The Solitary

Vuyelwa Carlin

“Her poems are shot-silk, lined with hand-spun ever-shifting gauze. There is not a single weak line in the book. Every page, every stanza, offers marvels of observation.” – Poetry Salzburg Review

Known for her distinctive style that owes something to Emily Dickinson’s brevity (and her use of the dash to denote a long pause) Carlin is a surprising and unusual voice in modern poetry. This fourth collection features four distinct sections …

Academe

Paul Groves

Paul Groves’s first volume confirms the promise which has marked him out as one of the most engaging poetic voices of recent years. Crystalline, deft, and exhilaratingly ironic, these poems deserve a wide audience ...

Altered States

Catherine Fisher

The fate of an Italian icon damaged by floods, a Victorian skeleton, and a Vampire Ballet are amongst the many unusual subjects of the poems in this new collection by Catherine Fisher. Lyrical grace combined with a sharp eye for imagery and a precise use of language are her hallmarks ...

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.