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Dominic Berry presents his favourite pieces for performance from his four adult collections with Flapjack Press - Tomorrow, I Will Go Dancing, Wizard, No Tigers and Yes Life - along with new poetry designed to engage and inspire.

A collection of antilipogrammatic constrained poetry and plays - univocalics wherein each uses only a single vowel. Playful, thought-provoking, brain-engaging, and better than Wordle!

A debut collection of poetic snapshots, written between 1985 and 2024.

Rope Ladder Fiction First Rung brings you the opportunity to experience the beautiful minds of fifteen storytellers, each of whom are taking their first step into the realm of creative writing.

A philosophical and meditative consideration of the complexities of ageing, memory, and the drain of urban life, through the pursuit of wellbeing and the restorative powers of nature.

An all-new poetry collection from the creator, writer and performer of the critically acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series, A Normal...

This collection forms a poetic memoir, richly articulating humorous and serious observations on life, love, ageing, society and the human condition, recounted with emotional tenderness and warranted vexation.

Henry Normal's third volume of collected poems includes every poem from Strikingly Invisible, The Beauty Within Shadow and The Distance Between Clouds. "Shove up National Treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal." - Radio Times

New poetry from the multi award-winning performance poet and spoken word artist.

"Memories were people too, y'know!" The first autobiographical instalment from the author of Planet Young - as seen on BBC TV's Between the Covers.

At the start of the coronavirus lockdown, Paul Cookson set out to write a poem a day - and kept on going. Featuring his opening five hundred poems, Volume One is an authentic and poetic discourse on the mood of the nation, composed with compassion, humour, and adroit takes on the day to day of life throughout challenging times.

Features the full scripts of eleven productions. "Writing to keep it real. A major writing talent." -Manchester Evening News.

This is a book charting one journey from challenging times to friendship and joy. To euphoric excitement and blissful rest, from old He-Man toys, choose-your-own-adventure books, moving music in grin-packed pubs and fantastic festivals, sublime seaside solitude, and many different ways for a person to play. Adult poetry / LGBTQ+

A collection of poetry and lyrics spanning three decades of Cherry B's performance work. Political, societal and inclusive, this is uncompromising and passionate punk 'n' roll poetics firing from the belly of social conscience. Illustrated by Fe Duncan.

Written daily throughout the UK's restrictions to combat coronavirus, Nail on the Head takes us from the anniversary of the first lockdown, through the easing of regulations, and up to our grand reopening on so-called 'Freedom Day'.

Written daily throughout the UK's restrictions to combat coronavirus, Paul Cookson's third volume covers the period from the introduction of the 'Three-Tier System' through to the anniversary of the first lockdown. Filled with humour and compassion, it is a reflective documentation of the nation's wellbeing.

Laura's third collection is a rallying call for action and challenges inequality, oppression and division with passion, objectivity, empathy and humour. This is politically astute, socially conscious and uncompromising poetry, which explores the slippery and inconclusive condition of language, the power of ideology, and the process of myth-making.

Rob Steventon wrangles humour from the more preposterous - and disgraceful - aspects of modern society. Political, radical and filled with social commentary, astute wit and comic observation, How I Made My Millions proves that accessible poetry is not the sole property of advertising companies.

The Distance Between Clouds is an all-new collection written between June 2020 and March 2021. "Finally, a collection of poetry about joy, positivity and optimism, before I die unloved and forgotten." - Henry Normal.

This is a collection about the land. It's about the politics of the UK, its identity and how it can be re-defined. It's about the environment, social disquiet, anger, intolerance and the rise of righteousness. It's about love and intimacy, exploring change and the passing of time. This is a collection which embraces hope and creates the future.

A sublimely subversive collection of hard-hitting honesty exploring social and sexual politics, identity and alienation, and searching for meaning within an un-governed, post-Brexit, pandemic-enduring nation.

Written daily during the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Cookson's new collection picks up directly from his first volume, Fighting Talk. These poems document the period from the pubs re-opening through to the introduction of the 'Three-Tier System'. Compassionate, humorous and political, here is another extraordinary collection for extraordinary times.

A collection of uncompromising poetry observing the negativity and self-fulfilling futility of division counterpoised with the importance of care and empathy to explore what really matters. Includes a Foreword by Professor Mike Thomas, Vice Chancellor UCLAN.

Dominic Berry is renowned for his eloquent yet uncompromising stage shows and a desire to confront inequality. No Tigers includes a series of poems detailing his experiences whilst working in India, plus many of the poems featured in the internationally touring show 'Playing Mortal Kombat Guarantees You Inner Calm'.

Genevieve L. Walsh's debut solo collection covers her first five years of performing her punk-song-length poetry about love, hatred, aggressive platitudes, sexual politics, alienation and inebriation. Includes a Foreword by Henry Normal.

Manchester's full of stories, tell-tale and multi... In this bountiful collection of "first draft explosions" the infamous gingham diva rides the sound waves of Manchester, revealing the people and places that stirred and shaped her creative muse. "Chloe Poems is an inspiration. Heroic, poetic and honest." - Mike Garry, author of Mancunian Meander

Welcome to The Anthology of Tomorrow... A collection of poetry exploring what may come to pass, composed by the award-winning poets, playwrights, spoken word artists and seers of Flapjack Press.

Love, loss, losing your mind... Perceptive and affecting, intimate and accessible, Anna Percy's first full poetry collection is a passionate declaration featuring many of her prize and slam winning poems. "An assured and potent exploration in blue of the littoral zones between city and country, love and leaving." - Adam Horovitz, poet