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 people (and animals) lived, worked and died along the historic route, making it an apt starting point for discussion of an awe-inspiring collection by a poet preoccupied with life, death and work.
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22nd January 2026
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 Welsh Literature, later published as ‘New Territories in Modernism: Anglophone Welsh Writing, 1930-19...
11th January 2026
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...
3rd January 2026
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...
3rd January 2026
