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Books (45)

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Wednesday, 22 September 2021 08:30

Ghosts of the Early Morning Shift

Written by Jim Aitken

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Scotland’s radical credentials, past and present, are evident throughout the pages of this new anthology, the companion volume to the anthology of radical poetry, A Kist of Thistles, published in 2020. The first part of the anthology contains Memoirs, and the second part contains Flash Fiction with Short Stories. In…

Monday, 20 September 2021 09:37

The Cry of the Poor

Written by Fran Lock

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The Cry of the Poor: An Anthology of Radical Writing About Poverty, is selected and edited by Fran Lock, and features poetry, short stories, life-writing, essays and art by over one hundred contributors from around the world. This ambitious anthology asks urgent and compelling questions about what poverty is, who…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 12 July 2021 07:49

Apricot Sun

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Written by Mike Quille

Trisha Heaney’s poems are sincere, authentic and true. Her polemical pieces show no pity for the pitiless, combining outrage and insight, but the political is often potently personal, whether the focus is on the communitarian solidarity experienced growing up on a Glasgow housing scheme, or on the sense of belonging…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 11 May 2021 09:30

The Brown Envelope Ebook and Book

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Written by Alan Morrison

The Brown Envelope Ebook is now available for orders here, and the printed version is available here. It is published by Caparison in association with Culture Matters and Don't Go Breaking Our Arts. The poems have been selected and edited by Alan Morrison and Kate Jay-R, with a Foreword by…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:53

Our Father Eclipse

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Written by Mike Quille

Our Father Eclipse is a pseudo-apocalyptic, eco-socialist, dystopian vision of the world. Framed amid the realities of global pandemic and climate emergency, it speaks to a post-truth political era where neoliberal capitalism is clearly and dramatically failing. Dark, yet edged with hope, it contains questions of faith, belief and truth…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:47

Anonymous Bosch

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Written by Mike Quille

Mike Jenkins once again invites us into the daily lives of austerity-struck residents of Merthyr Tydfil and the Valleys, in this bittersweet collection of poem-monologues, communicated in the sympathetic Welsh working-class voice that has become the poet's signature. Once again we find them coping with the stresses and strains on…

Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:26

Ballad of the Black Domain

Written by Mike Quille

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Ballad of the Black Domain is a collection of poems about the South Wales coalfield of its title and the revolutionary traditions of Merthyr. It’s full of verve and sensitive empathy for the oppressed, with a deep sense of history that doesn't lapse into over-indulgent nostalgia. There is a tension…

Thursday, 03 December 2020 15:57

Where We Get Magic From

Written by Mike Quille

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We tend to think that feeding and watering our kids is enough. Job done. We’re so busy making a living ourselves that we gladly hand them over to schools and to social media, to be fed the mainstream culture. But that culture broadly supports the status quo. It does not…

Wednesday, 25 November 2020 11:16

The Sikh Snowman

Written by Mike Quille

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Some snowmen had topknots. Some wore football scarves and skull caps. Some had veils over their faces. One had fairy wings. They all began to sing...... Snowfall, friendship and feelings combine in this heartfelt and celebratory story about coming together. There's a relatable and joyous sense of wonder as the…

Sunday, 08 November 2020 21:29

From the Plough to the Stars

Written by Mike Quille

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From the Plough to the Stars: An Anthology of Working People’s Prose from Contemporary Ireland This is the follow-up volume to Children of the Nation: An Anthology of Working People's Poetry from Contemporary Ireland, published in 2019. Like that book, it aims to express working people's perspective on life. There…