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A Cumberland Christmas
Compiled by Alan Cleaver
£6.00
Some of the delightful Christmas stories from Cumbria of old including the legend of the tall ship Betsey Jane whose 'ghost' attempts to land at Whitehaven each Christmas with its cargo of West Indian treasures including rum and spices.
Publisher :
Alan Cleaver and Lesley Park
Published :
2016
Pages :
35p
Format :
Hardback; 128 x 136mm
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A Description of the Lakes 1822
William Wordsworth
£18.00
Publisher :
Woodstock
Published :
2002
Pages :
179
Format :
Paperback.
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A Whole Day Through From Waking
Jacci Bulman
£8.99
Jacci Bulman's first poetry collection is about love, of many kinds. She writes as a poet for whom 'a mortal smack has shaken every perspective', through her experiences of dealing with a brain tumour whilst studying at Oxford University, and recently skin cancer.
Publisher :
Cinnamon Press
Published :
June 2016
Pages :
73p
Format :
Paperback; 216 x 160mm
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A Wordsworth Chronology
F.B. Pinion
£12.00
A fascinating study of the poets life, with information gleaned from many different sources.
Publisher :
G.K. Hall & Co.
Published :
1988
Pages :
255
Format :
Hardback.
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Anchoring the Light
Victoria Bennett
£5.99
Victoria Bennetts poetry peels back the layers of memory in the pursuit of honesty. Threading its way through the half-remembered childhood land of myth, magic and fairytale, this book - her first full-length publication - charts the journey from
Publisher :
Wild Women Press
Published :
1999
Pages :
50
Format :
Paperback.
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Back O' Skiddaw
Brian Campbell
£10.00
A diverse collection of poems by Brian Campbell, including reflections on locations such as Mull, Florida and Bewcastle
Publisher :
Bookends/ Williow End Publications
Published :
October 2015
Pages :
28p
Format :
A4 Paperback
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Barren Stories for Moonlit Mannequins
Mark G Pennington
£7.00
Mark G Pennington is a writer based in Kendal, Cumbria and is the author of Barren Stories for Moonlit Mannequins, his debut book of poems published by Dempsey and Windle (2018). He has recently been nominated for The Pushcart Prize for poetry.
Publisher :
Dempsey and Windle
Published :
June 2018
Pages :
35p
Format :
Paperback; 203 x 143mm
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Black and White
William Scammell
£7.50
In 2000 Scammell began compiling a collection of new poems for Flambard Press, but did not complete this before his unexpected and premature death in November of that year. This book is divided into two sections.
Publisher :
Flambard Press
Published :
2002
Pages :
72
Format :
Paperback.
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Bleeding Heart Yard
William Scammell
£7.95
In his argument with himself and others he highlights the street credibility of the eternal verities in poems of remarkably sensuous beauty.
Publisher :
Peterloo Poets
Published :
1992
Pages :
63
Format :
Paperback.
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Both Sides of Hadrian's Wall
Various
£6.50
Both sides of Hadrian's Wall celebrates the best in contemporary poetry from south Scotland and north England.
Publisher :
Selkirk Lapwing Press
Published :
December 2006
Pages :
91
Format :
150mm x 210mm paperback
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Breccia
Malcolm Carson
£8.95
Sense of place is strong in Malcolm Carson's poetry - Ireland where some of his roots are, flat Lincolnshire from which he moved to hilly Cumbria. His landscapes are explicitly emotional and he has the wide-angle vision of the land and it's inhabitants that is anything but parochial.
Publisher :
Shoestring Press
Published :
June 2007
Pages :
64
Format :
148 x 210mm paperback
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Casserole
Brian Campbell
£10.00
A collection of illustrated poems by local poet and artist Brian Campbell.
Publisher :
Willow End Publication
Published :
November 2012
Pages :
20p.
Format :
Paperback; 300 x 210mm.
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Christopher at the Lakes : Volume One - The Lake Poems of John Wilson
Penny Bradshaw
£12.00
John Wilson (1785-1854) came to be best known in Romantic contextsfor his role as contributor to the notorious Blackwood's Magazine, but was also closely involved with Lakes literary circles.
Publisher :
BOOKCASE
Published :
February 2012
Pages :
212
Format :
150mm x 210mm paperback
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Cleethorpes Comes to Paris
Malcolm Carson
£5.00
Cleethorpes Comes to Paris is a sequence of poems recounting and recalling the first trip to not just a foreign country but to a culture that held compelling images and philosophies for a generation.
Publisher :
Shoestring Press
Published :
May 2014
Pages :
11p
Format :
Paperback; 210 x 145mm
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Coleridge and Wordsworth: Travels in the West Country
Tom Mayberry
£9.99
Publisher :
Sutton Publishing
Published :
2000
Pages :
240
Format :
Paperback.
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Coleridge, Wordsworth and the Language of Allusion
Lucy Newlyn
£44.99
In this study of two creative minds, the author offers a version of the Coleridge-Wordsworth interaction during its most crucial years: 1797-1807.
Publisher :
Oxford
Published :
2001
Pages :
274
Format :
Paperback.
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Coming Ready or Not
Christopher Pilling
£15.00
'Coming Ready or Not' includes all the poems from Christopher Pilling's first two books, which are now out of print, and many from the other collections.
Publisher :
BOOKCASE
Published :
April 2010
Pages :
300
Format :
148mm x 210mm paperback
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Dating @ 60 - And Other Tribulations
Mungrisdale Writers
£7.50
'Dating @ 60 And Other Tribulations' is a collection of poetry which takes an ironic look at life on the other side of sixty. It is often amusing, sometimes sad, but always full of fun.
Publisher :
Mungrisdale Writers
Published :
February 2009
Pages :
62
Format :
148mm x 210mm paperback
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Dorothy Wordsworth's Christmas Birthday
Carol Ann Duffy
£6.99
Following Bethlehem, Wenceslas, The Christmas Truce, Another Night Before Christmas and Mrs Scrooge, the Poet Laureate offers another delightful and original Christmas poem.
Publisher :
Picador
Published :
December 2014
Pages :
38p
Format :
Small Hardback; 138mm x127mm
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Eden Valley - Into the Threshold Light
Alan Daltrey
£12.00
These poems, alongside photographs - and paintings by Nick Jones - have been written over a number of years whilst the author lived in and explored the Eden Valley. Taken together, they offer a meditation upon the people who have settled over millennia and left their memorials in cairns, henges, standing stones, hogbacks, settlements, churches, castles, railways and bridges. They celebrate as well the wildlife, trees and flowers which grow alongside the valleys and waterways of Eden.
Publisher :
CreateSpace Independent Publishing
Published :
March 2016
Pages :
102p
Format :
Paperback; 216 x 279mm
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Eldorado
William Scammell
£7.95
In this collection Scammell deepens and extends his range, moving easily between free verse and strict form. Whether writing of his travels in America, or exploring the pleasures and pains of youth, he never fails to interest, amuse and enlighten.
Publisher :
Peterloo Poets
Published :
1987
Pages :
71
Format :
Paperback.
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Eoliths
Peter Rafferty
£6.95
A collection of poems by Carlisle poet Peter Rafferty.
Publisher :
Arrowhead Press
Published :
2002
Pages :
76
Format :
Paperback.
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Family Phantoms
Gervase Phinn
£4.99
Be very, very afraid! A collection of spooky poems for children from the bestselling writer Gervase Phinn.
Publisher :
Puffin
Published :
2003
Pages :
103
Format :
Paperback.
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Fragments
Victoria Bennett
£5.00
In 2006, Victoria Bennett undertook the challenge of giving up her usual Wild life to spend 40 days and 40 nights in an enclosed Franciscan monastery, as part of the BBC2 documentary The Convent. During her stay at the Convent of the Poor Clares, Arundel, she wrote a poem each day. This book collects together the 40 poems to offer an intimate sharing of her moving spiritual journey, one that unfolds with each turning page.
Publisher :
Wild Women Press
Published :
2006
Pages :
48
Format :
Small Paperback
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From the Heart - A Collection of Short Philosophical Verse
John D Wells
£14.50
The magic of nature and reality of life, with added verse and lines by well-known poets and writers.
Publisher :
John D Wells
Published :
December 2008
Pages :
120
Format :
170mm x 245mm paperback
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