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ABRAMS
THE RAVEN: A POP-UP BOOK EDGAR ALLAN POE; CHRISTOPHER WORMELL ILLUS; DAVID PELHAM August, pop-up, £16.99, 9781419721977 Master paper engineer David Pelham employs his designs to interpret this haunting love story.
AMBER BOOKS
HAIKU HART LARRABEE September, other, £14.99, 9781782743873 Four classic Japanese Haiku poets newly translated by expert in trad Chinese binding. E
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO PRESS
ANCIENT EGYPT IN VERSE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY POETRY DONALD P RYAN ED September, hb, £11.99, 9789774167836 A collection of romantic verse celebrating Egypt’s monumental ruins and pharaonic civilisation.
ARC
SELECTED POEMS GEORGES RODENBACH; WILL STONE TR September, pb, £10.99, 9781904614647 The first-ever collection of Rodenbach’s poetry to be published in English translation.
SELECTED POEMS GEORGES RODENBACH; WILL STONE TR September, hb, £13.99, 9781906570071 The first-ever collection of Rodenbach’s poetry to be published in English translation.
SIX GEORGIAN POETS GAGA LOMIDZE ED September, pb, £10.99, 9781908376978 An innovative collection representing the “here and now” of Georgian poetry.
LUNARIUM JOSEP LLUÍS AGUILÓ July, hb/pb, £13.99/£10.99, 9781910345474/67 The first full collection to be published in the UK from a popular Spanish poet.
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SIX GALICIAN POETS: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT KEITH PAYNE TR; MANUELA PALACIOS ED July, pb, £9.99, 9781910345566 Collected poems from notable poets from Galicia.
SUBTERRANEA JOS SMITH September, hb/pb, £12.99/£9.99,
9781910345719/02 A début poetry collection with a strong ecological bias.
BLOODAXE BOOKS
HOME FRONT: BULLETPROOF * STATESIDE * CLAMOR * ATMOSPHERICS BRYONY DORAN; JEHANNE DUBROW; ELYSE FENTON; ISABEL PALMER November, pbo, £12, 9781780373263 Poems by mothers and wives of soldiers and military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. E
SLAKKI: NEW & NEGLECTED POEMS ROY FISHER October, pbo, £9.95, 9781780373225 Poems written since his last collection Standard Midland or not included in earlier selected editions. E
GARDEN TIME W S MERWIN September, pbo, £9.95, 9781780373157 Poems by ex-US laureate from his mid ’80s, written as he was losing his sight.
MAPPING THE DELTA GEORGE SZIRTES October, pbo, £12, 9781780373201
The delta is the recurrent image or theme throughout this collection by leading British poet. E
HWAET!: 20 YEARS OF LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL MARK FISHER ED July, pbo, £9.99, 9781780373133 Anthology of new poems by UK and overseas poets who’ve read at Ledbury since 1997. E
THE DOG OF MEMORY HELEN FARISH September, pbo, £9.95, 9781780373188 Third collection by prizewinning poet concerned with the nature of memory. E
THE NINE OF DIAMONDS: SURROIAL MORDANTLESS
MACGILLIVRAY October, pbo, £9.95, 9781780373249 A highly inventive book set in a phantasmogorical landscape. E
OFF DUTY KATIE DONOVAN September, pbo, £9.95, 9781780373164 Irish poet writes on human foibles and the years of her late husband’s throat cancer. E
LOVE IS A PLACE JOAN MARGARIT; ANNA CROWE TR; SHARON OLDS FOREWORD November, pbo, £12, 9781780373287 Poems by Spain’s most widely acclaimed contemporary poet from his three most recent Catalan collections. E
A MONKEY AT THE WINDOW: SELECTED POEMS AL-SADDIQ AL-RADDI; MARK FORD TR; SARAH MAGUIRE TR November, pbo, £12, 9781780372723 Leading African poet writing in Arabic today, now living in exile from Sudan in London. E
BLOOMSBURY
EDWARD FITZGERALD’S RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM EDWARD FITZGERALD; OMAR KHAYYAM August, hb, £18.99, 9781620406564
Beautifully illustrated, expertly annotated new addition of this timeless classic of world literature. E
BOOK GUILD
WHITE HORSES: A COLLECTION OF POEMS GARFIELD TAYLOR July, hb, £12.99, 9781910878156 A beautiful, uplifting selection of poems, set the north of England, that celebrates nature.
BURNING EYE BOOKS
LAID BARE HANNAH TEASDALA July, pb, £9.99, 9781909136779
Somerset poet discusses life, love and divorce in this sexually frank collection.
BOX ROOMS LAURIE BOLGER July, pb, £9.99, 9781909136786
Début collection from the London Laureate shortlisted, hugely popular poet.
ALL DAMN DAY JEMIMA FOXTROT July, pb, £9.99, 9781909136809 A collection of poetry from a popular performance poet and singer.
STILL FALLING SARAH HIRSCH August, pb, £9.99, 9781909136854 Poetry collection from former UK Slam Champion.
HAPPINESS IS AN ART FORM AGNES TÖRÖK September, pb, £9.99, 9781909136861
Adaptation of a spoken word show on the science of happiness, featuring the viral Youtube.
BADMINTON MOLLY NAYLOR September, pb, £9.99, 9781909136878 The long-awaited poetry collection from co-creator of sitcom “After Hours”.
CONKERS JAMES BUNTING October, pb, £9.99, 9781909136892
A poetic reflection on the author’s relationships with place and people.
CALLIGRAMS CARCANET POETRY
CHINESE POETIC WRITING FRANCOIS CHENG; DONALD A RIGGS TR; JEROME P SEATON TR November, pb, £12.99, 9789629966584
Considered by many to be the most innovative study of Chinese poetry ever written. E
A LITTLE PRIMER OF TU FU DAVID HAWKES July, pb, £9.99, 9789629966591
A classic study of 35 poems, in pinyin transliteration, character-by-character translation and comprehensive commentary. E
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF LI HE J D FRODSHAM TR November, pb, £14.99, 9789629966607 The bad-boy poet of the late Tang Dynasty, a comprehensive selection of his surviving work. E
BEYOND THE BARBED WIRE: SELECTED POEMS ABDELLATIF LAABI; ANDRE NAFFIS-SAHELY ED July, pb, £9.99, 9781784100520 Poems by Morocco’s most important writer and political activist, including 1970s prison writings and interview. E
WINTER MIGRANTS TOM PICKARD July, pb, £9.99, 9781784102647 A synergy of the erotic and political, sometimes with a comic bite. E
ALMOST COMPLETE POEMS STANLEY MOSS December, pb, £19.99, 9781784103163 Stanley Moss has been a defining editor and publisher of world poetry for six decades. E
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POETRY
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS TO LITERATURE SERIES THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS CHRISTOPHER MACGOWAN July, pb, £18.99, 9781107479081
Cambridge Companions are lively, accessible
introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics and periods. E
CANONGATE
UNDYING: A LOVE STORY MICHEL FABER July, hb, £12.99, 9781782118541 A heartbreaking chronicle of losing the love of your life by the award-winning author. E
GOLD FROM THE STONE LEMN SISSAY August, hb, £12.99, 9781782119098 His first book in almost a decade brings together new work and old favourites. E
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