Unconditional Surrender

Emyr Humphreys


In the months between May and August 1945 the world is both winding down and changing forever. The European war over, Britain looks to the future and prepares for a general election. Unknown to all but a few, life is about to be pitched into the atomic age ...

Uncontrollable Fields

Steve Griffiths

Steve Griffith’s long-awaited third collection of poems Uncontrollable Fields is a sensitive look at the contemporary world, the legacy of politics, history, love, chance. Ranging across Wales, England and Spain, from Owain Glyndwr to cruise...

The Unexplored Ocean

Catherine Fisher

In this striking collection Catherine Fisher mixes vivid and particular poems about the Welsh landscape such as "The Four Seasons" and "Field-walking", with historical monologues such as "Incident at Conwy" and scenes from myth like...

Up the Lamb

John Ackerman

’Up The Lamb’ is the story of young John Ackerman’s growing up in the mining town of Maesteg during the Depression and the war years. The son of a butcher - and therefore the family were ’trade’ - John escaped the worst of the poverty while being acutely aware of it in the lives of his schoolmates ...

Useful

Peter Finch

Peter Finch’s collection, Useful, is marked by all the restless energy, humour and angst that is so characteristic of this compulsively entertaining poet. Among the varied subjects to come under the poet’s subversive scrutiny are...