Poetry

Written in the kind of prose that could make any story sing, How To Say Babylon is a brilliant memoir rich with universal themes of empowerment and paired with a unique lens into a world few will find familiar but all will find intriguing...

We Play Here is a collection of four poem-stories, taking place in an underdeveloped area of Protestant North Belfast in the summer of 1988, against a background of political turbulence during the Troubles. Written from the perspectives of four female...

Behold, the power of positive poetry. Sincerely is a gorgeous collection of F.S. Yousaf’s poetry fill with optimism and love. And really, what else do you need in the world but that dynamic duo? Searching for a profound way to propose...

"A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, spontaneous verse and pithy, often hilarious, descriptions of the eccentric and committed monastics who wrote the poems." —Tricycle: The Buddhist...

My first book as an amateur poet holds pages full of passion and heartfelt emotion that many can relate to. A hopeless romantics perfect choice. connect with the author on instagram! @arielwestjr Also check out 'the need of light and you' a poetry...

As featured in 'Gracefully You' by Jenna Dewan. April Green's 'Bloom for Yourself' is a beautiful, tender book of poetic writing, woven into deeper lessons on healing, growth, faith, and self-love. Her approach to writing is delicate and spiritual;...

Named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2021 by The GuardianLonglisted for the 2021 National Translation Award in Poetry. Picked for Kirkus Reviews’ Best Fiction in Translation of 2020. Named a Book of the Year by NPR, Vox, and The New...

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse as she grapples with how to reclaim her story, her anger, and her body in a world that seems determined to punish her for the sin of surviving."This is more...

Homer’s great epic The Odyssey—one of Western literature’s most enduring and important works—translated by Richmond Lattimore A classic for the ages, The Odyssey recounts Odysseus’ journey home after the...

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turnsdriven time and again off course, once he had plunderedthe hallowed heights of Troy.So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey.If the Iliad is the world's...

From the co-author and illustrator of The Lost Spells, and The Lost Words—single animal focused meditations in accordion form. An Accordion Book doesn’t open, it unfolds. One side is filled with beautiful watercolour images of an animal:...

A bracing, vibrant reflection on the millennial condition, Cowboy interrogates paradigms of growing up and coming of age in the modern world, from the pressures of cohabiting to the ritual of rent-paying and beyond. Shortlisted for...

Time Will Tell is a collection of introspective poetry from bestselling author Courtney Peppernell. Come along and discover what it means to start inward and evolve into the version of yourself the universe knows you can be.From the bestselling...

In Late Shift at the Pickle Factory Mary Dickins presents the reader with an intensely crafted patchwork of stories, reminiscences, observations and whimsy. These poems are tender, sad, joyful, surreal and ridiculous and always characterised by...

Travelling from Andalusia to East Anglia, A Method, A Path is a passionate celebration of language, translation and the transmission of words across cultures, locations and time. Shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First...

'The Arctic' in Don Paterson's powerful new collection is the name of a bar frequented by the survivors of several kinds of apocalypse. The poems gathered here are as various as the clientele: elegies for the poet's musician father; tales of the love...

From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time.“A great poet’s reflections on our greatest mystery.”—Billy...

From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge.   There is something about Demi. When this boy is angry,...

Wang Wei, one of Chinese literature's greatest poets, divided his time between the court and his country estate, where he drew inspiration from the mountains and solitude. His poetry affirms his belief in a whole natural order, and his delicately...

The poems of two of China’s most influential classical poets: Tu Fu, called “China’s Shakespeare” (BBC), and Li Po, the subject of Ha Jin’s The Banished Immortal and “China’s most beloved poet”...