Poetry & Plays

A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love. A book that captures...

The Balcony is a stunning collection by one of Australia's quiet masters of poetry (Robert Adamson said of Brooks' previous collection, Urban Elegies, that it contained some of 'the best...

Shelter is a collection of poetry and prose about distance, falling in love, losing it, and trying to find your way back home. It's a journey that will take you...

The response of one poet to the work of another can be doubly illuminating. In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past whom they...

From the topical to the hilarious, this collection encompasses the spectrum of Pam Ayres' talent. She writes with great wit and perspicacity on such topics as the pollution of the...

Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th birthday 'Nothing more lonely -'

Roger McGough made his name in The Mersey Sound: Penguin Modern Poets 10, published in 1967 and a bestseller ever since. Over the years, McGough has continued to delight readers...

Capturing all the pride, hope, and support a parent feels for a child who no longer lives at home, this book is a beautiful and Iasting way to cross the...

' I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration ' PHILIP PULLMAN ' One of Britain's greatest writers ' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Alan Garner's world is unbearably beautiful and...

From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles , The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge. There...

Her final collection as Poet Laureate, a frank, disarming and deeply moving exploration of loss and remembrance in their many forms. Presented in a beautiful, foiled package, this will be...

"Highly recommended. I think it will make children wriggle with delight" Stephen Fry If I ever find myself holding a gecko . . . I'll lecko. Forget what you think...

Running Upon The Wires is Kae Tempest's first book of free-standing poetry since the acclaimed Hold Your Own. In a beautifully varied series of formal poems, spoken songs, fragments, vignettes...

Carol Ann Duffy has been a bold and original voice in British poetry since the publication of Standing Female Nude in 1985. Since then she has won every major poetry...

Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Fall 2024 Poetry Books Before Langston Hughes and his literary prowess became synonymous with American poetry, he was an eighteen-year-old on a train to Mexico City,...

Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Fall 2024 Poetry Books Before Langston Hughes and his literary prowess became synonymous with American poetry, he was an eighteen-year-old on a train to Mexico City,...

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major poets of the English Romantic period. This is the final volume of a six-volume edition of The Poems of Shelley ,...

100 years ago - Australia's worst peacetime land disaster: The Mount Kembla Coal Mine above Wollongong explodes. 96 men and boys are lost. In Kembla The Book of Voices Conal...

The response of one writer to the work of another can be doubly illuminating. In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past whom they...

Contains 55 poems each prompted by a work of art drawn from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. The art works are reproduced alongside the poems for immediate...

Wilde, glamorous and notorious, more famous as a playwright or prisoner than as a poet, invites readers of his verse to meet an unknown and intimate figure. The poetry of...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was such an acclaimed poet in her own lifetime that she was suggested as a candidate for the Poet Laureateship when Wordsworth died in 1850. Yet today...

Author: D. W. LucasBinding: HardbackPublished: Cohen & West Ltd, 1951Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis academic text presents D. W. Lucas's meticulous...

Author: Bernard ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Hamlyn Ltd, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tears in dust jacket.This comprehensive collection presents the dramatic...

Author: Derek ParkerBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Slightly discoloured dust cover.Derek Parker's "John Donne And His World" is a...

Author: Douglas StewartBinding: PaperbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDouglas Stewart's "Ned Kelly" is a compelling work of...

Author: Christopher MarloweBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Clipped priceThis volume presents two powerful tragedies by the Elizabethan playwright...

Author: Sidney ColvinBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1920Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly biography chronicles the life and literary contributions of the revered Romantic poet, John...

Author: Christopher MarloweBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1912Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive collection presents the complete dramatic and poetic works of Christopher Marlowe, a...

Author: Henry W. LongfellowBinding: HardbackPublished: WARD, LOCK AND CO., 1890Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive collection presents the enduring poetic legacy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,...

Author: Robert BurnsBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1963Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Price clipped djThis edition presents the complete poetical works of Robert Burns. It includes a...

Author: Dorothy L. SayersBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Torn dj.This collection presents posthumous essays by Dorothy L. Sayers. The essays delve into...

Author: Alex SkovronBinding: SoftbackPublished: Five Islands Press Associates, 2000Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis collection of poetry presents one hundred sonnetinas, a unique poetic form. The...

Author: Francis OeserBinding: SoftbackPublished: Sicnarf Press, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionFrancis Deser, a poet with a rich international background, was born in Scotland and later moved...

Author: Alistair StewartBinding: SoftbackPublished: Merrijig Word and Sound, Victoria, 2012Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents a series of poetic works. Alistair Stewart crafts verses that...

Author: Dorothea MackellarBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded DJ. This book presents a collection of poetry by Dorothea Mackellar, complemented by paintings from...

Author: Thomas WhiteBinding: SoftbackPublished: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1944Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Good for age. Worn and yellowed DJ. Epic story of Air Force...

Author: Alan PatonBinding: HardbackPublished: JONATHAN CAPE, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Overall in excellent condition. Jacket has some insect damage and is price clipped.The book is...

Author: Lord Shaw of DunfermlineBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, London, 1925Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Excellent condition for a 100 year old book. This is numbered 355 from a...

Author: M. M. ReeseBinding: HardbackPublished: Edward Arnold, 1961Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight Discolouration to the dust jacketThis scholarly work offers a comprehensive analysis of William Shakespeare's history...

Author: Ian V. HansenBinding: HardbackPublished: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., 1967Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis anthology presents a comprehensive collection of Australian verse. It gathers a...

Author: Bernard ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: ColorGravure , 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cracked hinges with net showing.The book presents a comprehensive collection of dramatic works by a...