'James Anthony has done something I would have confidently stated to be impossible. He has "translated" Shakespeare's sonnets and he has done so ...

A bestselling, beautifully designed edition of William Shakespeare's sonnets, complete with valuable tools for educators.The authoritative edition ...

Veronique Jephtas verteenwoordig die kraakvars stem van ’n nuwe generasie Afrikaanssprekendes – die born frees, gebore ná 1994 – wat grootge...

Space Inhabited by Echoes is a very frank and poignant collection of poems in four parts inspired by the author's personal experiences in 4 parts. ...

Sweet Nothings is about absences, how they tempt us, and sometimes what they make us do. An absence is a conjuration, not palpably present in longi...

With an Introduction by Antonia Till. William Wordsworth (1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was much influenced by th...

With an Introduction and Bibliography by Stephen Matterson, Trinity College, Dublin. Walt Whitman's verse gave the poetry of America a distinctive ...

Now a New York Times bestsellerFrom the internationally bestselling author of LOVE HER WILD comes THE DARK BETWEEN STARS, a new illustrated collect...

The definitive translation of the world's oldest known epic, now updated with newly discovered material Miraculously preserved on clay tablets d...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POETRY The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the rever...

Over the course of his career, Tomas Transtroemer - a poet who could look on the barren isolation of Sweden's landscapes and seascapes like no othe...

A neurotically funny collection that looks under the hood of adult lifeAs in life, she was a pain in the arsein death. He could hear her roaringall...

The heroic story of the siege of Troy is as enthralling today as it ever was.The Greeks are entering the tenth year of their war with the Trojans, ...

One of the world's favourite poets, Kahlil Gibran was never more profound than when he wrote about love. He believed it was the raison d'etre of th...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, winner of the Goldsmiths Prize, The Roehampton Poetry Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE TS ELIOT PRIZE 2020**From the winner of the Costa Poetry AwardA lone martian returns to Earth. He leaves behind him a hardene...

Jericho Brown's The New Testament is a devastating meditation on race, sexuality and contemporary American society by one of the most important voi...

This impressive volume provides over 1,500 thoroughly revised and updated entries on modern poets active from 1910 to the present day. An extensive...

'A revelation' Sunday Times, Books of the Year 2018The first Penguin anthology of Japanese haiku, in vivid new translations by Adam L. Kern. Now a ...

Poetry and music have been associated with each other from the very beginning. The Penguin Book of English Song draws together a great variety of E...

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons's perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity. Major poems ran...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson was one of the greatest and most beloved poets of the 19th century. This volume includes more than 40 of his most beloved poe...

'The rain set early in to-night, The sullen wind was soon awake, It tore the elm-tops down for spite, And did its worst to vex the lake: I listened...