Alun Lewis: A Life

John Pikoulis

Alun Lewis (1915-1944) is one of the most impressive and important writers of the century. The leading author of World War Two, perhaps the leading poet, he is still an influential figure, particularly in his native Wales ...

Alun Lewis: Collected Poems

Ed. Cary Archard

Alun Lewis (1915-1944), the remarkable poet and story writer, died, aged 28, in Burma during the Second World War. Some critics see him as the last of the great Romantic poets, a twentieth century Keats. Others view him as the bridge between pre-war poets like Auden and Yeats to post-war poets such as Hughes and Gunn …

"Always, one feels the pressure of integrity behind his writing. And in elegising Lewis´s promise we should not overlook his actual achievement …"

M Wynn Thomas, The Guardian, Feb 2008; Click HERE to read the full review.

Alun Lewis: Letters to my Wife

Gweno Lewis

Alun Lewis (1915-1944) was one of the few great British writers of the Second World War. His early death at the age of twenty-eight robbed Wales of its most promising poet and story writer …

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Ancestral Lines

Linden Peach

Ancestral Lines explores poetry written away from the economic and cultural centre by six poets: Seamus Heaney, Tony Harrison, Douglas Dunn, Gillian Clarke, Sally Roberts Jones and Oliver Reynolds. Linden Peach sees them all as responsible for mapping locales: their work, he claims, is a voyage of geographical discovery for the literary world …

Animaculture

Hilary Llewellyn-Willians

This eagerly awaited collection by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams is her first since 1990’s acclaimed Book of Shadows. Her style is intensely lyrical and imaginative but also finely controlled and tempered by a keen intelligence ...

The Arches

Tony Curtis, John Digby



Twenty-five surreal collages by John Digby, set in an ornate arch from the Alhambra, suggest a multiplicity of narratives and provide provocative starting points for poet Tony Curtis. Giraffes in slings, a toppling Statue of...

The Art of Derek Walcott

Stewart Brown

Derek Walcott is a poet of international stature: his work appeals to both academic and popular audiences and is read throughout the world. Immensely talented as a poet, he is also a fine dramatist, a thoughtful essayist and gifted painter…

The Art of Edward Thomas

Jonathan Barker

In his lifetime, Edward Thomas was known as a critic, essayist and author of numerous prose books. But today he is most valued for the 144 poems - some of the most memorable of our century …

The Art of Kamau Brathwaite

Stewart Brown

Kamau Brathwaite is arguably the most original poet yet to emerge from the Caribbean; in terms of his technical experimentation with form and language and the sheer scale and ambition of his work he is certainly the most adventurous...

The Art of Seamus Heaney

Tony Curtis

Seamus Heaney is the foremost Irish poet since Yeats and one of the most popular poets writing in English today. The poetry and criticism of the Nobel Prize Winner are of indisputable importance to contemporary literature, his influence growing with each new work …