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John Challis

The Green Parcel

Publication Date: 03 Jun 2026

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The rural terrain of John Challis’s second collection provides a new lens for exploring history, class and work, our relationship to the natural world, and cycles of growth and decay. Much of his debut collection The Resurrectionists concerned working lives in the city: his father a London cabbie, his grandfather a market porter. Here his focus shifts to a crumbling stately home in...

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Frank Ormsby

The Tumbling Paddy

Publication Date: 03 Jun 2026

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Lawrence Sail

Double Takes

Publication Date: 03 Jun 2026

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Tishani Doshi

Egrets, While War

Publication Date: 21 May 2026

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Jennifer Lee Tsai

Melete

Publication Date: 21 May 2026

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