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Poetry Books
Dover Publications 101 BestLoved Poems
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£10.44
Octopus Publishing Group Robert Burns Nature Poems
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£9.50
W. W. Norton & Company Love is a Dangerous Word the Selected Poems of
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£14.24
Salt Publishing A FullOn Basso Profundo
Book SynopsisThe collection addresses shared, topical challenges like identity, gender roles, belonging and family, at a time of shifting, heightened uncertainty. Themes which affect all of us like toxic masculinity, family disfunction, war, and climate, in fiercely imaginative, jagged, yet compassionate, sometimes absurdist, surreal fashion.
£9.89
Five Leaves Publications Kindling
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£7.00
Nine Arches Press Flood
Book SynopsisIn Flood, Jessica Mookherjee inhabits several identities in her bone-framed coat'. With overarching themes of migration, otherness, sexual awakening, and maternal mental illness, we encounter the aftermath of catastrophe, of loss and being lost.Here, time folds us into origami boats' and the poems swell with the surging tides of youth and of becoming, of what we inherit and what we forge as our own path and what happens when we jump into the depths and experience life in full-flow. Alive with wildlife and nightlife, mythmaking and bad romance, the everyday and the otherworldly, Flood is a prodigious debut collection from a truly distinctive and vital voice, now reissued in this new edition by Nine Arches Press.
£10.79
Bloodaxe Books Ltd The Gallery of Upside Down Women
Book SynopsisArundhathi Subramaniam's poems map a wobbling world, trying to find its axis in a season of change. Fabrics tear, lands splinter, stances harden, loved ones die, names dissolve. But wandering through these pages are some extraordinary women women who vault nimbly over borders, walk naked, walk aslant, and sometimes upside down.
£10.80
Brown Dog Books Half Moon Street
Book SynopsisAt the heart of Chris Winterflood's debut collection is the sequence of love poemsHalf Moon Street, a moving recollection of desire and infatuation set in pre-internet London, those days before texts, mobile phones', poems which should appeal to anyone who has ever experienced love's joy and heartbreak. A collection of over 100 short poems.
£9.49
Nick Hern Books Shifters
Book SynopsisA fierce, funny and intoxicating play about the enduring power and fragility of memory and love. Published alongside the 2024 West End transfer.
£9.89
Seven Stories Press UK Context Collapse
Book SynopsisProphet. Entertainer. Courtier. Criminal. Revolutionary. Critic. Scholar. Nobody. Epic in sweep, Context Collapse is the secret history of the poet - from Bronze Age Greece and Renaissance Italy to the cafes of Grub Street and the Latin Quarter, from the creative writing departments of the American Midwest to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley. Cheekily introducing academic discourse, media studies, cybersemiotics, literary sociology, and heterodox economics into his blank verse study of poetry, Ruby traces the always delicate dance between poets, their publishers, and their audiences, and shows how, time and time again, the social, technological, and aesthetic experiments that appear in poetic language have prefigured radical changes to the ways of life of millions of people. It is precisely to poets to whom we ought to turn to catch a glimpse, as Shelley once put it, of the ''gigantic shadows futurity casts on the present.''''Ruby is a public intellectual with an accessible style and a
£11.69
Verve Poetry Press Nowhere Near As Safe As A Snake In Bed
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£8.54
Manchester University Press A Game at Chess
Book SynopsisFor many years Middleton''s A Game at Chess was more notorious than read, considered rather a phenomenon of theatrical history than a pre-eminent piece of dramatic writing. A Game at Chess was a nine days'' wonder, an exceptional play of King James'' reign on account of its unprecedented representation of matters of state usually forbidden on the stage. The King''s Men performed the play uninterruptedly between 5th and 14th August, 1624 at their Globe Theatre, attracting large audiences, before the Privy Council closed the theatre by the King''s command. More recently, growing interest in the connections of economics and politics with authorship have promoted readings that locate the play so firmly within its historical context as propaganda that, again, its worthwhile literary and theatrical qualities are neglected. In writing A Game at Chess, Middleton employed the devices of the neoclassical comedy of intrigue within the matrix of the traditional oral play. What might have seemed olTable of ContentsDocumentary foundations; the occasion of the play; composition, sources and revision; the play; the textual situation and the present text; "A Game at Chess".
£12.34
Manchester University Press Masques of Difference Four Court Masques Revels
Book SynopsisMasques of difference' presents an annotated edition of four seventeenth-century entertainments written by Ben Jonson, which reflect the royal court’s self-representation as moral and just, in contrast to stylised images of chaotically (and exotically) 'othered' groups: Africans, the Irish, witches, and the homoeroticised figure of the Gypsy.Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Masque of BlacknessThe Masque of QueensThe Irish Masque at CourtThe Masque of the Gypsies MetamorphosedAppendix 1: Masquers in BlacknessAppendix 2: Masquers in QueensAppendix 3: Irish Masque Translation
£10.44
Random House Publishing Group The Art of Love
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£12.99
Faber & Faber Collected Poems
Book SynopsisIn the decades since his death in 1963, Louis MacNeice''s reputation as a poet (and, indeed, amongst poets) has grown steadily, and there are now several generations of readers in Ireland, Britain, and beyond, for whom he is one of the essential poets of the twentieth century. His work has also received increasing attention from academic writers and students. For both readers and critics, the nature of MacNeice''s poetic work as a whole is a matter of importance, and the second posthumous Collected Poems, entirely re-edited by Peter McDonald, attempts, for the first time, to print MacNeice''s poetry in groupings corresponding closely to the collections published by Faber between 1935 and 1963. This makes it easier to read the poet in the published forms in which he was read by his contemporaries. In choosing to re-create the environments of MacNeice''s individual volumes of poetry, moreover, this new Collected reflects the opinion that MacNeice works bes
£25.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Adapting Chekhov in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisFrances Babbage is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has published widely on performance, adaptation and rewriting, with monographs including Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre (Methuen Drama, 2017) and Re-Visioning Myth: Modern and Contemporary Drama by Women (2011).
£23.74
Central Avenue Publishing Call Me Home
Book SynopsisA powerful exploration of the diverse manifestations of “home”, extending beyond its mere physicality, through topics such as womanhood, spirituality, and immigration.Explore the multifaceted concept of 'home' through Kaur's evocative poetry. Journey beyond its physical confines to discover its emotional and psychological depths, touching on themes like immigration, womanhood, and spirituality. Encounter narratives of loss, rediscovery, and healing that resonate with the human experience. With rich language and imagery, this collection offers fresh perspectives, inviting readers to reconsider their understanding of what it means to feel at home.
£11.69
Nick Hern Books Mary and the Hyenas
Book SynopsisAn electrifying stage play telling the story of feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft. Premiered by Hull Truck Theatre and Pilot Theatre in 2025.
£10.44
MuseumsEtc From the Silence to the Street
Book SynopsisA collection of poems by spoken word artist Aditi Banerjee in response to the genocide taking place in Palestine and illustrated by colour images
£14.25
Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Coal
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£5.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Three Sisters
Book SynopsisAnton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian physician, dramatist and author, is considered to be one of the greatest writers of short stories and modern drama. Born in Taganrog, a port town near the Black Sea, he attended medical school at Moscow University. He began writing to supplement his income, writing short humorous sketches of contemporary Russian life. A successful literary careered followed, before his premature death of TB at the age of 44. He is best-remembered for his four dramatic masterpieces: The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1899), Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904).
£10.99
Olympia Publishers Singing to the Bones
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£10.44
Haymarket Books HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US
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£17.99
Manchester University Press Tamburlaine the Great Christopher Marlowe The
Book SynopsisThis fully annotated version, with parts one and two in a single volume, takes account of the recent work on Marlowe. This text is related to contemporary theatrical conventions and conditions, and offers a critical account of the play closely attuned to a sense of theatre.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Christopher Marlowe2. Authorship3. Sources4. From performance to publication5. From notoriety to criticism6. The play7. Stage revivals8. The textTamburlaine the GreatPart OnePart Two
£18.99
Manchester University Press The Tamer Tamed or The Womans Prize
Book SynopsisThis is the first edition for students and general readers of a pro-woman reply to Shakespeare''s ''The Tamer of the Shrew'' written in Shakespeare''s lifetime . Co-edited by a feminist critic and a distinguished textual scholar, it makes clear why ''The Tamer Tamed'' should be restored to the theatrical repertoire and the literary canon.Table of ContentsIntroductionText - The Tamer Tamed; or, The Woman's PrizeCommentary
£15.37
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Tryal of Witches
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£10.99
Washington Square Press Poetry Is Not a Luxury
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£20.99
Simon & Schuster When Angels Speak of Love
Book SynopsisFeminist icon bell hooks reminds us of the full spectrum of feeling we spend in love through her inspiring collection of love poetry, with a new introduction by Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies.Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of fifty love poems by bell hooks, one our most beloved public intellectuals, and author of over twenty books, including the bestselling All About Love. Poem after poem, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love—tracing the links between seduction and surrender, the intensity of desire, and the anguish of death. “Love must clean house, choose memories to keep, and memories to let go,” she writes. These verses are expansive yet accessible—encompassing romantic love, to love of family, friends, or oneself. In any iteration, these poems remind us of both the beauty and possibility of love.
£9.89
Nick Hern Books The Seagull
Book SynopsisA refreshing, revitalised adaptation of Chekhov's timeless play about vanity, power and sacrifices made in the name of art. Premiered at the Barbican Theatre, London, in 2025, with an ensemble cast including Cate Blanchett.
£9.89
Nick Hern Books the Woman
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Nick Hern Books Here We Are
Book SynopsisStephen Sondheim's 'cool, and impossibly chic' (New York Times Critic's Pick) final work, written with Tony Award-nominee David Ives. UK premiere at the National Theatre, London, in 2025.
£11.69
Skein Press The Oasis
Book SynopsisMoving across Scotland, Ireland and Europe, The Oasis uniquely considers the intersecting complexities of social class, masculinity and selfhood, challenging tradition and recreating aesthetic possibilities with an invigorated joy in language. These are poems of deep attention, reaching for the solace to be found in community.
£9.50
Andrews McMeel Publishing Hello Lovely
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£14.39
Bloodaxe Books Ltd Dis Poetry
Book SynopsisBenjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023) was a writer and performer of extraordinary range. Dis Poetry brings together all the poems from his three Bloodaxe collections, City Psalms, Propa Propaganda and Too Black, Too Strong, as well as some from The Dread Affair, along with previously unpublished work and lyrics from various recordings.
£11.69
Carcanet Press Ltd Brotherton Poetry Prize Anthology III
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£12.34
Ugly Duckling Presse Mongrel Kampung
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£14.40
Faber & Faber Ariel
Book SynopsisIt is sixty years since Ariel was first published. This heritage edition restores Berthold Wolpe's iconic jacket and reproduces the original distinctive typesetting in celebration of the enduring importance of a collection that contains many of Sylvia Plath's best-known poems.Written in an extraordinary burst of creativity just before her death in 1963, the poems are as expressive of joy as they are of desolation. The remarkable combination of artistry and intensity that was recognised on this volume's first publication established Plath as one of the most original and gifted poets of the twentieth century.If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same time tender, open to things, and also unusually clever, sardonic, hardminded. . . They are works of great artistic purity and, despite all the nihilism, great generosity. . . the book is a major literary event.' A. Alvarez, Observer
£15.19
Univ of Chicago Behalf Northwestern Univ Pres Metamorphoses Play
Book SynopsisThis play is based on Ovid's 15-volume work of transformation myths. Positioned in and around a large pool on the stage, the characters enact adaptations of Ovid's tales, juxtaposing the ancient and contemporary in both language and image. The volume includes a production history and photographs.
£17.95
The Swedenborg Society Gifts Returned by the River
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£17.00
Nick Hern Books The Estate
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£10.44
Nick Hern Books Inter Alia
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£9.89
White Pine Press Isla Negra
Book SynopsisFew writers are as integrally bound to a place as Pablo Neruda was to the landscape of Isla Negra. From his arrival there in the late '30s to his death in 1973, Isla Negra became a text that unravelled in a series of essential images that are fundamental to an understanding of his mature work.
£12.25
Faber & Faber New Cemetery
£13.49
Cambridge University Press Stesichorus The Poems Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Book 54
Book SynopsisThis edition of Stesichorus is the first full-scale treatment that this important ancient Greek poet has ever received. Presenting a newly constituted text and apparatus, it takes full advantage of recent manuscript discoveries and developments of scholarship to analyse his work and to assess its poetic value and historical significance.Trade Review'A work of truly formidable scholarship … it is hard to see how it will ever be superseded … Cambridge University Press must also be congratulated on a production of the very highest standard.' Colin Leach, Classics For All (classicsforallreviews.wordpress.com)'The rich work of Davies and Finglass … is very thoroughly researched, as it is to be expected from such distinguished editors … The sections on mythological traditions are particularly rich, devoting plentiful space to literary and visual testimonies … This is a very substantial and serious work, making for the first time available all the fragments with a critical edition and full scale commentary. Anyone interested in Greek literature and culture should be grateful to the editors for their endeavour.' G. B. D'Alessio, Bryn Mawr Classical Review'[In] this extensive and outstanding work … Davies and Finglass engage in a meticulous effort aimed at disentangling the multiple complexities that surround Stesichorus, a lyric poet shrouded in the mist of time and myth … Davies and Finglass offer an elegant and panoramic view of Stesichorus' poetry in time and space, justifying his fame and merit. This work is of a high calibre, and deserves warm commendation.' E. Tsitsibakou-Vasalos, Classical Review'This work will be an indispensable tool for anyone reading Stesichorus at any level of proficiency.' D. T. Benediktson, Exemplaria ClassicaTable of ContentsIntroduction; Text and critical apparatus; Commentary.
£153.90
Random House Publishing Group Season In Hell Illuminations Modern Library Classics
Book SynopsisTranslated, edited and with an Introduction by Wyatt Mason“The definitive translation for our time.”-Edward HirschFrom Dante’s Inferno to Sartre’s No Exit, writers have been fascinated by visions of damnation. Within that rich literature of suffering, Arthur Rimbaud’s A Season in Hell-written when the poet was nineteen-provides an astonishing example of the grapple with self. As a companion to Rimbaud’s journey, readers could have no better guide than Wyatt Mason. One of our most talented young translators and critics, Mason’s new version of A Season in Hell renders the music and mystery of Rimbaud’s tale of Hell on Earth with exceptional finesse and power. This bilingual edition includes maps, a helpful chronology of Rimbaud’s life, and the unfinished suite of prose poems, Illuminations. With A Season in Hell, they cement Rimbaud’s reputation as one of the foremost, and most i
£12.60
Carcanet Press Ltd Debris
£11.69
Faber & Faber Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Book SynopsisIt''s not just that rich people don''t know what they''ve got. They don''t even know what they throw away. India is beginning to prosper. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport is an obstacle, amakeshift slum. It''s home to foul mouthed Zehrunisa and her garbage sorting son Abdul, entrepreneurs both. Sunil, twelve, picks plastic. Manju, schoolteacher, hopes to be the settlement''s first woman to gain a degree. Asha, go-to woman, exploits every scam to become a first-class person. And Fatima, One Leg, is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood. Katherine Boo spent three years under the flight-path, recording the lives of Annawadi''s diverse inhabitants. Now from Boo''s book, which won the National Book Award for Non-Fiction in 2012, David Hare has fashioned an epic play for the stage which details the ingenious and sometimes violent ways in which the poor and disadvantaged negotiate with corruptio
£9.49
Samuel French Ltd James and the Giant Peach
Book SynopsisCharacters: 4 male, 2 female plus children''s chorus (optional)Scenery: Various setsWizzpopping wonder and fruit filled fun abound in this stage adaption of Roald Dahl''s greatest adventure story. James is a lonely young boy who is forced to work like a slave for the most revolting aunts in England. One day a mystical old man gives him a bag of magic. When he accidently spills it near the old peach tree, the most incredible things happen! Pure fun for the whole family. A remarkable theatrical feat!- Northampton Chronicle Move heaven and earth to see this wonderful adaptation!- Sunday Mercury A first class show. If I were a child I''d scream for a ticket.- Birmingham Post
£12.80
