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In the mid-19th century, Grimsby docks was perhaps the most modern such facility in Britain, its fishing boom occurring during the latter part of Queen Victoria's reign. Indeed, right up until the 1960s the docks was a lively, thriving place.Sixty years later, and fewer than one hundred of the area's buildings remain; three quarters of these are unoccupied - or impossible to now occupy. Although some regeneration of the part of the docks known as 'The Kasbah' is being pursued, this area of Grimsby is now one of the most deprived wards in the country.Grimsby Docks is an examination of this modern-day industrial landscape through photography and poetry.

A house filled with history and secrets is more than mere bricks and mortar; not only a mirror on the past, it can also be a window to the future."Ian Gouge has written a delightful novel that reminded me of the writing style of Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway. In my opinion this novel deserves to be up there with these literary greats." - Laura-Louise Acock"masterful..soul-searching. I would have liked to live next door to Owen and Maddie; I feel we would have been friends" - Siobhan Gifford"a dextrously woven story of how the complexities of any given life remain with us, and remain too within the bricks and mortar that bore witness" - Jonty Pennington-Twist"a beautifully crafted story" - Janet Burl

Pebbles on the Strand is an international collection of contemporary short stories which follows on from our 2022 volume, Making Marks in the Sand.The stories in this collection explore a vast range of human emotion and experience: humour, loss, grief, alienation, revenge, exploration, drama, and myth.No two stories are alike. A veritable Cornucopia for readers.

Valley of the Kings is both excavation of family history and an incantation of voices telling contemporary stories that startle. The grieving son and the street angel; the coke addict meeting Piers Plowman in the service-station; the singing nightingale on Universal Credit; the homeless person in Ancient Egypt; the young lovers in their mythic hotel: all united in 'the exquisite pain of the human day'. Let 'the weight of the wind on tide' sing loud in this visionary debut which introduces an exciting new voice to the UK poetry scene.

This eclectic collection sings with melancholy, humour, wistful reflection and evocative insight. Written in a concise style that makes for rare accessibility to inner meaning, this is a thought-provoking and original collection of poems.David Smith is also the author of "The Stencil Room".