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  The Real & Imagined History of...

  Tom Wright

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  Arriving from his East Midlands beginnings into a London thick with the grime of industrialisation, Joseph Merrick is an anomaly. In a city of factories that churn out uniformity, there is no place for someone like him.
  But Merrick and the city are evolving into something new. We follow him through the workhouse, the freak show, and the hospital, as he searches for acceptance in a society that just wants to stare at him.
  Powerful, angry and surprising, Tom Wright's acclaimed play imagines an alternative history of the person who came to be known as 'the Elephant Man'. It restores Joseph Merrick to the center of his own story: a man fighting for his right to be and to belong.
  The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man was first performed at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre, before receiving its European premiere at Nottingham Playhouse in 2023, directed by Stephen Bailey, and supported by a grant from The Royal Theatrical Support Trust.
  'A challenging, moving play about spectacle, difference and identity'Limelight Magazine
  'Everyone should be moved by such poetic and accomplished theatre'The Age
  'Astonishing… it's doubtful whether there has ever been a better example of theatre's ability to be inclusive at the same time as being able to shock'British Theatre Guide
  'A powerful piece of theatre'Reviews Hub

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  Poetry Book Society Spring 2024...

  Alice Kate Mullen

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  The quarterly poetry magazine of the Poetry Book Society, founded by T.S. Eliot, featuring poems and exclusive interviews from Victoria Kennefick, Isabel Galleymore, Gillian Clarke, Rachel Mann, Jane Hirshfield, Rosa Campbell, Bunny Lang, and Maria Stepanova.

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  The Astronaut's Chair (NHB...

  Rona Munro

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  A thrilling play about the race to be the first woman in space.
  Renee Coburg is a gritty, glamorous aviator, the fastest, highest, bravest woman in the world. Jo Green is a determined, brilliant and much younger pilot with her eye on all Renee's records. They both want to be the first woman in space but there's only one chair at the top of the rocket.
  The Astronaut's Chair is Rona Munro's second 'space' play following Little Eagles, which is about the space race in Russia.
  'a beautifully written and sensitively executed docudrama' - Whatsonstage.com
  'the play shows the impact global politics and the whims of leaders can have on individual lives. It doesn't shirk from examining how personal rivalries are exacerbated when women have to compete for a single chair at a table where every other seat is occupied by men' - The Guardian
  'the dialogue is so elegant, so perfectly crafted and authentic... it's rare to see female power dynamics handled as subtly as they are here' - Exeunt Magazine

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  My Keto Diet Went To Pot After...

  Rollin Dehay

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  Do you know the true back story of Bigfoot or how Kim in North Korea united the Jews and Arabs? I didn’t think so. Here’s 90 boneheaded rhymes designed to pull your leg and for me to leave a LEGACY of tomfoolery.

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  Gangs of Shadow

  Michael O'Neill

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  This book is also available as a eBook. Buy it from Amazon here.
  There is a reaching for the unsayable throughout this collection, whether it is thinking about the future, people's inner lives or the shadows of place, O'Neill is wholeheartedly engaged with the unfathomable nature of living. To read these poems is to be part of his exuberance for the physical and visual experience of living, be that lying in a field, being with loved ones or watching the movement of light through a day. Each moment is brimming with imagery of its past and future, so these poems bring out the mutability and movement that both blurs and pinpoints events.
  Michael O'Neill has lectured at Durham University since 1979, where he is a Professor of English. He co-founded and co-edited Poetry Durham from 1982 to 1994. His critical studies include The All-Sustaining Air (OUP, 2007), an exploration of Romantic poetry's influence on poets since 1900. His first collection The Stripped Bed, was published by Collins Harvill in 1990, Arc published his second collection, Wheel, to critical acclaim.

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  Siarad - Poetry and Prose

  Caroline Reid

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  Award-winning writer and celebrated spoken-word performer Caroline Reid plumbs the depths of intimate human relationships in this bold and energetic collection of poetry and stories.  
  Siarad, a Welsh word meaning to talk or speak, is a 34-track audiobook that pushes the limits of the form. The work pulses with images of stars and stray dogs, highways with no horizon and mothers with fading memories. It’s a book of social and cultural commentary with poems about life and death and love. There are betrayal stories, surreal stories and lush stories that luxuriate in language, all with a consistent element of surprise.  
  Reid’s voice weaves in and out of an unconventional soundscape designed and produced by Jeffrey Zhang. The flow packs a punch. It’s an emotional roller coaster, which will make you laugh out loud and cry in the one sitting, and have you wanting to listen to it all over again. 
   Critic Reviews: 
   “Psychedelic. Startling. Alive. This book takes you to places you never imagined you’d go, and some places you’ve already been, but thought you were alone when you were there. Caroline Reid is a fellow traveller in a chaotic world. She tells a woman’s story, but it is the story of us all.” (Donna Ward, She I Dare Not Name: A Spinster’s Meditations on Life) 
  “The singing energy of Welsh literature is here grafted onto Australian colloquial informality and laid-back irony. The poems, prose poems and flash fictions in this collection demand to be read aloud to get the full effect.” (Kerryn Goldsworthy, Sydney Morning Herald) 
  “A great introduction to poetry and flash fiction for the uninitiated. Reid’s writing is satisfyingly complex, without being obscure, and relatable without being simplistic.” 
  (Tracey Korsten, Glam Adelaide) 
   

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