Our beautifully produced books, positively brimming with talent, make delightful gifts for birthdays, Christmas and Easter
or just as a thoughtful thank you to your book loving family and friends. Don't forget to review them.
or just as a thoughtful thank you to your book loving family and friends. Don't forget to review them.
The Orkney poet George Mackay Brown described poetry as “the interrogation of silence.” It is a profound statement for all its brevity. For me, that silence is the work of hidden springs which have been fed by direct personal experience and the emotions generated by love, friendship, grief, music, the natural world, landscape and the work of artists and creatives.
|
Garry Davidson is a skilled writer and poet, a master of word play and double entendre. If Sniffer Dog, Robin Hood, British BBQ, A Cockney Night Out (with subtitles), Flowers, Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbour as Thyself and The Blind Man do not make you laugh, you’re a lost cause and there’s no hope. Garry’s work is a great tonic and really lifts the spirits. This is Garry’s debut poetry collection.
|
Susan O’Brien from Berkshire started writing poetry as a teenager and this book features the best work she has produced. As a result, a variety of subjects are covered including life experiences that are humorous while others are deeply personal and painful. Susan prefers poetry to rhyme and each poem she has written has a reason, hence the title of this book, Rhyme and Reason.
|
An anthology by Pennybank writer, Mary Buchan. Her feet firmly on the ground, these poems have in the most part been inspired by the beautiful county of Dorset. Others of greater depth, inspired by events from across the wider world.
|
"Complex, erudite and immensely readable poems from a writer who uses a rich linguistic palette to address timeless and contemporary themes. These multi-layered poems are a deeply satisfying read - fusing musicality, lyricism with fascinating themes and motifs. Frank McMahon’s poems have a rare and precious power, they inspire and inform in equal measure. An important poet with much to say," Anna Saunders - Poet and Founding Director Cheltenham Poetry Festival
|
Poetry is a great release for Iain Curr, who writes passionately about death, isolation, pain and love. Those of us who feel that we don’t conform with society find much solace in Iain’s work. Something for everyone.
|
In this collection, selected by the author himself, Philip Dawson-Hammond brings together seventy of his best poems covering the whole of his career as a poet.
|
Dr Mark Rickenbach charts his unexpected illness, admission to hospital and eventual surgery. Mainly in verse.
|
Optimism abounds in this delightful little poetry collection from Sharon Webster where she looks at the positives in life. Her message is most definitely one of good and hope.
|
Maia Brown-Jackson is no novice when it comes to using vulnerability to address the complexities of trauma in her poetry. Her words are an unfiltered journey into the depths of human emotions, where the wounds of the past find solace through the healing power of verse.
|
Tourist to the Sun by award winning Virginia Betts. Any subject can inspire this talented Suffolk poet; from space travel to parenthood and childhood. You'll be all the wiser for reading this exquisite collection.
|
Reading Jamie's work is a pleasure and it is a privilege to be invited into his innermost thoughts.
|
Unsuitable reading for adults easily upset or embarrassed by matters of life and the body.
|
In A Time of Reflection, the West Sussex poet Margaret Hughes provides an insightful commentary on the challenges of the last few years in verse. Covid lockdowns and the death of Prince Philip, the seasons, hat making, the Bishop's Palace Gardens and West Dean Gardens have all inspired Margaret's engaging poetry.
|
