Literature & Poetry

Witty and glam, Skeletons is a prismatic collection which shrugs off even the most disillusioned nihilist with humour and intimacy.

In Mary O'Malley's new collection, the world's at a precarious tipping point; trust in language is breaking down. The poet gives voices to the wolf, the seal and shark, finding new language against peril.

The New York Times bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and literary novel about a woman upending her life

Come Here to This Gate is a three-part collection, focusing variously on caring for an alcoholic father with dementia, the personal and global conflicts that shape our lives, and what happens when imps, ghosts and boggarts have to reckon with the modern world.

By the author of The Half-Brother, a compelling portrait of post-war Oslo as the city recovers from the German Occupation.

Frank Kuppner's new book consists of three hilarious, philosophical, existential sequences: The Liberating Vertigo of a Final Passage of Meaning, Not Quite the Greatest Story Never Told, and Not Quite a False Fresh Start.

A contemporary Berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of Germany's most successful playwright

The continuation of an epic family saga set in mid-twentieth century Sardinia

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past

Friday Black heralds the arrival of a thrilling new American literary star

A wickedly observed novel about falling in love at the end of your life, by the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question.*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE 2020*At the age of ninety-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything - including her own children.

'A compelling vision, an urgent necessity, and not beyond reach' Noam ChomskyThe past is forgotten, and the future is without hope. Dystopia has become a reality. This is the new normal in our apocalyptic politics - but if we accept it, our helplessness is guaranteed. To bring about real change, argues ...

A heartbreakingly beautiful collection from two of the greatest First World War poets

A collection that travels from New Zealand to London, from Ireland to New York.

Paul Muldoon's new collection opens with a sonnet sequence, 'Horse Latitudes', written as the U.S. embarked on its foray into Iraq. Poems on historical battles where horses played an important part present us with a commentary on the political agenda of America today.

"Darwish's poetry is an epic effort to transform the lyrics of loss into the indefinitely postponed drama of return." —Edward Said, author,Orientalism Blurring the boundaries between prose and poetry, this illuminating book explores the meaning of life, the impact of exile, and an existence spent in ...

Features poems that takes its title from the earthling, which God created from the dust of the earth. Exploring 'ground' in its material and metaphysical senses, as nature, historical place and ultimate reality, this work presents a profound questioning of the 'human'.

A sublime and vibrant new collection from one of Ireland's best known poets.

It has been variously labelled 'Language Poetry', 'Language Writing', 'L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E writing' (after the magazine that ran from 1978 to 1981), and 'language-centred writing'.

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past.