Cinnamon press blaenau ffestiniog (144 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Bonnie Thurstons Forgotten Futures: a memoir is a tender hearts cry and a passionate celebration in one. There is deep poignancy and longing here, but not a mawkish or maudlin word. We travel in two landscapes the world inhabited with wonder for each small detail, and the internal world of half a couple, observing both the relationships moments of grace, joy and intimacy and those of wounding, longing and loss. In supple, accessible language, honed to beauty, these poems resonate with a sense of the sacredness of small things and the transforming power of memory. 'When Love Is Passed'When love is passed to youon a bone china platelike Petits Fours on a doily,accept with gratitude.Life holds enoughawful, heavy crockery,and we have all eatenmore than our share of sand. A tender yet passionate commentary on loss and grief. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Set in Serbia during the First World War, the lives of a brave soldier and a patriotic medical orderly interweave. Stefan is brutalised by war atrocities but torn by loyalty to his men. Ellen buries the memory of womens rotting corpses piled in a church. When Serbia is occupied during 1915, the army, 30,000 of its cadets, and hundreds of its people evacuate in a mass exodus to Corfu. In the worst Balkan winter in living memory, Stefan leads the rear guard action and Ellen escorts cadets. Their survival depends on them facing what they fear most. There is a satisfying blend of spareness and depth in A Time for Peace, which is very accomplished. Marg Roberts has a natural-seeming ability to blend outer sensory detail with inner life and a light touch with perfectly poised use of sensory detail that brings scenes alive. There is a subtlety that knows about pacing and delivery as well as understatement. A fine and brave novel. Roselle Angwin This is a very convincing piece of writing. The terse tone suits the subject matter and the characters inhabit their world well. Ian Breckon, author of Knight of Swords. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In Crown of Thorns G W Colkitto presents a playful yet erudite take on sonnets and not sonnets. Layered with references that are used to hold a mirror to the self, and with an astute focus on the business of writing poetry itself, this is a deft, intelligent, witty collection. This award-winning pamphlet is delivered with the lightness of touch weve come to recognise from a poet who constantly extends his reach. Witty and self-reflexive take on the sonnet the latest pamphlet from the widely respected Scottish poet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In the initial sequence of this pamphlet, and following short lyrics, the writer explores the experience of living with long-term, and severe mental states. There is no safe haven of medical pathology here, but an urgent rite of passage for the damaged and conflicted soul. A form of modern Purgatoryescaping the grasping jaws of Inferno, to find itself stumbling towards a rarefied, yet earthy, Paradiso.Ian Marriotts marvellous poems inhabit rather than observe nature in fact they do both but are as much concerned with the human condition. They work in the area of what Hopkins called instress. The voice is calm, contained and precise, as when he watches a Pond Skater, So perilous / this thin meniscus / six legs spread out. The poems too seem to tremble on the water of their vision. George Szirtes Poetry that takes an unflinching look at the experience of living with long-term, severe mental states and yet finds reasons for hope. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. What does it take for us to begin to heal? In the midst of recovering from crystal-meth addiction, facing infertility, battling chronic fatigue, surviving breast cancer, rebuilding a relationship with her narcissistic motherClea realises she has to take a break from men.There had been too many disasters beginning with the Adonis-like Old Etonian, Luke, who cant stop cheating. What unites her with darkly handsome Tarquin, who follows Clea to the USA, only to rob her? Jordan, a dumpster-diving tweaker who deserts her for a porn star; Saint Peter who persuades her into rehab; sexually confused Brent; violent Conrad and self-obsessed Alfie? Why does she turn down decent Nat who is just too nice?Rich, powerful and authentic, Some Boys I Knew takes us on a raw, insightful journey to becoming the person Clea most needs: Herself.A vivid memoir from the writer of Tweaking the Dream. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Edward Ragg won the 2012 Cinnamon Press Poetry Award and his debut collection was A Force That Takes (2013). His second volume, Holding Unfailing (2017), charted the rise of modern China, whilst Exploring Rights (2020) confronted post-truth culture and the prospects of humankinds survival. And Then the Rain Came turns to love, physical and mental geographies, well-being and the vitality of the present. Set against the backdrops of the global pandemic and climate crisis, each poem embraces present perception in the awakening motif of rain. A contemplation on love, the many physical and mental geographies we cross, and the vitality of the present moment. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Responding to the fragile borders between climate change and mental health to evolve into conversations around trauma, change, care and the natural world, The Chalk Butterfly explores images of home and the paradoxes around our simultaneous care and un-care for nature and language. Working backwards through the butterflys life cycle, each phase examines the tipping points, vanishing or fractured boundaries between our environments (internal and external), reflecting on the damaging ways we step on both the earth and humanity. Yet in these precise, exquisitely realised prose poems there is also celebration of the overwhelming urge to adapt and help life thrive, a turning away from the despair that would accept we might just about manage or even fail in favour of moments of transformation. Each of Jane Monson's quietly immersive prose-poems is a light cast on the different facet of a vulnerable, interdependent world. Inanimate things are as charged with sensation and volition as the human minds and bodies that respond, sometimes painfully, to their disorder. This writing leaves us with no choice but to see more clearly; it enables us to care a little more. Philip Gross Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Light Airs confirms Mick Evans as an exceptional poet whose linguistic dexterity in making every phrase work on multiple levels is matched by his impressive range of references. Whether the metaphors are of love or change, hubris or the banality of evil, the control and voice is always unerring, the precision always honed and intelligent. There are poems here that will chill and unsettle the reader and poems of exquisite tenderness. What unites them is there is never a complacent, sentimental or glib word. These are poems of depth and passion threaded with humane humour. Pushing at the boundaries of form, Light Airs is an inventive, honest and distinctive collection that will resonate long after reading. An inventive, honest and distinctive debut collection, filled with humour and yet sometimes unsettling in the directness of its gaze. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Charting winter journeys, travelling to funerals and to the anniversary of a young death, David Batten reflects on loss in its many guises. Facing grief with a meticulous attention, whether it strikes in close family or political reality, Winterreis touches on truths as urgent now as when Willhelm Mueller wrote his own Winterreise, a poetry cycle with which Batten resonates and echoes, or when Franz Schubert composed his song cycle of the same name, based on Muellers poems. The poems here become an assembly of the omens encountered while wandering in contemporary Europe. and a commemoration of those making music and poetry, who too often die young. Poignant, cathartic and ultimately life-affirming, this is considered poetry written with grace. Meditative poetry inspired by winter as season and metaphor. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Elizabeth I has died. Science promises light where superstition offered shadows. Mared believes the old ways still have power but her father minister, soldier, physician and Master of Cynvael thinks his eldest daughter should be more like her sister Lizzie, a biddable advocate of this coming age of reason.When Mared uncovers dark arts as well as dark secrets in her fathers life, she must join with Lizzie to find truth and to act. A glittering retelling of Welsh myth that asks questions of society as it is today. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Memory, time, love and loss weave through all of G W Colkittos poems with a resonance that moves us fluidly from yearning to insight. The master of seeing connections, Shake the Kaleidoscope finds Colkitto taking a view across the whole of life: non-linear, sometimes fragmentary, imbued with whimsy and humour, but above all permeable to the scars and triumphs of loss and love. As the poems range back and forth across the years, one memory provoking another, it is not only the whole of the poets life laid out in the pieces of glass to be endlessly rearranged, but the whole of the human condition. Whether examining interior moments or negotiations with the world of work; whether writing astute commentary on political and social inequalities, or simply savouring those small moments of deep joy provoked by the simplest of things, Colkitto holds up a mirror to lifehis own, and ours. An autobiographical collection of poems that charts the poet's long and eventful life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Growing from a year-long commitment to write one haiku a day, Catstrawe ranges through family history and female relationships, the stimulation of travel and the inspiration to found in the immediate environment, politics and the world situation, but always, at its heart, the experience of living with cancer. Quickly outgrowing the limitations of seventeen syllables to explorer more extended forms, this is a book about living life to the full in the face of the inevitability of death. Growing from a year-long commitment to write one haiku a day, Catstrawe ranges through family history and female relationships, the stimulation of travel and the inspiration to found in the immediate environment, politics and the world situation, and the experience of living with cancer. This is a book about living life to the full. -- Cinnamon Pr Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Opening a conversation with paintings and sculptures from the 16th Century to the present, this second collection by Nigel Hutchinson displays all his hallmark wit and insight. Artists as diverse and Brueghel (elder and younger), Lautrec, Paul Nash, Barbara Hepworth and Cezanne find themselves taking a skewed but searching view of the points at which life and art rub together, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes with greater friction. Humane, wry, always spirited, Do Not Enter Alarmed Area is a testament to the power of both words and images. Follow up poetry collection to Nigel Hutchinson's warmly received debut, The Humble Family Interviews. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A recipient of an Eric Gregory Award as a young poet, Ian Gregsons debut collection, Call Centre Love Song went on to be shortlisted for a Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Described by Carol Rumens as combining a postmodernists sense of things being various with a traditionalists concern for shape and completeness, Gregsons work is formally diverse, eminently accessible and packed with wit, but this is never glib or throw-away. There is deep commentary going on in these poems, on how we make and break connections, on the possibilities and limits of language and perception. Brilliant, often funny, frequently poignant and always timely, The Slasher and the Vampire as Role Models, is a new and collected that shows Gregson at the height of his linguistic dexterity as poet with something real to say.Gregsons work is characterised by a belief that poetry should include and incorporate modern experience and not simply cordon off a special lyric arena where the world stops and poetry begins. Patrick McGuinness New and selected poetry from a controversial but impossible to ignore poet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Signed by the author on first (title) page, with a brief inscription to a named individual. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; as new. 62pp.; Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A Little Switch sees Max Falkland on a new mission, this time posing as a maid of honour at the Queens coronation. Out of her comfort zone with an assignment that reminds her she is the daughter of a viscount, and out of her depth with the silent men in her life, she takes refuge in an archeological expedition, but a chance meeting leads to a trip that will force Max to face the most frightening moments of her career while trying to protect those she loves. The final novel in this Cold War spy trilogy comes to an exciting conclusion to Max Falkland novels following on from Cold Crash and A Running Lie. Third installment of the popular Max Falkner Cold War spy trilogy finds Max facing her most dangerous mission yet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Two years after the events of The Standing Ground, the tiny outpost of Y Tir in North Wales becomes a refuge for those who want to live without implantspermanent links to government surveillance that are threatening to dominate peoples lives again. But can Alys, Luke and Emrys thwart the growing threats of the new tech-giants whose offers of enhanced memories and virtual lives mask the erosion of privacy and even humanity? As new enemies threaten Y Tirs existence, and old enemies emerge to sew seeds of destruction, Alys and Lukes lives are put under increasing pressure. But there are also allies, not least Alys and Lukes daughter, Iris, who appears to have fallen out of the mists of Greek legend and into Celtic myth. Can Iris, more strange and powerful even than Myrddin Emrys, also known as Merlin, save the day for Y Tir? Two years after The Standing Ground, the outpost of Y Tir continues to for its survival. As forces darker than they imagine gather, the promise of a new ally brings hope. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Honza Pernaths life is barren. The person he loves is gone and his friends, even his dreams, say she will not return.When a chance meeting sets him on a search for his lost love, the path is neither straight nor easy and Honza comes to doubt everything, including the one he searches for. A single imagea star rising over the seacalls him on, but that image is more than it seems and as Honza nears its source, his search reveals more than he could have imagined.A sequel to the mysterious and beautiful short story, Marietta Merz (now an illustrated chapbook), Child of the Black Sun is an exploration of the living symbols at the core of everyday life; a visionary evocation of the internal journey. Grief sets an unsuspecting artists on a journey deep into unsuspected mystical realms. A sequel to the popular short story, 'Marietta Merz'. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The alleged death of utopian fiction and its eclipsing by dystopia is, Rowan Fortune, cogently argues, grossly exaggerated. Reprising elements of their doctoral thesis on utopian fiction, Fortune provides not only an extensive chronology of utopia, but also gives writers a sense of the many flavours of this genre, arguing that its range and reach is as vibrant as ever and all the more urgent. This is a genre intensely in communication with itself, so that one cannot understand the richness of the tradition (nor what makes a good dystopias) without a broad reading. Morris makes less sense without Bellamy, Bacon without Andreae, and so on Maintaining a dialogue that goes back to the beginnings of modernity (to Mores moral objections to the emerging class forces of his period, the violences of the enclosures and the new secular form of rulership) Fortune demonstrates in their lively and densely packed analysis how concerns about the ordering of a good society; of womens suffering the patriarchy; of people oppressed by racism; of ecology are at the heart of utopian discourse. Moreover, Writing Nowhere, establishes not only that utopia still has much to say, but that its ability to straightforwardly convey the most intimate values of the author is a sign of the genres essential courage. And, in terms of narrative, there remains room to innovate so that, The best way to read utopia is to read with the intention of writing your own. Writing Nowhere will guide you in this adventure. Whether you write short stories or novels, it will set you on the road to engaging powerfully in the utopic tradition, inspiring you to respond to it directly in what you write. An all-in-old guide to writing utopian fiction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This book celebrates the art of storytelling - whether the making of myth or the stories we tell ourselves to bring narrative and shape to the lives we lead. These fine narrative pieces in lyric form showcase the poetic talents of some of the most interesting emerging poets from Wales, the UK and the world.|Mae'r gyfrol hon yn edrych ar y ddawn o adrodd straeon - boed hynny wrth wau chwedlau, neu yn y straeon a adroddwn er mwyn rhoi siap i'n bywydau. Ceir yma weithiau gan rai o feirdd diweddaraf Cymru, y Deyrnas Unedig a'r byd. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 2121: Wading through a drowned fenland, Jean is searching for a lost village and a hillside church that appears only in dim memories of the world before it was engulfed by rising sea levels, deserts and floods. She is looking for a time capsule buried over 160 years ago, a symbol of hope for a different future.1958: Coming of age in a drab and exhausted post-War London, Ida finds herself questioning the assumptions of her mother and her Uncle Roy. Wanting more from life, she is drawn into circles of political activism, jazz clubs, and life lived on the margins of conformist society places where there are as many questions as there are possible answers. Separated by decades and a planet turned upside down by climate shifts, the lives of these two women begin to draw together. As Jean closes in on the location of the time capsule and Ida prepares to take part in the first Ban the Bomb march to the nuclear weapons research centre at Aldermaston, their fates dramatically collide. Separated by two centuries and a world transformed by profound climate change, the lives to two women become increasingly entwined. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. For Caitlin Bailey the past has been far from easy. Living in the shadows of her mothers mental illness, she has been brought up in Dublin by her Aunt Milla. Now aged 22 and with her mother back home, Caitlin is escaping to London with her artist boyfriend Fitz to live life on her own terms. What does she want? Who can she be?The emerging art scene of early 90s London brings a job as a gallery assistant and exciting new friends but intrusive memories of her childhood haunt Caitlins nights. And then Fitz leaves to work in Rye its temporary but feels like another abandonment. What follows will change everything.A love story in which past and present reverberate, Three Flowers asks what we need to hold and what we need to let go in order to love and live well. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 1970 and Gill's husband, Finbar, receives a Fullbright Scholarship to do research at Duke University, North Carolina. They leave Dublin to live among fellow academics but the constant barbecues, parties and suppers soon pall. So they rent a rural wooden farmhouse on a 'haze of romantic adventure'.Soon Gill is growing vegetables, milking cows, churning butter, quilting, training horses, surviving termites and getting to know neighbours who speak almost the same language in a very different culture.Written with warmth and sparkling wit, Three Years in Orange County is an insightful, immersive read. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In 1640 Tenby, Lockhart has an uneasy relationship with his brother Emlyn, governor of Tenby castle. Injured during a mission to apprehend cattle rustlers, he meets Wren. Beautiful, intelligent and promised to Emlyn. Why does he see a mist of colour around Wren? And why, on his return to Tenby, does he find that he see colours around everyone? More disturbingly, what is the meaning of the onyx and warning he receives from local seer Ranulf?As the wedding of Wren and Emlyn approaches the stakes are raised. Wren is deeply unhappy. The marriage to Emlyn against her will. Caught up in an attack on the castle, she escapes with Lockhart to the Druid island of Wills Mark, where Lockhart learns that he has a guardian walking with him. As his Druid training progresses will Lockhart be able to communicate his true feelings to Wren?Is Wren more than she seems? Does her ancestry to the physicians of Myddfai hold the key? How will they negotiate grief and Civil War? And when plague reaches Tenby, will their healing skills be welcomed or put them in danger?Moving between Civil War Tenby and a mythical landscape, Echoes from Annwn is a towering love story that asks big questions of how we see reality and what we might mean by eternity. An astonishing and compelling debut. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Hatched in the UK in August 2017, Sparky is a captive-bred barn owl. Raised by humans, living with them, she accepts them as essential to her life, benefiting from the security they can provide, but suffering under the uncertainty they can inflict.And here, thanks to her current human, t-raay-cee, Sparky recounts her unique story. By turns heart warming and disturbing, Sparky offers an owls-eye view of her relationship with her human mates and her search for a special human to bond with lifelong.A mesmerising and ambitious work that crosses genres and raises important questions about how we can connect deeply with the more-than-human world. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. For Mark Charlton, blogging is a road of chance and discovery, one which has shaped the person hes become; a journey that is happenstance on acid. In Views from the Bike Shed he not only shares a selection of engaging, articulate and deeply-felt posts from the eponymous blog, but also charts his praxis as a writer. Advocating for blogging as a process and form that deserves serious attention, Charlton shows how it changes our writing and opens up unexpected opportunities along the way. Interspersed between blog posts on life and landscape, objects and artistic process there are also Interludes. And together these interludes not only give insight into how to blog, but dive into the depths of why blogging is such a rich resource in our writerly and human toolbox. Exploring how writing from our experience can become an inclusive and authentic means of connecting with readers, allowing them to make their own discoveries, Views from the Bike Shed is at once eminently practical as well as giving a vital meditation on the ways writers can push their own boundaries through this medium.Mark Charltons Views from the Bike Shed blog has been an addiction of mine for years. Mark's views are wise, finely expressed, broad-ranging, acutely observed and scintillatingly intelligent. A published collection is cause for widespread rejoicing. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did the originals. Jim Perrin Selection of classic blogs and reflections on writing and blogging by a widely respected blogger, writer, and creative writing tutor. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When Nancy and Charles fly from Scotland to visit their daughter Lottie and her family in New Zealand, Nancy finds herself making an odd decision while jet lagged. It is a decision that will haunt her. Why does the mysterious Hunter harass her daughter, a doctor, for medical help but resist going to the clinic? What is the connection between Stacey, Lotties new receptionist, and Hunter?The benign climate and beauty of Hawkes Bay is welcoming, but at every turn Nancy realises that the pleasures of grandparenting distant family are riddled with frustrations. And on this trip, its not only the risks of trying and sometimes failing to understand the culture that has become home to adult children, but the deeper danger of missed signals when things are truly awry.On a final weekend of beach fun in the remote area of Mahia, things may become clearer, but also more deadly and Nancy must make decisions that will leave her with unanswered questions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Bristol, 1990. The underground acid house scene is hitting the headlines. Architect Anna Weatherby is grieving for her fiance, who died after taking ecstasy at a rave. While cycling to see her bereavement counsellor, she is injured in a road accident.Billy, her rescuer that fateful day, could just be the perfect new boyfriend. However, as she is drawn into his life, she realises he is hiding something from her.On a weekend away, hidden secrets emerge which connect them in ways they couldnt have imagined. And they both find themselves fighting to keep their lives from spiralling out of control. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Told in multiple voices over the course of one-hundred and twenty-five years, A Crack in the Map *is the evocative and immersive story of a house and its residents. From an elegant and simple premise, three timelines are spun: the stories of Jake, Lydia, and Lucy as the nineteenth century gives way to the twentieth; of Miriam and Lenny, whose time in the house spans the mid-twentieth to early twenty-first century; and of Rosie and Steve in the present. Each is overlaid with the voice of the house itself, with its own perspective on life and death, shelter and material existence. Inventive, linguistically deft, pushing at boundaries of form and narrative, *A Crack in the Map can be read in a myriad of ways, giving readers a kaleidoscope of viewpoints. A novel in pieces, written in glistening, embodied prose, A Crack in the Map, explores what we mean by home and security, how place keeps memory, how stories are told and how ownership excludes young people from shelter.A moving, enchanting and riveting second novel from a distinctive and innovative writer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…