Presents a collection of poems. This work contains gift song, treating matters of faith and connection, the community of living creatures and the idea of a free church, explorations of…

Several ghosts haunt Learning to Sleep, John Burnside’s first collection of poetry in four years - from the author’s mother, commemorated in an exquisitely charged variant on the pastoral elegy…

Corby, the industrial new town built around a vast steel works, draws many to the fires of its furnaces - in the hope of a fresh start. Amongst them are…

Recognising that our attitudes to other creatures human and non-human; cause too much damage and hurt, that ‘we’ve been going at this for years: a steady delete or of anything…

A young girl, Liv, lives with her mother on a remote island in the Arctic Circle. Then two boys drown within weeks of each other under mysterious circumstances, in the…

Moral and legal questions produced by modern developments in medical science. Addresses euthanasia, abortion, in vitro fertilization, health care and distributive justice, truth-telling and informed consent, determination of death, and…

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