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163 Days
Hannah Hodgson is a seriously ill poet, deploying the surreal and the medical to chart institutional truths vs the individual. 163 days is the length of her longest hospitalisation. Here we join her. At turns funny and hopeful, frightening and moving, this collection is an unusual look at impending mortality and the body/mind as separate selves.
Same Difference
Ben Wilkinson is a Yorkshire-based poet, critic and lecturer. Same Difference is his second poetry collection, to follow his popular football-themed debut, Way More Than Luck. Acute formal skill combined with a darkly ironic view of contemporary culture and society combine to create keenly questioning, and profoundly entertaining poems.
The Estate Agent's Daughter
'The Estate Agent's Daughter' is Rhian Edwards' eagerly awaited follow-up to her multi-prizewinning debut 'Clueless Dogs'. Her voice is both powerfully personal, local to her Bridgend birthplace, and performative, born to be read aloud. In the title poem, the protagonist has become a surrealist house, with dream-like details 'carpeted with sycamore seeds and cherry blossom throughout'; the sturdy realism of a writing desk 'nudged/ to the brink of the bay', as well as points of sharp irony: 'all mod cons'. This poem foreshadows both the heartbreak (a shattered first marriage) and joy (the birth of a daughter), that feature in the work that follows. We also have pieces of sly irony, of disillusioned dating. There is an engaging diptych devoted to a recently deceased grandmother and grandfather, who died within months of each other, whose vivid personalities with all their tragi-comic elements, shine through. The author combines her visceral skill for description, for these are poems based in the body, with a feminist forthright courage to speak of difficult things.
Auscultation
"In this uinique and utterly original book, Ilse Pedler explores the brutal and beautiful world of being a vet and a stepmother. This is a book filled with blood, but also with air and light, a book of hard-won knowledge, a book that is both pragmatic and tender, about listening and being listened to, and the types of care we give and receive." – Kim MooreIlse Pedler is a prize-winning poet who writes from the unique perspective of a practicing veterinary surgeon. Her title, Auscultation means listening and specifically, in medicine, listening to sounds that come from the body's internal organs. If listening is a central theme of this collection; it is also about being heard. This is a voi...
Memento
Available now in ebook for the first time in the UK to celebrate Illuminae's fifth anniversary! A never-before-sold prequel novella that gives readers a hair-raising glimpse into the calamity that befell the invincible AI system known as AIDAN – and the daring young programmer who would risk her life to keep it from crashing. This is the story of my first friendship. This is the tale of my first murder? Some monsters are born. But I? I was made.
These Mothers of Gods
Rachel Bower's accomplished debut collection seeks to recover the lived experiences of women who have often appeared only fleetingly in official histories. The poems push towards a more expansive concept of motherhood, including our collective responsibilities for lives, environments and natural worlds. With heartfelt lyricism, Bower weaves stories of labour and love. In moments of fear and determination for survival, this collection is a hymn to the people and places which shape us. "In Rachel Bower's powerful new collection, you will find mothers displaced, mothers deceived, mothers labouring to stay sane and alive. But woven amongst any vulnerability is a fierce celebration of the mother-...
My Hair
My birthday's coming up so soon, I'll need new clothes to wear. But most of all, I need to know, How shall I style my hair? Will it be dreads or a twist out? Braids or a high-top fade? Joyous and vibrant, this captures perfectly the excitement of getting ready for a celebration, as well as showcasing a dazzling array of intricate hairstyles. This is a glorious debut from an exciting new partnership who both emerged from the FAB Prize for undiscovered BAME writers and illustrators.
Much With Body
1967, the war still casts a shadow. Ruth was a child resistance fighter; her secret past sends daughter Katya on a dangerous chase across Germany in search of Nazi diamonds.
Relax, It's Only Uncertainty
Leading the way when the way is changing.
Shield
remember / tidal volume is estimated based on // what's left in the lung as it closes / remember love is based on tides / as they come in closer As the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, Jamie was warned by the doctor that due to their underlying health they would not be a priority for critical care treatment. Using the compressed form of a sonnet, they kept rewriting and re-experiencing different voices and identities to explore what it means to face one's mortality so directly, suddenly, and unexpectedly. This work became a pamphlet, Shield, following Jamie through the grief of facing death while newly married, and into a place of resilience, resistance, and a commitment to creation against mortality. i'd rather die / as i've lived as i've lived filled with love and / i'd rather die fierce as myself 'These are arresting, heart-stopping poems lit with a rare intensity. Hale's poems don't pull any punches, they explore what it is to live in a body and on the way touch the centre of the fragility deep inside all of us. Humane poems that will make you ache.' - Mona Arshi
