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Poetry Books
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Powerful Poems from the Heart
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£9.71
Vanguard Press The Hand of The Iroko
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£7.99
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Pedestrian
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£7.59
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Dont Play with the Madness
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£7.59
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Wanchese The Angler The White Face of Satan and
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£7.59
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Ornamental Expressions The Yellow Butterfly
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£7.59
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Goodnight Mum
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£7.59
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Kintsugi
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£6.99
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Beyond Life Verses
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£14.39
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers The NineTailed Fox
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£7.59
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Through My Eyes
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£14.39
Smokestack Books Greedy Cow
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£7.59
Iron Press Bloom on Till Doomsday
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£5.70
Iron Press Into the Wolf
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£6.00
Out-Spoken Press flinch & air
Book SynopsisFlinch & Air is a unique exploration of Asian female identity. Reflecting on culture, politics, language and society in and beyond Hong Kong, this is a book of remembrance, courage, resilience and sacrifice. Touching on the current Hong Kong mass demonstrations, the 2019 Extradition Treaty, and the stories of her female elders Flinch & Air positions Asian women at the centre of the page.
£7.60
Smokestack Books Dummy!
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£5.99
Canongate Books Forever Words: The Unknown Poems
Book SynopsisSince his first recordings in 1955, Johnny Cash has been an icon in the music world. In his newly discovered poems and song lyrics, we see the world through his eyes. The poetry reveals his depth of understanding, both of the world around him and within - his frailties and his strengths alike. He pens verses in his hallmark voice, reflecting upon love, pain, freedom, fame and mortality. Illustrated with facsimile reproductions of Cash's own handwritten pages, Forever Words is a remarkable addition to the canon of one of America's heroes. His music is a part of our collective history, and here he demonstrates the depth of his talent as a writer. Edited and introduced by Paul Muldoon, with a foreword by John Carter Cash, this is a book sure to delight and surprise fans the world over.Trade ReviewThe greatest of the greats then and now . . . If we want to know what it means to be mortal, we need look no further than the Man in Black -- BOB DYLANUnmistakably personal . . . Strikingly evocative * * New York Times * *A rich collection . . . Fresh and genuine * * Rolling Stone * *His influence spread over many generations. I loved him as a singer and writer -- MICK JAGGERI lost my innocence with Johnny Cash -- NICK CAVEHe's always there, the tallest figure in the circle of integrity, the deepest voice when night comes down, and the bravest take on sanity in the midst of wild confusion -- LEONARD COHEN
£9.49
Nick Hern Books 1984
Book Synopsis'O'Brien! They've got you too!' 'They got me a long time ago.' Winston Smith is in prison, found guilty of Thoughtcrimes against Big Brother. As part of his reconstruction, he must re-enact key moments from his past life, with the help of other thought criminals, so that everyone can learn from his mistakes. Including his biggest mistake of all: falling in love with Julia. George Orwell's classic dystopia 1984 is a still-resonant vision of the tolls of living under totalitarianism. Constructed almost entirely from dialogue taken from the original novel, this bold and powerful dramatisation restores the blazing heart of Orwell's work: a doomed love story, with the lovers at its centre. This pre-eminently stageable version, adapted with an eye on economy by Nick Hern for a cast of five or more, is ideal for any school, youth group or amateur company looking to bring Orwell's chilling vision to life on stage.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books White Noise
Book SynopsisThirty-somethings Leo, Misha, Ralph and Dawn have been inseparable since college. Making their way together in the big city, they are liberal, open-minded and socially aware. As best friends and lovers, confident in their 'woke-ness', their connection with each other is stronger than anything else – until Leo is assaulted by the police in a racially motivated incident. Shaken to the core, he brings to the group an extreme proposition... Suzan-Lori Parks' play White Noise takes an unflinching look at race in the twenty-first century from both a black and white perspective. It was first performed at The Public Theater, New York, in March 2019, directed by Oskar Eustis, and had its European premiere at the Bridge Theatre, London, in October 2021, directed by Polly Findlay.Trade Review'An enormous provocation of a play... Sharp, zingy and oozing a darkly witty energy... a propulsive drama with pace, plotting and a deadly magnetism' * Guardian *'The magnificence of Parks' writing is that, like all great classical dramatists, you know at some levels what the conclusions will be, yet the tension she builds as she unfolds her arguments has you leaning forward in your seat. She never for a moment lets you rest easy... Her writing [is] immense. She holds huge ideas within her naturalistic frame: the themes of what it means to be awake, to be woke, questions about what it is to be righteous and good, wash through the work... But the play never stops working as fierce, gripping drama' * Whatsonstage *'Savagely absurd... In White Noise [Parks] wields absurdity like a delicate medical scalpel: it's there almost constantly, key to the operation, but she controls it with deadly serious, laser focussed intent... it's a questing, forensic play, that uses Parks's mischievous humour and Albee-esque sense of character to take a brutally hard look at the constructedness of 'tolerent' Western multicultural society' * Time Out *
£10.44
Nick Hern Books A Doll's House, Part 2
Book Synopsis'There's a knock at the door.' Fifteen years after Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling marriage, leaving her family behind, she's back with an urgent request. Lucas Hnath's funny, probing and bold play is both a continuation of Ibsen's complex exploration of traditional gender roles, and a sharp contemporary take on the struggles inherent in all human relationships across time. A Doll's House, Part 2 premiered at South Coast Repertory, California, in 2017, and transferred to Broadway later that year. It received its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2022, directed by James Macdonald with a cast led by Noma Dumezweni as Nora.Trade Review'Smart, funny and utterly engrossing… This unexpectedly rich sequel reminds us that houses tremble and sometimes fall when doors slam, and that there are living people within, who may be wounded or lost… Mr. Hnath has a deft hand for combining incongruous elements to illuminating ends' -- Ben Brantley * New York Times *'Hnath's play is less a conventional sequel than a thought experiment inspired by the original. Luckily, Hnath is no mean thinker... Provocatively, the play functions as both homage and riposte, casting a critical eye on Nora's choices and trying to wrestle with their consequences... Hnath writes fast, vibrant dialogue – much of it in a salty, modern vernacular' * Guardian *'Provocative, funny and, ultimately, generous... A Doll's House, Part 2 demonstrates just how imposing is that big doorway Nora walked through once upon a time, and the guts it takes to keep walking through it, again and again' * Washington Post *'Freedom versus responsibility, attachment versus solitude, domestic stability versus individual growth – these subjects are thrashed out in the explosive context of gender and social class' * Los Angeles Times *'Lucid and absorbing... Judiciously balances conflicting ideas about freedom, love and responsibility' * Time Out New York *'As much an ingenious elaboration and deconstruction of A Doll's House as a sequel, and it stands perfectly on its own' * Hollywood Reporter *'Scintillating and genuinely thought-provoking... a play that asks many-faceted questions about love, loneliness and freedom' * The Stage *'Razor-sharp and frequently hilarious' * Time Out *'How on earth do you follow up Ibsen's masterpiece? Exactly like this. Lucas Hnath's audacious sequel is nothing less than essential viewing' * Telegraph *'Thrilling... intricately layered... the rare sequel that richly delivers' * Arts Desk *
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Rapture
Book Synopsis'Just cos it's in your imagination doesn't mean it's not real.' Noah and Celeste Quilter met on a blind date organised by a newspaper, fell in love, got married and had a baby. But from the very earliest days of their relationship, they were under surveillance. And when they started a fight for their future, they never guessed it would cost them their lives. In a modern world where reality is whatever we imagine it to be, how do we know the stories we tell ourselves are true? What happens when there's only one person in the whole world you can truly trust? And what if they never take the bins out? Rapture by Lucy Kirkwood is a slippery thriller about love, power and belief which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2022, directed by Lucy Morrison. It was promoted under the title That Is Not Who I Am, by Dave Davidson, a pseudonym.Trade Review'Brilliantly tricksy... a remarkably layered, brain-boggling story, in which reality and sanity are under constant scrutiny... Rapture is a thriller, a trickster, and an absolute romp' * Guardian *'Undoubtedly a majorly significant piece of writing... a strange political mystery that's exhilarating to watch, but full of things that are frightening to contemplate' * Independent *'Explosive... thrilling theatre' * Reviews Hub *'Audacious, gloriously cynical, and painfully relevant... unravels with calculated twists and turns, looming mystery, violence, and thrills... When all the cards are laid bare, the true extent of the writer's creativity can only be gaped at in awe; like a spider, they have woven a narrative web and trapped the audience in it' * Broadway World *'An enjoyably slippery, enthralling piece of work... Fascinating, and gripping throughout' * Evening Standard *'An urgent, unsettling thriller... a knotty interrogation of truth in an era of fake news... Kirkwood's layered text relentlessly challenges the audience to assess our own engagement with the piece, raising troubling questions about how we assess information, what sources we trust, and how much of what we're told we are prepared to believe' * The Stage *'Exciting and transgressive... this is intense and overwhelming theatre, raising powerful questions' * The Upcoming *'A deeply chilling and hyper real thriller, a masterpiece of fabrication' * Culture Whisper *
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Medea
Book Synopsis'She's chucked out like an old coat that nae langer fits him…' Medea and Jason, clinging together as refugees in Corinth, have struggled to bring up their beloved offspring in this alien and unsympathetic society. Now Jason has a plan to better integrate himself. Unfortunately, this involves abandoning his wife, the mother of his children… Spurned, destitute, desperate, Medea exacts her terrible retribution. Liz Lochhead's Scots-inflected version of Euripides' classic revenge tragedy was first performed by Theatre Babel in 2000 and won the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award. It was revived by the National Theatre of Scotland as part of the 2022 Edinburgh International Festival, with Adura Onashile as Medea, directed by Michael Boyd.Trade Review'This outstanding work should firmly establish the Glasgow playwright as Scotland's greatest living dramatist... the finest piece I have seen on the Scottish stage this year' * Scotland on Sunday *'Liz Lochhead's stunning new version of Medea is the kind of interpretation – brave, visionary, risky – that blows a well-known text apart and reassembles it in a completely new light... ancient but new, cosmic yet agonisingly familiar' * Scotsman *'Some of the most exciting recent work on Greek drama in the English language' * Sunday Times *'Liz Lochhead's celebrated adaptation... a formidable, immersive experience' * The Times *'Awesome... Liz Lochhead's Scots verse spits wit and venom as male power meets female determination with operatic intensity' * Guardian *'Magnificent, thrilling... Lochhead's brilliant and scathing Scots-language version of Euripides' mighty text [has] a simmering and terrifying eloquence' * Scotsman *'A breathtaking interpretation of the Greek tragedy... the addition of snarling Scottish dialect works brilliantly, adding extra layers of menace and seduction to the shocking tragedy... Transfixing, bloody, and reeking of danger, with images that will linger in your mind for hours after ending' * Time Out *'Raw and brutal... Liz Lochhead's version seeks, like all good contemporary productions of Greek theatre, to trace how its universality can speak to us today' * WhatsOnStage *'Terrific... The beauty of Lochhead's version is not just its dark sardonic humour, but also in the way it is entirely female-centred... Medea [is] far more than a woman spurned. She's a woman caught in a patriarchal society where women are devalued by men, considered fair game and judged by other women if they do not conform. She makes her decisions with that in mind – with a terrible clarity. Lochhead and Onashile make us understand those choices. Then they make us weep' * The Stage *'Liz Lochhead's razor-sharp adaptation of Euripides' Medea is forged in fire... still searingly relevant and painfully urgent' * Broadway World *
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Chris Bush Plays One
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£16.99
Nick Hern Books Boy Parts
Book Synopsis'I wonder what I have to do for people to recognise me as a threat. Do I have to smash a glass over the head of every single man I come into contact with, just so I leave a mark?' Irina takes erotic photos of average-looking men. Always behind the lens, she watches, she moulds, and she stalks. These boys are putty in her hands, just the way she likes it. When the opportunity to show her photographs in a fashionable London gallery coincides with a new boy to obsess over, cracks begin to appear. How far can she push her new prey for the perfect shot, or has she already gone too far? Based on the critically acclaimed debut novel by Eliza Clark, which was a finalist for the Women's Prize Futures Award, Boy Parts is a pitch-black psychological thriller that subverts the erotic gaze and asks what happens when our need for connection gets twisted. This stage adaptation for one actor by Gillian Greer was premiered in 2023 at Soho Theatre, London, in a co-production between Metal Rabbit Productions and Soho Theatre, and directed by Sara Joyce. Praise for Eliza Clark's novel: 'Hilariously sardonic… Will make most readers howl with laughter and/or shut their eyes in horror' Guardian 'A carnival funhouse ride: terrifying, feverish, hilarious' Julia Armfield 'Boundaries are for breaking and if anyone can crash through and reinterpret the fear of our time, Eliza Clark can' Mslexia 'Hallucinogenic, electric and sharp' Jessica Andrews 'Delightfully and deviously rooted in the now with its delectable internet and culture references and evocative and real-feeling portrait of women' Dazed 'Smart, stylish, and very funny' Lara Williams 'Explores the darkest corners of artistic practice, sexuality and violence with bold wit and fearlessness. A dazzling, horrifying debut' Irish TimesTrade Review'A striking and visceral adaptation... captures all the humour of Irina's complex life, as well as those difficult moments that make a perfect thriller' * The Stage *'Thrilling and frankly terrifying... breathlessly compulsive, edge-of-your-seat stuff... unquestionably a striking piece of theatre' * WhatsOnStage *'Enthralling... one of the best page-to-stage adaptations we've seen... Greer transposes Clark's voice exquisitely... it's sharp, entertaining, vicious, thrilling, morbid, uncomfortable, and alarmingly irresistible' * Broadway World *'Engrossing and darkly funny' * New York Times *'Brings Eliza Clark's subversive and visceral novel to the stage in uncompromising style... balances the horror and humour with equal grace' * Theatre Weekly *'Exhilarating and sinister' * West End Best Friend *
£10.44
Nick Hern Books The Cord
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Nick Hern Books Northanger Abbey
Book Synopsis'Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of any sort of… disappointed love.' Catherine Morland knows little of the world, but who needs real-life experience when you have novels to guide you? Seizing her chance to escape her claustrophobic family and join the smart set in Bath, she meets worldly, sophisticated Isabella Thorpe – Iz, to her friends – and so Cath's very own adventure begins. This playful and surprising reimagining of Northanger Abbey is infused with the spirit of Jane Austen's original novel and fizzes with imagination and humour. It was premiered in 2024 at the Orange Tree Theatre, London, before touring to Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, and Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.Trade Review'A smartly playful adaptation that pulses with real passions... it asks big, clever questions about personal agency, authorship and control... Austen would thoroughly approve' * Evening Standard *'Moves at a tremendous clip... the wooing is done with such subtlety and good humour' * The Times *'An incisive adaptation that approaches the tale from a fresh, contemporary angle... exuberantly, unashamedly silly... Quick-fire scenes jump about in time, skilfully picking apart the narrative with flashbacks that offer new context, or cutting away to asides where the characters debate their real intentions... an appealing, intriguingly flawed protagonist... unexpected and intriguing' * The Stage *'A spirited three-hander romp... it's exhilarating, transmuting Austen's daftest novel into something really quite beautiful' * Time Out *'A very modern, knowing take, clearly powered by love for the original tale' * WhatsOnStage *'A playfully daring take on Jane Austen's original novel - and it works... There are lovely meta moments [with a] tight, witty script... and Cooper brilliantly transforms the conventional ending... it's all fantastic fun' * Reviews Hub *'Very entertaining... engaging and imaginative' * LondonTheatre1 *'A vivaciously queer take on Jane Austen that will make readers and audiences think twice' * Observer *'A three-hander lark, with much nifty work with hats and coats, parents and relatives mischievously cross-cast, and a bittersweet take on happy ever after' * TheatreCat *'Clever, funny and seriously silly... The laughs don't stop... brilliant small-scale theatre' * Arts Desk *'Playful, witty and laced with innuendo' * All That Dazzles *
£10.44
Nick Hern Books The Human Body
Book SynopsisA play of political and private passions, set in the 1940s against a backdrop of the foundation of the NHS. Premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2024.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Gunter
Book SynopsisThe hit play about deception, witchcraft and football, winner of a Fringe First at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, then at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Here in America
Book SynopsisA compelling new drama that imagines a confrontation between two giants of stage and screen, Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller. Premiering at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in September 2024.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books The Outrun
Book SynopsisThe bestselling memoir brought to life in a stage adaptation premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2024.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books The Real Ones
Book SynopsisA funny and honest stage play about platonic soulmates. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books A Dolls House
Book SynopsisA taut and gripping adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's powerful drama, premiered at the Crucible, Sheffield Theatres, in 2024.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books The Beautiful Future is Coming
Book SynopsisA fresh, fast-paced and funny play covering 250 years of climate crisis. At Bristol Old Vic in 2025.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Personal Values
Book SynopsisA perceptive, poignant and witty play about sisterhood and grief. Premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2025.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Takeaway
Book SynopsisA big-hearted comedy set around a Caribbean takeaway in the heart of Liverpool. Premiered at the Everyman, Liverpool, in 2025.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Anna Karenina
Book SynopsisA witty and sensual version of Tolstoy's masterpiece, premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2025.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Miss Myrtles Garden
Book SynopsisA wonderfully warm and witty play about how acknowledging the past helps us live life in the present. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2025.
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Ordinary Decent Criminal
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£10.44
Nick Hern Books Bruntwood at 20
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£21.24
Nick Hern Books Dear Young Monster
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£10.44
Nick Hern Books Emma
£10.44
Nick Hern Books After Sunday
£10.79
Nick Hern Books Dance of Death
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£10.44
Nick Hern Books The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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£10.44
Nick Hern Books Maggots
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£10.44
Nick Hern Books Monstering the Rocketman
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£10.44
Nick Hern Books Ukraine Unbroken
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£11.69
Olympia Publishers Christopher Powell
Book SynopsisThis collection of poetry conveys the vibrant thoughts and memories of an artist lost in beauty; the beauty of the meadows, the water, little shops, curious animals, and the people who pass along the way. From sweet bakery shop romances, to legends of swashbuckling pirates, this collection bursts with fantasy and adventure that throws you from the comfort of an ordinary street, to the dangerous escapades of gun-slinging ants. In this familiar yet surprising world, the domestic meets the surreal as each poem takes you on a trip through nature, history, tragedy, and unbridled joy, twisting in the most unexpected of directions to showcase every corner of this brilliant world. The artist recreates, with the great care of a painter, the things he has seen in the hope of capturing it forever, and thereby "sharing his heart with the future".
£14.39
