Members' Publications (In alphabetical order by Surname)
Scroll down the page to see details of publications by : Sophia Argris, Elaine Baker, Liz Birchall, Mark Leech, Deborah Mason, Jennifer A. McGowan, David Olsen, Kathleen M. Quinlan, Tina Sederholm, Jane Spiro, Paul Surman, Averil Stedeford, Merryn Williams, and Pat Winslow
'How Do the Parakeets Stay Green?'
Sophia Argyris
ISBN: ISBN 978-1-909357-50-1
Published 4th June 2014 by Indigo Dreams Publishing £7.99
Can be purchased direct from the publisher at the following link: http://www.indigodreamsbookshop.com/#/sophia-argyris/4584569248
Or can be purchased from the author. Please contact [email protected]
Sophia Argyris
ISBN: ISBN 978-1-909357-50-1
Published 4th June 2014 by Indigo Dreams Publishing £7.99
Can be purchased direct from the publisher at the following link: http://www.indigodreamsbookshop.com/#/sophia-argyris/4584569248
Or can be purchased from the author. Please contact [email protected]
“This is a poignant but tough love story told against the backdrop of Brexit-era England… these poems speak eloquently of the way we live now.” (- Tamar Yoseloff)
“Elaine Baker writes so beautifully about love: macrocosmic passion and domestic comfort are drawn with sharp, sensual tenderness. Winter with Eva … is one to read carefully yet compulsively in a single setting.” (- Rachel Piercey)
“Winter with Eva is very human, very conscious” (- V Press)
£7.50 incl postage from V Press
“Elaine Baker writes so beautifully about love: macrocosmic passion and domestic comfort are drawn with sharp, sensual tenderness. Winter with Eva … is one to read carefully yet compulsively in a single setting.” (- Rachel Piercey)
“Winter with Eva is very human, very conscious” (- V Press)
£7.50 incl postage from V Press
‘In Praise of Bees: a Cabinet of Curiosities’ by Elizabeth Birchall
ISBN 978-1-84689-192-2 Publication date: early September 2014;
www.quillerpublishing.com Casebound 256 pages, circa 150 illustrations ranging from old masters and early scientific drawings to contemporary photographs. Rich in quotations and poetry, including many poems by the author. Price £30 from any good bookshop or by contacting the author, [email protected], or the publisher.
‘A thought-provoking introduction to the depth and breadth of man’s fascination
with bees. She has truly opened many drawers in a cabinet of curiosities and in so doing... will stimulate the reader to find out even more...’. Richard Jones, Director Emeritus of International Bee Research Association and editor of Bee World.
‘Your book is fabulous.’ Pat Winslow.
‘... absolutely fabulously presented. Hardback with text and illustrations looking as though they were in an 18th or 19th century private library.’ Jenyth Worsley
ISBN 978-1-84689-192-2 Publication date: early September 2014;
www.quillerpublishing.com Casebound 256 pages, circa 150 illustrations ranging from old masters and early scientific drawings to contemporary photographs. Rich in quotations and poetry, including many poems by the author. Price £30 from any good bookshop or by contacting the author, [email protected], or the publisher.
‘A thought-provoking introduction to the depth and breadth of man’s fascination
with bees. She has truly opened many drawers in a cabinet of curiosities and in so doing... will stimulate the reader to find out even more...’. Richard Jones, Director Emeritus of International Bee Research Association and editor of Bee World.
‘Your book is fabulous.’ Pat Winslow.
‘... absolutely fabulously presented. Hardback with text and illustrations looking as though they were in an 18th or 19th century private library.’ Jenyth Worsley
Chang'an Poems by Mark Leech
Chang'an Poems, £3, available here: http://thesamsmith.webs.com/originalpluschapbooks.htm#820667998
Deborah Mason's first collection Squaring the Circle
is published by Graft Poetry
The collection is available from http://www.graftpoetry.co.uk/
Deborah Mason's poems travel far and wide - geographically, to begin with. But gradually you
realise you are entering different metaphorical worlds too, and that her linguistic wit is
waiting to pounce - as on to the tall man who is 'all angles and no poise'. What is so satisfying
about these poems is the way they build up a strange, truthful world.
- Bernard O' Donoghue
is published by Graft Poetry
The collection is available from http://www.graftpoetry.co.uk/
Deborah Mason's poems travel far and wide - geographically, to begin with. But gradually you
realise you are entering different metaphorical worlds too, and that her linguistic wit is
waiting to pounce - as on to the tall man who is 'all angles and no poise'. What is so satisfying
about these poems is the way they build up a strange, truthful world.
- Bernard O' Donoghue
The Weight of Coming Home by Jennifer A. McGowan
Copies available from Indigo Dreams Press website.
Nocturnes is David Olsen's Fourth full length collection
and is published under Dempsey and Windle's Vole imprint
and is published under Dempsey and Windle's Vole imprint
After Hopper & Lange is David Olsen's third collection
and is Published by Oversteps Books
and is Published by Oversteps Books
Unfolding Origami by David Olsen.
Copies are available from Blackwell’s Oxford or from Cinnamon Press at www.cinnamonpress.com. Signed copies are available at a discount from the author via www.davidolsenpoetry.net/unfolding-origami.html.
Adroit and affective, David Olsen’s poetry explores liminal states and identity in a confident, graceful voice. His lucid style and keen observation exhibits depth and precision. Images are delicate and metaphors are controlled; resonant with humanity. There is poignancy here, but never sentimentality; always maintaining the tension of the poetic form. Insightful, affectionate, and always accessible, this is an accomplished, mature and long awaited full-length debut.
According to Pat Winslow, "the sea is never very far away in David Olsen's work -- the come-and-go rhythms of our lives, the returns and repetitions, life and death. 'Fugue' brilliantly sets the tone. This is reflective work, full of small moments and detailed photographic images. His new world is alert to its history and to possibility. There is an almost tender quality to his observation. You won't find a cynical note here. Neither will you find mawkish sentimentality. He writes with integrity and honesty."
According to Paul Surman, this collection consists of "elegies that range from the personal to the universal, via poets, artists, plants, even a photograph of the wife of a migrant farm work during the Great Depression. From ‘The Shot’, about Chile after Allende, to the very lovely ‘To Grass’, David Olsen records everything with quiet skill, in vivid and precise language and with a clear-sighted and consistent humanity." To obtain a copy of this chapbook, please contact David Olsen by clicking here.
According to Paul Surman, this collection consists of "elegies that range from the personal to the universal, via poets, artists, plants, even a photograph of the wife of a migrant farm work during the Great Depression. From ‘The Shot’, about Chile after Allende, to the very lovely ‘To Grass’, David Olsen records everything with quiet skill, in vivid and precise language and with a clear-sighted and consistent humanity." To obtain a copy of this chapbook, please contact David Olsen by clicking here.
According to Merryn Williams, editor emeritus of The Interpreter's House, "David Olsen is an impressive poet whose short pieces unfold, like origami, to reveal multiple meanings. Dust under a bed, an unopened bottle of whisky, a falling leaf, carry a quiet message about the fragility of life and relationships. These poems deserve to be read and re-read."
In an editorial in Envoi #163, Jan Fortune described ‘Seaside Nocturne’ as "a commentary on language itself, and the failures of language , in a beautifully controlled single metaphor that is resonant of the everyday, yet takes us deeper with wonderful phrases like 'I invigilate the dark'".
To obtain a copy of this chapbook, please contact David Olsen by clicking here.
From We to I by Kathleen M. Quinlan.
Copies available from Blackwell's bookshop in Oxford
Or from the Cinnamon Press website
The Velvet Box by Tina Sederholm
It can purchased from Tina's website: http://www.tinasederholm.com/buy-some.html
Forthcoming from member Averil Stedeford
The Long Way Down
poems of grief and hope
all profits to hospice, cancer and bereavement charities
Paul Surman's first collection - published by Oversteps Books in 2018
Critics said:
'Again a collection that demands to be re-read' Sam Smith - The Journal
A fascinating, thought provoking, sometimes unsettling odyssey into the “edge of things” and
the spaces in between. Richard Woolmer - South
Critics said:
'Again a collection that demands to be re-read' Sam Smith - The Journal
A fascinating, thought provoking, sometimes unsettling odyssey into the “edge of things” and
the spaces in between. Richard Woolmer - South
Paul Surman's second collection Seasons of Damage and Beauty
was published in 2021 by Dempsey and Windle under their Vole imprint
was published in 2021 by Dempsey and Windle under their Vole imprint
These poems are chosen from Merryn Williams' four collections and from a substantial body of new work. The title is from a poem about post-natal depression:
'One fell off the fragile bridge,
others froze in horror.
Far below them, howling winds
and glimpse of raging water'.
Other poems focus on refugees, bereavement, unsuitable jobs for women, Jeremy Corbyn and learning Latin from 'old maids'.
'I like the fact that your poems have real content and don't have any truck with .... the post-modern nonsense' - Vernon Scannell.
'A thoroughly enjoyable read. Can't put her down. How often does poetry do that to you?' - Peter Finch
Letter To My Rival by Merryn Williams
Available from: http://www.shoestring-press.com/2015/11/letter-to-my-rival/
'Effie: A Victorian Scandal'. By Merryn Williams, can be bought on Amazon for £7 or as a Kindle book for £5.99.
If you click on the word Amazon above it will link you to the Amazon site.
Pat
Winslow
Kissing Bones, Templar Poetry
ISBN 9781906285357
Pat Winslow’s most recent collection, explores the roles of hausmärchen and myth making – how we tell the world to ourselves, how we process big things like loss of innocence, love, death and survival.
The poems draw richly on Grimms’ tales and expand to explore contemporary issues, family narratives, history and the strange and colourful world of predictions and animal symbolism.
Kissing Bones is available from Templar Poetry and from http://www.patwinslow.com/books.html
Kissing Bones, Templar Poetry
ISBN 9781906285357
Pat Winslow’s most recent collection, explores the roles of hausmärchen and myth making – how we tell the world to ourselves, how we process big things like loss of innocence, love, death and survival.
The poems draw richly on Grimms’ tales and expand to explore contemporary issues, family narratives, history and the strange and colourful world of predictions and animal symbolism.
Kissing Bones is available from Templar Poetry and from http://www.patwinslow.com/books.html
Pat Winslow
Unpredictable Geometry, Templar Poetry
ISBN 9781906285210
"Here is a poet of keen vision, remembering and analysing the past. Her language balances on the tightrope stretching between past and future - ‘A little kindness in salt, a little bitterness/ on the tongue’. In this original and moving collection we see how this poet explores her ‘geometries’ of place and event with wit, delicacy of perception, and panache." Penelope Shuttle
Unpredictable Geometry is available from Templar Poetry and from http://www.patwinslow.com/books.html
Unpredictable Geometry, Templar Poetry
ISBN 9781906285210
"Here is a poet of keen vision, remembering and analysing the past. Her language balances on the tightrope stretching between past and future - ‘A little kindness in salt, a little bitterness/ on the tongue’. In this original and moving collection we see how this poet explores her ‘geometries’ of place and event with wit, delicacy of perception, and panache." Penelope Shuttle
Unpredictable Geometry is available from Templar Poetry and from http://www.patwinslow.com/books.html
Pat
Winslow
Dreaming of Walls Repeating Themselves, Templar Poetry
ISBN 9781906285036
Dreaming of Walls Repeating Themselves was a winner of the 2007 Templar Poetry Pamphlet & Collection Awards.
“A dark mischief runs through this collection of well-measured and finely crafted poems. There is seriousness and sadness tempered with playfulness and abandon: the surreal quality of a dream, interrogating perception
and the walls between things, how it might be if they were scaled or surrendered.” Linda France
Dreaming of Walls Repeating Themselves is available from Templar Poetry and from http://www.patwinslow.com/books.html
Dreaming of Walls Repeating Themselves, Templar Poetry
ISBN 9781906285036
Dreaming of Walls Repeating Themselves was a winner of the 2007 Templar Poetry Pamphlet & Collection Awards.
“A dark mischief runs through this collection of well-measured and finely crafted poems. There is seriousness and sadness tempered with playfulness and abandon: the surreal quality of a dream, interrogating perception
and the walls between things, how it might be if they were scaled or surrendered.” Linda France
Dreaming of Walls Repeating Themselves is available from Templar Poetry and from http://www.patwinslow.com/books.html
Pat Winslow
Skin & Dust, Blinking Eye
ISBN 0954903609
“There is a texture of curiosity running through Pat Winslow’s poetry, a fascination with the ordinary as well as the extraordinary. Hers is a mature, original voice, even-toned and wide-ranging. Her style is unornamented but never plain in poems that offer a wry take on the present and a quizzical look at the past....Skin & Dust more than exceeds the promise of the five poems that won her first prize in the Blinking Eye Competition.” Linda France
Skin & Dust is available from http://www.patwinslow.com/books.html
Skin & Dust, Blinking Eye
ISBN 0954903609
“There is a texture of curiosity running through Pat Winslow’s poetry, a fascination with the ordinary as well as the extraordinary. Hers is a mature, original voice, even-toned and wide-ranging. Her style is unornamented but never plain in poems that offer a wry take on the present and a quizzical look at the past....Skin & Dust more than exceeds the promise of the five poems that won her first prize in the Blinking Eye Competition.” Linda France
Skin & Dust is available from http://www.patwinslow.com/books.html