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2012 is well and truly with us, and we've already got an exciting selection of poetry, fiction and special interest books in the pipeline. Even better, in the coming months we'll be bringing these new titles to you on our brand new website.
Same great books, same free delivery on all UK orders, but with a new and improved experience for you, our valued customers.
Expect a completely overhauled rewards scheme, regular offers and special discounts throughout the year, plus bespoke recommendations you won't find anywhere else. Watch this space!
Not a tim'rous beastie in sight here at Inpress Towers, but that doesn't mean we'll be missing out on the Burns Night celebrations. Here's our pick of the best contemporary poetry from north of the border.
As Though We Were Flying is the new Bloodaxe collection from Andrew Greig, following on from his highly-acclaimed This Life, This Life: New & Selected Poems. The poems here journey through coastal Fife, and take in Orkney and Edinburgh, the two very different places the poet calls home.
The Path to the Sea (Arc) is a beautiful pastoral testament to the last of our great wildernesses, as Thomas A. Clark presents poems of Romantic lyricism and minimalist experiment on the lonely terrain of the Highlands.
When Kafka Met Einstein (Iron Press) is the first full collection of poetry from James Knox Whittet, who hails from the isle of Islay. Whittet is best known for his wonderful anthologies Writers on Islands and 100 Island Poems of Great Britain and Ireland, which gather poems from the likes of Betjeman, Orwell, Woolf, Morgan, Yeats and R.S. Thomas.
12 days of Christmas, 12 books to enjoy. Our Christmas Picks feature some of our favourite new books from 2011 - perfect if you're looking to wrap up a good read, without a recipe or ghost-writer in sight.
You'll find the Nobel Prize-winning poetry of Tomas Tranströmer; a hilarious history of English literature told through cartoons and limericks; even a photography collection capturing Wales' colossal efforts in this year's Rugby World Cup. There's also Simon Armitage's Book of the Year for 2011; a quirky collection of travel writing from across the UK; and the latest anthology in Bloodaxe's Staying Alive series.
And if you're after something specific for that perfect gift, simply head over to our Contact section, send us some ideas, likes and dislikes, and we'll put together a personalised list of recommended books, just for you.
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness, published by Seren, has been shortlisted for the 2011 Costa First Novel Award.
Praised by the judges as "Funny, insightful and compelling", the story of a young English tutor journeying to Bucharest in the dark days of crumbling Communism was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize earlier in the year.
The winner from the four-strong shortlist will be announced on 4th January 2012, with the overall Book of the Year named on 24th January.
Buy The Last Hundred Days. You can also read the first ten pages of the novel here.
New to Inpress this month is this little beauty of cartoons and limericks by the renowned satirist and illustrator Martin Rowson.
Witty, outrageous and tongue-in-cheek, The Limerickiad throws a healthy dollop of hilarity at the classics we know and love, from Dante to Homer, Gilgamesh to Shakespeare. We reckon it'll make a cracking stocking-filler for any avid reader this Christmas. It's available in hardback now.
What's more, why not come along to the London launch of the book, featuring Martin Rowson himself and Radio 4's Laurie Taylor. It's at the London Review Bookshop on 22nd November. More details on our Events page.
Buy The Limerickiad.
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