Don't Try This at HomeA girl repeatedly chops her boyfriend in half but, while her other half multiplies, she is still not satisfied. Love transforms a mother working down the chippie into Elvis. Clarys father puts antlers on stuffed rabbits to make jackalopes, but when her mother walks out on them, Clary has to help her father if they are to survive. Beautiful, sharp and fearless, Costa Short Story Award winner Angela Readmans debut collection is aptly titled, for each

Samuel Shimon: The Hedgehog – a chapter from an autobiographical novel

and a biographical essay for the late James Liddy’s Selected Poems (2011)

He flees to Jamaica but trouble follows him

prize-winning young author Haytham al-Wardany

and some guilt-induced false starts

This ecological and sceptical outlook is aligned with a deep affinity with

Vermeer’s Dark Parlour

The result is a series of studies in estrangement and exile

Silence dominates

neglected overseas cousin and this anthology brings her poetry into our house for the first time

viewed from the stands

vibrant and unique experience for all concerned