white prints and ph... -
Katherine Rundell
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John DonneJohn Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religio...John Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar ... -
Rody Gorman
SweeneyRody Gorman’s multilingual version of Buile Shu...Rody Gorman’s multilingual version of Buile Shuibhne, SWEENEY, AN INTERTONGUING, in English, Irish, Scottish and Manx Gaelic with lingua gadelica, phonemic pieces and round-trip translations, publi... -
Mark Vernon Thomas
Tales of Fenris WolfTales from Norse mythology of Loki's second chi...Tales from Norse mythology of Loki's second child—Fenris the Wolf— viewed through a twentieth century lens by Mark Vernon Thomas with illustrations by Helen Moss. -
Silvana McLean, various
The Artist's TaleWe are delighted to introduce The Artist’s Tale...We are delighted to introduce The Artist’s Tale which focuses on a book of images by much loved artist and print maker Silvana McLean alongside poems by Moniaive poets. -
John Glenday
The Golden MeanAfter the success of Grain (shortlisted for the...After the success of Grain (shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize, poetry's most prestigious international award) John Glenday returns with The Golden Mean. Glenday's poetry - once something of ... -
Jackie Morris
The Lost WordsThe book that has taken root in schools across ...The book that has taken root in schools across Britain, inspired creative thinkers, young and old, and restored the vanishing poetry of nature. All over the country, there are words disappearing fr...
