Adelaide, spirited daughter of Louis XV, is at odds with her father’s decadent but restrictive court of Versailles in 1745. Forty-four years on Madame stalks the corridors of the palace as it is
In 1976 Rosanne Alexander’s boyfriend Mike was offered the job of Warden of uninhabited Skomer Island, giving them ten days to leave college, get married (a job condition) and move their belongi
Including never-before-published poems, this landmark collection of more than 300 poems follows the poet’s development of subject and style chronologically. From early work that shows influences of Dy
In her fourth collection of poetry, Hilary Llewellyn-Williams revisits many of her favorite themes and subjects. These lyric poems explore the natural world, the environment, and the condition of wome
Emily Blewitt’s debut collection of poetry is This Is Not a Rescue (Seren). The Carmarthen-born young author writes beautifully considered poems about love and relationships (‘I Threw Myse
Judy Brown’s new poetry collection, Crowd Sensations, showcases her subtle and dazzling style. A poet whose work is inspired as much by thoughtful speculation and metaphysics as it is by personal expe
Tamar Yoseloff’s A Formula for Night: New and Selected Poems from Seren includes dazzling new work as well as selections from her print collections and pieces from collaborations with artists. The tit
The poet Lynne Hjelmgaard has written a beautifully evocative recollection of a journey she took by sailboat with her husband across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and Europe. A Boat Called Annalise mo
This timely, powerful novel about the refugee experience tells the story of Miki, a Bosnian teenager, and his family escaping the Yugoslav war. Living in a Croatian refugee camp, a dilapidated former
In 2007, while researching her family history, Jasmine Donahaye stumbled upon the collusion of her grandparents in the displacement of Palestinians in the 1930s and 1940s – an early ethnic cleansing i
Masculine Happiness is the thoughtful and winning debut collection from the Wales-based poet David Foster-Morgan. Complex, ironic, layered, fashioned with an acute and subtle intelligence, these
The Road to Zagora is an unusual travelogue spanning India, Nepal, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Peru, Equador and Wales which springs from Richard Collins’ compulsion to travel after he was diagnosed with
Rosie Shepperd’s debut poetry collection, The Man at the Corner Table (Seren), crackles with the unexpected. The voice is one of urban sophistication; a merciless charm that teases and tempts us with
Inspired by her years as an Immigration Caseworker to one of the most diverse inner-city areas in the UK, Caroline Smith has written a collection of poems, The Immigration Handbook, (Seren) that detai
Graham Mort’s masterly 10th collection of poetry, Black Shiver Moss (Seren), is packed with poems about his native northern counties of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria, as well as stunning evo
The life of the influential Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard has inspired this book of poems by Marianne Burton. Burton, whose debut collection, She Inserts The Key, was nominated for the Forward
