An arresting debut collection from a young poet, Monika Radojevic's Teeth in the Back of My Neck was the inaugural winner of the #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, dedicated to discovering the stories that aren't being heard and to find the best writer of a new generation.

A brilliant re-interpretation of The Canterbury Tales for the 21st century, from one of the UK's foremost poets

`Yes, it was be there or be square as, clad in the slum chic of the hipster, he issued the slang anthems of the zip age in the desperate esperanto of the bop. John Cooper Clarke: the name behind the hairstyle, the words walk in the grooves hacking through the hi-fi paradise of true luxury'Punk.

The hilarious and heart-warming new collection from World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker, which sees him turn his attention to the topic of fatherhood for the first time

The real England, the real John Betjeman

Robert Henryson was profoundly influenced by Chaucer's vision of the frailty and pathos of human life. His greatest poem is the narrative "Testament of Cresseid", set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, which completes the story of Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde". This work features the translated Seven of the Fables.

Contains the short fictions - some of them no longer than a page - written and published by Beckett between 1950 and the early 1970s.

This work is heartfelt.' Benjamin Zephaniah 'Honest and beautiful.' Guy Gunaratne, author of IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY 'When writing is this honest, it soars.

Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple, from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother, and the daughter. Winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection.

Poems of a lost self and a lost brother. Growing up with undiagnosed Asperger's, Limburg identified with Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Another of the book's main sequences was written in response to her brother's suicide.

First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts.

This selection of essays delivers an accessible introduction to the variety, depth, and wonder of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Fresh engagement with the individual tales provides a lively and provocative guide to arguably the most important text in the teaching of medieval literature.

The Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of 30 pilgrims who meet at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, and travel together to visit the shrine of St Thomas Becket in Canterbury cathedral. The tavern host, who accompanies them, suggests that they amuse one another along the way by telling stories.

A selection of the "Chaucer's Canterbury Tales" that provides an introduction to one of the cornerstones of English literature. It offers character sketches of the colourful band of pilgrims who gather at a London inn on their way to Canterbury. It contains an introduction examining Chaucer's life and work and the literary influences on the Tales.

This edition contains a wealth of material and over 3,000 notes which will help all students of Chaucer's masterpiece.

A new collection by one of Scotland's best loved and liveliest poets, touching on themes of friendship, loss, nature and love 'Michael Pedersen is one of Britain's most exciting poets ' Daljit Nagra

Unique collection spans over 400 years (1488-1902) of haiku by greatest masters: Basho, Issa, Shiki, and many more. Translated by top-flight scholars. Foreword and many informative notes to the poems.