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A Choosing - Selected Poems
Publisher: Birlinn (2011)
A stunning new collection of selected works from one of Scotland's most loved writers. During her career Liz Lochhead has been described variously as a poet, feminist playwright, translator and broadcaster but has said that "when somebody asks me what I do I usually say writer. The most precious thing to me is to be a poet. If I were a playwright, I'd like to be a poet in the theatre." Liz Lochhead has a large and devoted audience and delights audiences where she goes.
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A Sackful Of Limericks
Publisher: Random House Books (2016)
A headmaster’s son called McNaught Got a fright of the nastiest sort, For when cleaning his teeth He found bits of Keith And others his father once taught. Many of the limericks in this collection first appeared in Michael Palin’s Limericks.
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A Season In Hell
Publisher: Penguin Classics (1995)
A SEASON IN Hell A poet’s descent into the depths of hell and spiritual discovery
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A Year Of Reading Aloud
Publisher: Yellow Kite (2018)
A Year of Reading Aloud celebrates the power of spoken word with a poem to learn and love for each week of the year. Drawing both on familiar favourites and new voices, from Sylvia Plath and Maya Angelou to Instapoets Nikita Gill and Yrsa Daley-Ward - this is a book that will capture your imagination through verse and help you fall back in love with this beautiful art form. The ancient tradition of learning and reciting poetry is renowned for its wellbeing benefits - from strengthening the mind and boosting creativity to improving memory. The practice is as valuable as ever in our busy modern day lives, allowing us to focus on the rhythm of the present moment, slow down and switch off.
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Ballads
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Robert Louis Stevenson's book of ballads draws on the traditional stories of his native Scotland as well as on the fantastical places of his imagination.
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Beowulf
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Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope. It tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar, then with Grendel's avenging mother, and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland. Through its blend of myth and history, Beowulf vividly evokes a twilight world in which men and supernatural forces live side by side. And it celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in a transient world.
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