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Poetry & Drama
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The Country Girls
Edna O'Brien's wonderful, wild and moving novel shocked the nation on its publication in 1960. Adapted for the stage by the author, 'Country Girls', the play, is a highly theatrical and free-flowing telling of this classic coming of age story.
£10.99
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A Christmas Eve Ghost Story
An enchanting Christmas poem from Carol Ann Duffy, former Poet Laureate, accompanied by gorgeous illustrations from Vivien Mildenberger.
£12.99
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£6.95
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A Poem for Every Autumn Day
An inspiring poetry anthology to keep you company for every day and night of autumn.
£8.99
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Virgin
Virgin snow, virgin mojitos, virgin mother, Virgin Mary, virgin: one little six letter word that holds such incredible power. The power to pressure, to judge, to harm, to praise, to profit, to punish. But virginity is also just a concept, a label that has been pressed upon people for centuries in numerous cultures worldwide. In this collection of poetry, Hollie McNish unpicks the role this word has played in her own life, as well as others, with her trademark mix of humour, fury and compassion. Whether considering if Mary was a fan of her own nick-name, to rejoicing her annual excitement in ice cream vans, to looking back on how ridiculously she ate creamy mashed potato with her family after apparently 'losing' her own virginity, she examines in her own inimitable way the tracks this concept makes throughout so many minds, and the possibilities of freedom.
£14.99
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Rhyme and Reason
Some people worry that they don't appreciate poetry; but English poetry wasn't written to be appreciated it was written to be enjoyed. For six centuries people have been reading poetry for enjoyment - for fun, for romance, for religion and for entertainment - and this is a book about those people. What was it like to be sent a Tudor love sonnet? And how did you reply? What did people think of Wordsworth or Chaucer before they were put on pedestals? What was it like to read poetry back in the days when you didn't have to write an essay on it afterwards? This book takes you from a medieval accountant (called Chaucer) trying to entertain his lord, past a doomed love affair in the Tower of London, through adoring sonnets and notebooks filled with dirty poems, through Byromania and the Victorian hearth, understanding why people simply enjoyed poetry.
£14.99
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Good Days
In an uncertain world, we need hope and happiness more than ever. So what are the words that can help us find it? Let Michael Rosen take you on a quest for joy in this book, where each letter of the alphabet offers us a moment of daily enchantment, celebrating the magic of the small things that bring hope and happiness into our lives.
£16.99
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You Took the Last Bus Home
You Took the Last Bus Home is the delightfully charming first collection of poetry from Brian Bilston, one of Britain's best loved poets.
£10.99
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She Speaks!
Dame Harriet Walter, renowned for her wonderful portrayals in 'Succession' and 'Killing Eve', among others, is one of Britain's most esteemed Shakespearean actors. Now, having played most of Shakespeare's female characters, audaciously, she lets them speak their minds. With new parts for 30 Shakespearean women, written in 'Shakespearean' verse and prose, Harriet Walter goes between the lines of the plays to let us hear what she imagines - sometimes playfully and sometimes searchingly - these women were really thinking. Here's what Gertrude longed to say; why Lady MacBeth felt she should be King; how Juliet's nurse bemoaned her loss; why Ariel is anxious about freedom and what Cleopatra's handmaidens really thought of her.
£12.99
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Earth Prayers
One hundred poems which illustrate the beauty and awe of the natural world, collated by former Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Carol Ann Duffy.
£12.99
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New Cemetery
The conversion of a local beauty spot into a municipal graveyard is the starting point for 'New Cemetery'. From regular walks around the boundary near his moorland home in West Yorkshire, Simon Armitage chronicles the extraordinary transformation of landscape both outer and inner. These luminous and wry poems - composed in short-lined tercets - reflect the changing world: one of unstable weather patterns and unpredictable news events, all observed across a few acres of Pennine upland. As phases of lockdown come and go and the cemetery fills up with his new 'neighbours', Armitage charts personal losses of his own, often retreating to his garden shed to navigate blank paper with pen and ink - and the results are as surprising as they are life-enhancing.
£14.99
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£6.95
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An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year
Celebrate animals with this daily anthology of poetry with one entry for every day of the year. From well-known classics to modern fresh takes, An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year brings to life a huge range of our animal counterparts.
£25.00
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A Moment of Calm
Discover tranquility in 'A Moment of Calm', a beautifully curated anthology featuring a soothing poem for every day of the year. From classic verses to contemporary gems, this collection offers a daily respite from life's chaos. Editor Ana Sampson has carefully selected works that celebrate nature, explore inner peace, and inspire joy. Immerse yourself in Oscar Wilde's lyrical 'Impressions de Voyage', Mary Webb's reflective 'The Happy Life', and Edna St. Vincent Millay's pithy 'First Fig'. Seasonal entries like Robert Louis Stevenson's 'At Morning on the Garden Seat' mark nature's rhythms.
£22.00
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Poems & Prayers
From the Academy Award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author of 'Greenlights', Matthew McConaughey presents an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief.
£20.00
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Jane Austen for Every Day of the Year
A charming collection of 366 quotes and short passages drawn from Jane Austen's novels, with excerpts from her intimate, witty letters scattered throughout. This book is perfect for reading or sharing and brings you passages from Jane Austen's best-loved classics alongside the lesser-known works. Packed full of witty remarks and wry observations, this is the perfect companion to inspire laughter and spark delightful conversation - a gift to treasure all year long.
£14.99
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My mum and other poems
From one of the UK's leading performance poets, this collection celebrates the very best types of mum, including mum as gamer, party animal, slob and free spirit. Inspired by Laura Dockrill's own experiences of childhood and motherhood, these poems will make you laugh and celebrate the wonder of mums.
£10.00
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Dwell
This illustrated collection of poems illuminates and reimagines the ingenious, fragile dwellings of the living creatures around us. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was inspired to write these poems by the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, an ambitious restoration project where history and mystery combine. The reawakened landscape with its woods, meadows and 'jungle' offers a bustling, fertile realm for all sorts of creatures to inhabit. Armitage uses elements of riddle and folklore to animate a series of dwellings: the 'twig-and-leaf crow's-nest squat' of a squirrel's drey, a beaver lodge's 'spillikin stave church' and a hive's 'reactor core'. Distinctions between human and animal, natural and cultivated, are blurred, emphasising commonality and creating a vibrant account of 'non-stop stop-motion life'.
£10.00
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£6.95
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Collected poems. Volume two
Henry Normal is a writer, poet, TV and film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature Festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. This is a collection of his poems.
£17.95
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Water, water
A wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joy and mystery of daily life, from the former United States Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love.
£12.99
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A moonless night
An all-new poetry collection from the creator, writer and performer of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, 'A Normal ...'
£10.00
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The fire hills
A poetic diary exploring new landscapes over four seasons, armed only with a pen and unwarranted optimism.
£10.00
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The first spark has led to this blaze
A selection of poems by Henry Normal, the founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival.
£16.95
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