The Man at the Corner Table Haifa Bitar

The Man at the Corner Table Haifa BitarRosie Shepperds debut poetry collection crackles with the unexpected. The voice is one of urban sophistication; a merciless charm that teases and tempts us with sensual evocations of food and place. The reader is surprised with tastes, scents, colours and textures. There is a winning insistence on detail offered with an irony that blends into satire. The poems adopt a deadly seriousness to the business of comedy. InIt isnt just the underfloor heating

what kind of attitudes new poets strike when it comes to thinking about poetry and how it slips into or chafes against their otherwise lives

"Because Grahame Davies forever makes the perfect imperfect sense

Opera di Cera combines Pygmalion myth and historical research to create a macabre romance that ends in triumph and tragedy

one that should please her as much as it should touch her readers

strange and obliging lover

Ichigo ichie ("one time

His work recieved several prizes

Elizabeth J

The prize has been set up by Banipal Magazine and the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature

who never quite had the chance to build a literary career to match her talents

A very fine debut

He also delivers parodies of the language of the Red Tops