EftwyrdAn epic poem set in seventh century Northumbria on the eve of the Synod of Whitby. Brother Oswin (who first appeared in Beagries Lesungspell) travels to Streanshealh across a wild landscape steeped in magic and folklore. There he is shunned as a boggart, elf king, merman and the cursed puck responsible for spreading the pandemic that rages through the kingdom. Meanwhile the politics of faith, fealty, liberty and power play out through the lives of the

Rees-Jones asks questions about past

from Renaissance Italy to present day Israel

meanwhile exposing secret rituals and Chinese-whispery legends from all our suffocating and self-contained neighbourhoods

Many people had to continue living among the demolition work

the fear of words

Antipholos

from farmworkers to immigrant artists

forthcoming in English translation in the USA and the UK

translated by Stephen Watts and Marga Burgui-Artajo

her continuing political engagement and her success as a writer of stories and journalism

the connecting thread is the bird

Patrick Keeley was born in east Co