Somebody Loves YouA teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out again. Ruby gives up talking at a young age. Her mother isnt always there to notice; she comes and goes and goes and comes, until, one day, she doesnt. Silence becomes Rubys refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mothers mental illness and a pressurized suburban atmosphere. Plangent,

Bekes (Faiq Abdulla Beg)

her poetry not only documents the tragic harm that war inflicts upon people but also explores relationships which are under strain closer to our domestic lives

but as each lock is navigated and conquered

virtual geography

This Is Not a Rescue is the eagerly-awaited debut collection from Emily Blewitt

Rachid Boudjedra

sexy and brilliantly honest - a rich mix of sharply observed

he aims to “unsettle” the reader with black humour and filmic vividness

Issa Makhlouf – Journey around the Pyramids

Mark Knopfler

These articles range from the difficulties in holding on to traditional rural imagery in a place so far from home through to the

he sometimes comes remarkably close to doing so and an unmistakable atmosphere of carpe diem permeates the whole framework as well as the individual stories of The Decameron