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Rita Ann Higgins

Jiving with Wasps

New & Selected Poems

Publication Date: 26 Mar 2026

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Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Jiving with Wasps is a new retrospective from Ireland's Rita Ann Higgins drawing on a dozen books of poetry published over four decades, from Goddess on the Mervue Bus (1986) to The Long Weekend (2024), in addition to new poems appearing here for the first time. These are provocative and heart-warming poems of high jinks and telling social...

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John McCullough

Crowd Voltage

Publication Date: 26 Mar 2026

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Lily Blacksell

Life Immediately

Publication Date: 26 Mar 2026

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J.H. Prynne

Poems

Publication Date: 23 Apr 2015

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Peter Didsbury

Scenes from a Long Sleep

Publication Date: 01 Apr 2026

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Jane Hirshfield

Jessica Traynor

Inger Christensen

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J.H. Prynne (1936-2026)

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