Some collections serve to mark particular events or milestones, whilst others contain work of the highest quality. This collection manages both of these things, with 75 pieces of poetry and short fiction by local writers celebrating 75 years of creative writing in this fabulous city of the arts.
Supernatural horror meets bedroom politics' Sunday Times'If you enjoyed Cat Person, this is for you' Evening StandardThese are stories of women's lives now.
Playful kittens and ruthless predators, beloved pets and witches' familiars - cats of all kinds come alive in these stories. The essential unknowableness of cats inspires the most exotic flights of fancy: Calvino's secret city of cats in 'The Garden of Stubborn Cats', the disappearing animal in Ursula K.
Raymond Carver said it was possible 'to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language and endow these things - a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earring - with immense, even startling power'.
This collection of poetry, short stories and lyrics gathers work from 29 inspirational writers from Glasgow, Derry, Tenby and London. Sharing poetry with a strong sense of place and character, including Welsh-language poetry, Glaswegian poetry as well as English verse and song lyrics. Celine's Salon - The Anthology Vol 2 is a literary road trip.
Charles Dickens is a much-loved author for his vast and important contributions to English literature. This collection brings together his supernatural short stories, some of which were included in his longer works, and others that originally featured in magazines, including 'The Bagman's Story' and 'To Be Read at Dusk,' among others.
Indulge in a feel-good collection of stories from the author of Cold Comfort Farm WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITHThe title story tells of a typical Christmas at the farm before the coming of Flora Poste.