I read once that on its way to the moon Apollo 11 was only on course for about 3% of its journey. But land on the moon it did as we all know. Live is not linear. It requires constant adjusting. Each one of us experiences hills and valleys straights and narrows corners and roundabouts. We all take chances and miss opportunities. What ......
Bill Jenkins who spent his childhood in a small fishing in the north of Scotland believes that the every day life of human beings is fascinating and he continues as a poetic explorer to search for gems in his own experience the experience of others and increasingly in the natural world in the hills around Perth Western Australia where he ......
‘This book illustrates just how destructive neoliberalism has been to ordinary citizens and how the two-party system has been corrupted by greedy politicians who have placed their own and corporate interests above those of the people they are supposed to be representing. Biggs writes clearly and convincingly. I thoroughly recommend ......
Funny sad nostalgic and reflective this is a collection of twenty-one short stories. They are stories of simpler and more carefree days. Days of sunshine and freedom. Watermelon days.
'There's a delicious and compelling weight beneath the surface of Gina Mercer's poems - like a wave with a lick of undertow. Their touch the silk of their deep-bodied hold tugs us into each new encounter. There's an exquisite closeness at play here - sensual yes and irresistibly transporting. Full of intrigue full of presence and ......
'Poetry has the ability to cover a lot of ground in a few lines and Muriel Bergel's book deals with so many questions and conundrums. In these pages we find goddesses dreams music mothers and even ugg boots. Mythology and the everyday are combined to great effect. This is a remarkably poised first collection inviting us to travel with the ......
This is Ron's first book. It took a while to get up the courage but he's pretty proud of it. The poems flow from seventy years of experience: farming childhood love and sex and travels of the world of the word and of the mind.
'This book is a love affair between the poet and the English language with flirting passion and yes even a tiff or two but each giving as good as the other all with quirkiness and humour. Dig in ruminate on Mike's take on the world; it might just change yours. Love it.' - David Cookson
‘Greg Tome’s poetry is always immediate and felt. His responses to the immediacy and intimacy of daily living are counterpoints to those poems in which he explores the pain of the human condition and ultimately indicate how the personal and the communal are inextricably entwined.’ - Trish Topp
