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Wise as Water: Jeremy Loynes, Vole Books

This latest collection of poems by Surrey-based writer Jeremy Loynes follows on from his poetry pamphlet Turning which was published by Dempsey & Windle in 2018. In Wise as Water we discover similar preoccupations with childhood, family life and an enduring love of the natural world. The photograph on the front cover of a stretch of the River Wey near Godalming, taken by the author, reveals someth...

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Slow Migrations: Adam Horovitz, Indigo Dreams

This collection of poems by Adam Horovitz was inspired by the Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology of the Cotswolds exhibited at the Corinium museum, Cirencester, and the prehistoric and Roman artefacts from the Roman bathing and temple complex and Sacred Spring in Bath. It marks the culmination of ...

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The Way the Water Held Me: Catherine Redford, Emma Press

Catherine Redford began writing after the early death of her partner and is now widely published. The Way the Water Held Me is her debut collection, dedicated to the memory of her partner, Rebecca Mar...

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The Sight of Light. The Sound of Clouds. The Touch of Skin: Pia Tafdrup, Bloodaxe

Danish-born writer Pia Tafdrup is the author of over 20 collections of verse, which are often organised into themed sequences. Her latest is a series of five books on the human senses collectively ref...

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The Storm's Flora: Laura Wainwright, Seren

Cardiff-born writer, artist and musician Laura Wainwright grew up in Newport where she still lives. She has a PhD in English literature from Cardiff University where her thesis focused on Anglophone W...

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A Few More Sunrises Yet Before It Ends: Martin Hayes, Broken Sleep Books

Martin Hayes was born in London and has lived around Edgware Road all his life. This major traffic artery running north from Marble Arch was once part of the Roman road Watling Street. Countless peopl...

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The Taste of Lightning: Ivan V Lalić, Bloodaxe

Ivan V Lalić (1931-1996) was born in Belgrade, the Yugoslav and Serbian capital. The summers of his childhood were spent in western Serbia, an idyll that came to an abrupt end with the Nazi invasion i...

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Polar Corona: Caroline Gill, Hedgehog Poetry Press

Caroline Gill, who currently lives in Suffolk, grew up in London, Kent and Norfolk before moving with David, her archaeologist husband, to Rome, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge and Swansea. She graduat...

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