Catherine the Great and the SmallCatharine's tragectory in life is accompanied by failures in love, family traumas and an incredible romance with handsome Sinisa. The novel takes us through turbulent times in the Balkan region, from the eighties to the present day, portraying growing up in the twilight of communism, and giving intimate insights into all that happened to the region after that. Carefully crafted characters and masterful, dynamic storytelling place Catherine the Great

Fiona Benson

Irish poets featured include Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill

a Sony Nomination for Creative Radio Writing and a Royal Television Society nomination for his film Lads

she’s got it pegged as intimacy and confidences

Inua Ellams was poet in residence at the Poetry Library at the Southbank Centre in London

but always precise and clear as birdsong

“Sands manages to wrest words from the darkness that illuminate and console

Kevin Cadwallender was raised by a pack of vowels but found himself in a land of no sun

The stories of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood haunt the Ex-Detective’s quest

Cuba and Cape Town

James Nash is a writer and long-term resident of Leeds

"Poetry is about something