Poetry
Atria DS Waldman 31st March, hb, eb, £22, 9781324097266
Wallace Stegner fellow’s debut poetry collection exploring memory, grief and disability through meditations on modern art.
Liverpool University Press
Series
Pavilion Poetry 28th April, pb, £10.99, 978180596
Seeks to publish the very best in contemporary poetry. Divinations on Survival Natalie Linh Bolderston vol 3, 5909 Against Falling Linda Anderson vol 2, 6135
Here & Thereafter Alice Miller vol 1, 6166
Macmillan Collector’s Library
Poems for Gardeners Gaby Morgan (ed) 23rd April, hb, eb, £11.99, 9781035073238
Blooming with gardening- inspired poetry.
Mandala
Breathing Room James Crews 19th March, hb, £14.99, 9798887621517
Gives readers permission to find the pause in every moment and cultivate healing from nature, each other and our fractured world.
Mica Press
Ragged Flock Leslie Bell 30th June, pb, eb, £11, 9781869848453
By the author of Archipelagos (Mica, 2012).
Hint of Blue Michael Vince 22nd April, pb, eb, £11, 9781869848484
Poems that blend direct experience, memory and biography, drawing on aspects of water, of trees, of animal life and of myth.
Pendulum
Prue Chamberlayne 30th June, pb, £11, 9781869848491
Love and loss and –cross-cultural single parenting in East African postcolonial poetry. Vivid imagery and cadences tussle with torn belongings and outsider understanding.
Spring/Summer 2026 Michael Joseph
I Don’t Love You Anymore Rithvik Singh,
Sukhmani Bhakar (ed) 5th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780241811122
Lyrical phenomenon from poet and author explores the emotional intricacies of modern love, loss, heartbreak and healing.
Michael O’Mara Books
100 Poems to Live by Joseph Piercy 12th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781789298345
Life-affirming remedies for anyone searching for love, meaning, belonging, purpose and hope in their everyday lives.
New Directions
The Complete Works of Ricardo Reis Fernando Pessoa, Margaret Jull Costa (tr)
7th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780811237895
Bilingual collection of poems and prose.
New York Review Books
The Death of a Greek Lover David Plante, Edward Mendelson
24th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9798896230243
Landmark work dedicated to the author’s partner. A set of linked poems that explores love and loss through the lens of myth, faith and art.
Papillote Press
Looting Hummingbirds Daniel Thaly, Mark Andrews (ed), Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (tr),
31st March, pb, £12.99, 9781739130398
Dominican-born Thaly (1879-1950) was once one of France’s most celebrated poets. Here for the first time in English are his poems. An introduction explains his often troubled life.
Parthian Books
Antidotes to Dissolution Patrick Jones 4th June, hb, eb, £15, 9781913830496
Poems of grief, loss, healing, awe, resilience, hope and transformation. A serious and engaged artist reaching a high point in a long career.
Ask the Moon Dannie Abse, Owen Sheers
23rd April, pb, eb, £15, 9781917140492
Definitive anthology spanning 1948-2014, complete with new poems, from one of Britain’s best respected poets.
Peepal Tree Press
Free Radicals John Kinsella 5th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781845236076
Threads together what the powerful prefer to keep apart. With fierce lyricism and intellectual clarity Kinsella confronts the entangled violences of empire, colonialism and contemporary global capitalism.
Before the Rain Christine Craig 11th June, pb, £10.99, 9781845236090
Clear-eyed about the terrors that scar us, Craig’s work is an act of witness and a celebration—of language, resilience and the urge to raise a voice and sing.
Behold
Shara McCallum 9th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781845236113
“Few contemporary poetry books begin with such unabashedly epic, rhapsodic, prophetic a voice as [this]. The journey takes us through the Jamaica of the poet’s childhood to ways of perceiving the interior”—Ilya Kaminsky.
Picador
How to Lay an Egg With a Horse Inside Brian Bilston
16th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035085729
Welcome to Brian Bilston’s ironic “writing masterclass”, a new collection of more than 130 poems woven into a charming and informative “introduction to poetry”.
Milk Wood Memoir Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch
7th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781035091072
Startling and luminous collection from one of Wales’ most gifted living poets.
The Worrying Rose Katharine Towers 11th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781035087945
Iinventive and meditative collection of poems about women, creativity and solitude by the TS Eliot Prize-shortlisted author of The Remedies.
Everything Everyday Hannah Lavery 7th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781846977374
Poetic journal of the year that charts winter through to autumn in a richly textured sequence of diary poems, lyric fragments and a crown of sonnets.
The Kind Company of Others Alexander McCall Smith, Iain McIntosh (illus)
2nd April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781846977565
This is the much anticipated third poetry collection from McCall Smith. Here, he guides the reader by the hand and takes them through time and place.
Princeton University Press
Natural Magic Renee Bergland 24th February, pb, eb, £18.99, 9780691235301
Captivating portraits of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature.
Rome’s Patron Emily Gowers 21st April, pb, eb, £25, 9780691257457
The story of Maecenas and his role in the evolution and continuing legacy of Ancient Roman poetry and culture.
Pippa Rann Books & Media
Red
Sudeep Sen 4th June, hb, £59.99, 9781913738426
Inspired by the borderless land, skies and oceans that connect us, Red is visceral and raw yet a poised and subtle tour de force.
Rock
Sudeep Sen (ed) 24th July, hb, £59.99, 9781913738488
Completes the eco- trilogy begun with Anthropocene and Red.
Polygon
Get Closer Ryan Van Winkle 5th March, pb, £10.99, 9781846977367
Van Winkle uses photographs to access themes of abandonment, imprisonment, generational incomprehension and the very notion of how we end up where we are.
Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Biography Joseph Luzzi
26th May, pb, eb, £15.99, 9780691284347
The life and times of Dante’s soaring poetic allegory of the soul’s redemptive journey towards God.
Ritsos in Parentheses Yannis Ritsos, Edmund Keeley (tr)
24th March, pb, eb, £16.99, 9780691284552
Bilingual edition of three major poetry collections by one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century.
Stone
Osip Mandelstam, Robert Tracy (tr) 24th March, pb, eb, £16.99, 9780691284569
Groundbreaking translation of the brilliant first book by one of the 20th century’s most important poets.
Quercus
The Love of My Life Whitney Hanson 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529442281
Brand new collection from the internationally bestselling poet and TikTok star.
Salt
Collected Poems Tobias Hill, Maura Dooley
30th March, pb, £12.99, 9781784633752
Gathers Hill’s poems from his four full- length collections.
Making the Wedding Dress Jackie Wills
14th June, pb, £10.99, 9781784633844
Wills’ poems are witty, stylish and taboo-busting. They move from a super yacht to an allotment, taking in sewing as an act of devotion and asking if age brings truth or destruction.
Saqi Books
The Palestinian Wedding
AM Elmessiri (ed) 26th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781849251167
A century of Palestinian poetry—voices of resistance, love and longing. This bilingual anthology gathers 21 poets whose words embody the enduring spirit of home.
Seren Books Tigress with Wings Rupinder Kaur Waraich
2nd February, pb, £10.99, 9781781727881
Explores the journey from girlhood to womanhood. Blending Panjabi heritage, folklore and feminist icons, it celebrates feminine strength, desire, creativity and the fierce act of becoming.
Emergency Dream Polly Atkin 16th March, pb, £10.99, 9781781727959
Growing from entangled emergencies—social, political and personal— these poems offer close observations of the natural and human worlds and highlight the inextricability of climate justice and disability justice.
Elsa and the Wolfman Eoghan Walls 13th July, pb, £10.99, 9781911752127
Exploring the close, tangled relationship between a father and his infant daughter, this collection is an intimate and honest portrayal of fatherhood and a struggle with traditional and toxic masculinity.
Solstice
Hekate Nikita Gill 26th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398537187
Propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling in verse of the life of the Greek goddess, child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft and necromancy.
SPCK
Dare to Be Truee Wendy Cope
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Rabbitbox Wayne Holloway-Smith 12th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781398552425
Transfixing and heart- rending work which follows a mother and her young son living under the shadow of an all-consuming domestic threat. Holloway-Smith has been shortlisted for the TS Elliott Prize.
Scribner Audio
Rabbitbox Wayne Holloway-Smith 12th March, audiofile, £21.99, 9781398552449
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