'Seamus Heaney has gone beyond the themes of his earlier poetry and has made the giant step towards the most ambitious, most intractable themes of maturity.

A collection full of comfort, vulnerability, rage and inspiration from one of the powerhouses of British poetry and award-winning novelist Salena Godden

'Pam Ayres is absolutely essential to British humour' Mail on Sunday 'A national treasure' Daily Express Delighting her fans for more than four decades with her mischievous wit and wry observations, this is a classic collection of poems and monologues from Pam Ayres, which takes us back to where it all began.

Dowson provides a comprehensive and beautifully edited volume of poems by women who wrote in the interwar years. This book redresses the balance in this previously neglected area and sheds new light on women's place in this era of literary history.

A beautiful collection of poetry with poems inspired by The Natural History Museum.

A beautiful gift hardback collection of poetry with poems inspired by The Natural History Museum.

Extending the concerns of Dart and written over a period of several years, these poems combine abrupt honesty with an exuberant rhetorical confidence, at times recalling the oral and anonymous tradition with which they share such affinity.

Here, in his own words and those of his closest friends and family, is William Wordsworth. From his childhood to his death in 1850, this portrait reveals the rebellious schoolboy, the supporter of of the French Revolution, the radical poet, the revered patriarch and the private man.

A collection of poems that navigate through a beguiling sequence of interior and exterior landscapes, whether revisiting Ovid, negotiating the perils of one composer's attempt to step into the shoes of another or describing, from shifting perspectives, a young girl's escape from suburban ennui.

'The World's Wife is a joyous exuberant book of poems about women usually excluded from myth and history' Guardian

A wonderful Christmas poem from the Poet Laureate

A collection of essays that look at early modern writers, reflecting the broad range of approaches and methodologies in the modern era. Topics covered include contextualizing the self, female discursive strategies, religious discourses and gender, writing a female space; and negotiating power.

YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND WRITING POETRY.Write Poetry - and Get it Published is a new edition of a long-standing and popular guide which offers you plenty of advice and ideas for inspiration as well as practical support for all aspects of the poetry writing and publication process.

Sequel to his acclaimed debut The Crumb Road, Buddhist priest Maitreyabandhu's new collection is about the stories we tell: a vivid and at times disturbing account of the world we live in and the history that shapes us.

A beautifully illustrated portrait of one complete year in nature, with a double page spread dedicated to each month from January through to December.

Claire Dyer's accomplished third collection of poetry charts the journey, from a mother's perspective, of the transition of her younger child from boy to girl.

Building on the formula of "York Notes", this Advanced series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives. The notes enable students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop their own critical thinking.