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Fleet Salvage is an irresistible debut pamphlet immersed in history. These poems explore ancient invasions, the first complete census, the lions kept in the Tower of London and other fascinating...

Jill Abram's Forgetting my Father is a poignant portrait of family life and a daughter's bond with her ailing father. Abram writes of love, hope and loss in tender and neatly observed poems.Author:...

Foundry Songs examines shame, grief, and loss through the emotional upheaval of a troubled adolescence pitted against a post-industrial backdrop. Both gritty and lyrical, combining cutting wit with...

This new collection plays variations on the themes and forms of French verse from mid-nineteenth century Gautier and Gérard de Nerval, through Baudelaire and Rimbaud, to Valery and Apollinaire on the...

A delicately interconnected series of lyric essays, this compelling debut performs a sly autopsy on our cultural moment. Drawing upon a kaleidoscope of voices, Ghost Clinic chronicles the myriad of...

In Ghost Methods Síofra McSherry presents a complex and loving portrait of Sean Bonney, one that is both personal and political, where death is difficult not in the leaving, but in 'the staying gone'...

A woman walks through the cemetery, talking to the dead. A class of schoolgirls grapples with what anger is and might be. A baby is left by scientists in a forest. Someone claims to be your...

A young employee of GCHQ sweeps the internet for your secrets. Disappointed, they turn to poetry. Disappeared, their poems somehow end up in the lap of Steven J. Fowler, then into the hands of a...

James McDermott's Green Apple Red is a dazzling pamphlet which maps the speaker's growth from shamed 'unnatural' adolescent into queer adult proud of their nature. These majestic poems look towards a...

In Growing Dide presents a series of enigmatic texts, mysterious controlled explosions that ask questions out of deep darkness. Growing is a cosmic pamphlet, which glimpses at the secrets of the...

Hand-Me-Down Haircut offers a powerful and poignant exploration of masculinity, identity, and the working-class experience. Raised by a single mother on a council estate in Bedford, Stevie Kilgour's...

Haptics examines the ways in which technology shapes and transmits our lives, and the worlds we inhabit which are dreamed for us by the electrical cycles of silicon microprocessors, the wonder and...

Health Hireth highlights health and identity, as well as challenges faced by those who exist on the edges of the healthcare system. Chronic illness, Cornish culture, gender, sexuality, and mental...

Hey Ho The White Swan By God I Am Thy ManAuthor: Sam QuillPublisher: Broken Sleep BooksPublication Date: Jan 31, 2022Number of Pages: 44 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Hip-Hop-O-CritAuthor: Scott Manley HadleyPublisher: Broken Sleep BooksPublication Date: Oct 31, 2021Number of Pages: 148 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1913642704ISBN-13:...

Hit Points Green: An Anthology Of Video Game Poetry - 9781913642891Author: Matthew Haigh, Aaron KentPublisher: Broken Sleep BooksPublication Date: May 31, 2021Number of Pages: 102 pagesLanguage:...

Hit Points Red: An Anthology Of Video Game Poetry - 9781913642648Author: Aaron Kent, Matthew HaighPublisher: Broken Sleep BooksPublication Date: May 31, 2021Number of Pages: 102 pagesLanguage:...

how small we are, how little we know. is a beguiling debut pamphlet with poems centred on a rich mix of themes. This pamphlet is humorous, telling, eccentric, a neat introduction to a poet of nuance...

Human Townsperson follows a poet leaving town bearing supplies: a pack full of weaponry, potions, and prescription medication. The work will be precarious, the costs grave, but maybe we'll remember...

Using pliant forms and frugal, elusive acts of transformation, humilis captures the essence of life with its mournful bitterness and unforeseen gleams of optimism.Author: Marie-Pascale...

Chrissy Williams' I am the Table takes its cue from an unusual source, Love Island, serving up tasty morsels of found poetry, sound bites snipped from the mouths of Love Island contestants. I am the...

Iktsuarpok is an extraordinary first collection with careful, precise poems that remind us of the delicacy of the world we live in, but also the beauty in small things. Nora Nadjarian's surprising...

Rushika Wick's Infections of Loss is a searing exploration of how the past imprints itself on the body, weaving threads of harm and resilience through time and space. Through vivid, haunting poetry,...

In his first book in over a decade, Instead of an Alibi proves that Geoff Hattersley has lost none of the sharp wit and incisiveness that has defined his brilliant and unique poems to date. Instead...

The poems find Lucy Rose Cunningham in contemplative mode, paying close attention to melody, with a love of beauty reminiscent of the artists she references. This is a collection which overflows with...

In Introduction to Cloud Care, Laura Theis blends lyrical precision with a deep sense of wonder, crafting poetry that invites readers into a world where the mundane and the magical coexist seamlessly...

Knife Edge is a pamphlet which explores the psychological fallout in the aftermath of trauma, where the edges between bloodshed and recovery, life and death, are softened.Author: Colin...

Landsick inverts the idea of seasickness - in this pamphlet it is the lives we lead on land that are unstable, uncertain and often nauseous, while the ocean's rhythm provides moments of solace, rest...

Let us (or the invocation of smoke) is a mysterious, ethereal pamphlet. Shehzar Doja's words patter inexplicably onto the page like a tiger dreaming of snow. His masterful wordplay curls like smoke...

Light GlyphsAuthor: David SpittlePublisher: Broken Sleep BooksPublication Date: February 28, 2021Number of Pages: 180 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1913642453ISBN-13: 9781913642457