In Her ShamblesSpikey, provocative, declamatory, these energetic poems from Elizabeth Parker, In Her Shambles, her debut collection from Seren, sweep the reader along through their narratives, quite literally so in Rivers where friends and family members take on the various characteristics of different bodies of water. Parker likes to extend her symbols and metaphors beyond the short lyric, her poems are often more than two pages, giving them a discursive,

inspired by her grandparents’ advice on newspapers

where she now lectures in Māori and Pacific literary studies

the players finally lift the lid on the political turmoil

The musicians range from the trombonist Louis Nelson

Glimpses of the man he used to be are becoming increasingly rare

all there is to know about “Arabic Literature in Russia” in a fascinating

his speculative novella

somewhere between Jacques Prévert

"The pick of the crop

not to preach as his later work tends to do

one of Ireland’s best-loved sporting heroes

and his city”