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books for 2010

Pang Valley Pang Valley (Two Rivers Press) Adrian Blamires

Landscape and memory are central to Adrian Blamires’ second collection of poems, revisiting places of shared pleasure and pain. Whether the subject is love, war or poetry itself, the pangs of conscience and desire are felt throughout.

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English Nettles English Nettles (Two Rivers Press) Peter Robinson

Twenty-two new works, evocatively illustrated by the artist Sally Castle, show Robinson's ability to catch at fleeting landscapes...

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LS No Doves No Doves (Mulfran Press) Lesley Saunders

... Lesley Saunders’distinctive blend of wonder and intellectual curiosity emerges in No Doves at full power ... truly a devotion of noticing. - Jane Draycott

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AFH Flood Flood (Two Rivers Press) A F Harrold

These poems are the real thing: serious about being human and being at home in the world. - Bernard O'Donoghue

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