My Darling From The Lions | Rachel LongRachel Long's much anticipated debut collection of poems, My Darling from the Lions, announces the arrival of a thrilling new presence in poetry. Each poem has a vivid story to tell of family quirks, the perils of dating, the grip of religion or sexual awakening stories that are, by turn, emotionally insightful, politically conscious, wise, funny and outrageous. Long reveals herself as a razor sharp and original voice on the issues of sexual politics

as much as his humour

is the nature of a friendship when your shared bond is terror

Their murderer was never identified

Malcolm grew up in the shadow of the Homecoming Queen's death

this expansive debut offers a unique perspective on family

distinguishing himself for Watford

Dan Jeavons

He wasn't known to mainstream audiences

this beautifully-designed book with its sparkling foil cover

it offers the possibility of a more just

Liverpool and England

illustrator and utterly fabulous merman