Literature, Poetry & Criticism books

The first collection to systematically combine the vibrant fields of memory and affect in early modern studies,...  Read More >>

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From one of the great foreign correspondents of our time, author of some of the most essential reporting from Afghanistan...  Read More >>

Two centuries after Percy Shelley's death, his writings still resonate with pressing societal issues. This collection...  Read More >>

A rollicking parody of a timeless classic,Aliennetransports Hans Christian Andersen'sThe Little Mermaidinto the...  Read More >>

Two South Asian elders meet each other in a Type 2 diabetes workshop but find themselves navigating the sparks of...  Read More >>

Life Before You, a fierce and unflinching new play by Eva Hudson, lays bare the fault lines between mothers and...  Read More >>

The Human Voice by Darren Murphy is a radical reimagining of Jean Cocteau’s classic play La Voix Humaine.  Read More >>

With this book, Amy Motlagh considers how racial thinking underpins cultural practices in Iran and the Iranian diaspora....  Read More >>

Traces the connection between poetic content and form in the contradictory logic of determination that permeates...  Read More >>

Mary Shelley's The Last Man is a novel set in the aftermath of climate disaster and a war between Greece and Turkey...  Read More >>

The story of two missionary priests, travelling through the American Southwest in the aftermath of the Mexican American...  Read More >>

When Sigmund Freud died, Auden wrote 'he is no more a person now but a whole climate of opinion.' Something similar...  Read More >>

Two new plays from an award-winning playwright.  Read More >>

Contrary to popular belief, the goal of science fiction (SF) is not the prediction of the future, but rather to...  Read More >>

This book traces the origins of using sea journeys to treat mental illness, a practice recommended within the medical...  Read More >>

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A probing and provocative play exploring truth, privacy and ambition, based on the true story of Britain's biggest-ever...  Read More >>

Channeling the subversive and sharp-eyed voice showcased in her popular column for The Cut – this memoir stylishly...  Read More >>

Offers an authoritative account of British utopian literature and culture from the postwar to the present. Written...  Read More >>

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now...  Read More >>

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'Courageous and candid… An important story well told' The Independent This...  Read More >>