With an Unopened Umbrella in the Pouring RainThe stories in this collection are stories of the lives and struggles of a wonderful variety of characters living in the Maramures region, in the years leading up to a war that will suddenly and irretrievably destroy the pattern of their existence. The eerily shocking ending of many of these stories is the moment their protagonists climb on the cattle trains to be transported to Auschwitz; while leaving the tale of their often tragic fate unstated.

little children had to pack up a few of their most important belongings and leave their towns and cities to go to the countryside

24-hour cyber cafes and bomb sites

These poems are not works of historical fiction

This book provides a detailed introduction to the music and a reassessment of Mobley’s contribution to jazz

Sixty years later she was standing with her newly discovered brother by the bronze plaque commemorating their mother in a San Francisco graveyard

renowned for his innovation and originality

Damion Wilson

Sister Viv

John Foggin

edited by award-winning Sheffield-based writers Helen Mort and Rachel Bower

Slow Clocks of Decay explores universal themes through the lens of one of Ireland’s most imaginative poets

Huracan explores how we navigate the inequalities and privileges of birth and the possibilities for life