Selected Poems R.S. Thomas 2003   Austere is the word that springs to mind. Even R.S. Thomas‘ tender poems are of ... READ MORE

I Put a Spell on You John Burnside 2014   The title of this book is drawn from the song of the same name, popularised by ... READ MORE

The Conquest of New Spain Bernal Díaz 1632 1963 in translation by J.M. Cohen   A Dream of a City ‘…when we ... READ MORE

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Raymond Carver 1981   Alcohol and violence swill through the stories in this ... READ MORE

The Poem: Lyric, Sign, Metre Don Paterson 2018   Silence   Is the ground of poetry, Don Paterson tells us. We know ... READ MORE

Life Embitters Josep Pla 1967 The name of Catalan Josep Pla drew a lip curl from my Catalan friend – followed by ... READ MORE

People From The Other Side: the Enigmatic Fox Sisters and the History of Victorian Spiritualism Maurice Leonard 2008 In the ... READ MORE

The Peterloo Massacre Robert Reid 1989 This year marks the bicentenary of the Peterloo massacre. On the 16th August 2019, ... READ MORE

Hunger Knut Hamsun 1890 1996 in translation by Sverre Lyngstad ‘The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth ... READ MORE

The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli 2017 In translation by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre 2018 When but a lowly student of ... READ MORE