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![Front cover of The Trick of the Bard Selected poems by John Harris]()
Available in October 2026
John Harris was a miner and a preacher who faced poverty so extreme he was reduced to composing poetry by scratching onto his own nails and using blackberry juice for ink. He was the first labouring-class man to win the Shakespeare Tercentenary Prize.
![Cover of Sradagan san Iarmailt Sparks in the Firmament Ginealach Ùr Bhàrd Gàidhealach A New Generation of Gaelic Poets]()
Sradagan san Iarmailt Sparks in the Firmament
English, Language, Poetry, Scottish Gaelic, Translated poetry £20.00Available now
This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium
Nì farsaingeachd an duanaire seo taisbeanadh buidheann tàlantach de bhàird na Gàidhlig a thàinig am bàrr o char na mìle bliadhna
![Front cover of Fabrica Factory by Fabio Franzin]()
Writing in the Opitergino Mottense dialect of Veneto, Fabio Franzin describes the harsh reality of factory work, finding spaces of companionship and tenderness in the eroded and marginalized landscapes of working class culture
![Front cover of I Write on Wet Paper Eg Skrivi á Vátt Pappír by lív maria róadóttir jæger]()
Both inventive literature from a remote corner of the world and poetical statement about the very nature of poetry
![Front cover of A Yorkshire Songster Folk songs collected in Yorkshire since the Second World War]()
Out of stockIn this new book Steve Gardham has selected over a hundred folk songs, some previously published and others from out-of-print and scarce collections
![Front cover of Outside Paradise by Bernardo Atxaga]()
Outside Paradise
Autobiography, Basque, English, Poetry, Translated Fiction, Translated poetry, Travel £12.00A wonderfully self-deprecating journey around three French prisons at which he gave readings (some successful, some hilarious failures) as well as around the Basque language and the human psyche
![Termynyow a Dheu Coming Times Poems in Cornish by Tim Saunders]()
Termynyow a Dheu | Coming Times
Cornish / Kernewek, Cornish Language, Language, Poetry, Translated poetry £7.99Here are new Cornish legends, in elegant Celtic verse with fluent English translations
![Cover of Matter and Memory Collected Poems 1970 to 2024 by Peter Brooke]()
Matter & Memory is an extraordinary collection of poems, the result of a lifetime’s contemplation of what it means to be human
![BOOK COVER OF The Suntrap / Sólgarðurin by Beinir Bergsson]()
The Suntrap is the first explicit collection of queer poetry written in the language of the Faroe Islands
![Book cover of Athair / Father by Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin / Christopher Whyte]()
How should you behave if the words “love”, “family”, “parents” do not carry the same meaning for you as for other people?
![Front cover of A’ Ruith Eadar Dà Dhràgon Running Between Two Dragons Corrent Entre Dos Dracs Rhedeg Rhwng Dwy Ddraig by Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir / Martin MacIntyre]()
A’ Ruith Eadar Dà Dhràgon
Poetry, Catalan, English, Language, Scottish Gaelic, Translated poetry, Welsh £12.99In this unique, award-winning collection, Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir leads us on a compelling, lyrical and closely-observed journey to Catalonia, Wales and Mallorca. The time-span, 2019–20, tells of a world and ways of living poised to change overnight.
![A Secret Stream Volume 2 Folk Songs collected from the Gypsy and Travelling community]()
A Secret Stream Volume 2
Traditional Music, Traditions and customs, Romany and Traveler culture £15.00A Secret Stream, Volume 2 is a collection of over 100 unpublished English folk songs and tunes collected in the 20th and 21st centuries from the Gypsy and Traveller community.
![Front cover of Journeyman – the art of Steve Dilworth by Georgina Coburn]()
Now available
The first comprehensive investigation of the life and work of this important groundbreaking artist
![Front cover of Journeyman – the art of Steve Dilworth by Georgina Coburn]()
Now available
The first comprehensive investigation of the life and work of this important groundbreaking artist
![Cover of Mo Shearmon What I Have to Say]()
Playful, mischievous, unpredictable – where readers can never tell what is coming next or where they will be led
![Front cover of Eye of Reality / L’Ull de la Realitat Poems in Catalan by Xavier Panadès i Blas]()
This new collection of poems confronts the issues of human loneliness, social injustice, war, domestic abuse and the destruction of the natural world
