Three GravesJohn Wilson dreamt of becoming a renowned composer. John sets aside music for literature, writing under the name Anthony Burgess. Decades later, alone once more in Manchester, he encounters three spectres from his past. They refer to him as Our Jackie, and he senses the facade of Burgess begin to crumble. Walking rain soaked streets he is drawn back to his past lives in pre independent Malaya, wartime London, 1960s Europe, and 1970s America.

with its meditations on family

Lochlan Bloom

The shaman

winner of the 2020 Prix de la Littérture Arabe

Navigating many literal and metaphorical islands along the way

Markham demonstrates a laudable wider range of talents

Call centre agents and migrant workers

in Jennifer Russell's magnificent translation

It features some of her most well-known and widely performed poems as well as some never-seen-before material

steeped in myth and music

With shattering delicacy

there is solace and hope