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Waymarks

James Thornton

Petrarch’s Canzoniere: Scattered Rhymes in a New Verse Translation

Peter Thornton

Pansy Boy

Paul Harfleet

Dante’s Inferno

Peter Thornton

The Feynman Challenge – a debut collection of eco poetry

James Thornton

Notes from a Mountain Village

James Thornton

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Scroll! ➡️ Waymarks, an eco-poetry collection Scroll! ➡️ Waymarks, an eco-poetry collection by James Thornton, is officially out in the USA and Canada! This collection tracks one man through significant encounters with the natural world, around the globe. An Ethiopian lake, an Australian rainforest, an American desert, an English beach: the stage keeps changing, but the intent stays the same. A poet enters a deep dialogue with birds, animals, people, plants, seas, and all the forces that threaten and churn this mix of life. James Thornton is a zen priest, and WAYMARKS sits alongside other classics of metaphysical writing in which poets bare their soul. Teachings from great figures along the way permeate the collection: a West Coast poet, a Japanese Zen Master, a spiritual leader, and the Dalai Lama. James is also an environmental lawyer and founder of @clientearth_ . This collection draws on his love of nature and the environment. #bookstagram #books #booklover #bookworm #bookish #bookstagramuk #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #booksandflowers #prettybook #bookcoverlove #booktok #trendingbooks #BarbicanPress #JamesThornton #Waymarks #IndiePublisher #reading #currentlyreading #buddhism #author #poetry #nature #ecopoetry #clientearth
Virgin and Child by Maggie Hamand is out in the US Virgin and Child by Maggie Hamand is out in the USA today! @lambdaliterary included it in their April 2023 list of their most anticipated LGBTQIA+ books. And of course, it’s still available in the UK. Find out more through our bio! #BarbicanPress #MaggieHamand #VirginandChild #IndiePublisher #books #reading #Bookstagram #currentlyreading #booksofinstagram #thriller #author #Igbtqbooks
My Brother the Messiah by Martin Vopěnka is out i My Brother the Messiah by Martin Vopěnka is out in the USA. It’s a powerful, provocative Sci-fi that was chosen as a Times Science Fiction Book of the Month. And it’s still available in the UK of course! Learn more of the book, and Martin’s USA book tour (backed by the Czech Ministry of Culture) through the link in our bio.
The Lost Gospel of Lazarus by @rczimler arrives in The Lost Gospel of Lazarus by @rczimler arrives in the US next week! Watch this space. Here’s a clip of Richard talking about ancient languages and wordplay in his novel. And the full blog post is in our bio.
In honour of The Headscarf Revolutionaries, the wo In honour of The Headscarf Revolutionaries, the women who saved countless lives by speaking truth to power, here’s a trailer for the book that tells their story! #internationalwomensday
Happy #internationalwomensday ! We thought we’d Happy #internationalwomensday ! We thought we’d use this space to shout out the Headscarf Revolutionaries. The work of Lillian Bilocca, Mary Denness, Yvonne Blenkinsop, Christine Smallbone and others has saved countless lives. If you want the full story, check out @brianwlaveryauthor’s book The Headscarf Revolutionaries (info in bio) #feministliterature #feministhistory #bookstagram #indiepublisher #Lillianbilocca #Hull #historical #brianwlavery #hull #headscarfrevolutionaries
SPIRIT NIGHTS by Easterine Kire has turned 1! We’re so glad it’s out in the world and the support it’s got. Check our profile grid for a chance to win a free copy! #giveaway #literaryfiction #bookstagram #books #bookstagramuk #worldliterature #Indianliterature #SpiritNights #BarbicanPress #IndiePublisher #Nagaland #Indigenous #Spiritual
Can you believe that SPIRIT NIGHTS by Easterine Ki Can you believe that SPIRIT NIGHTS by Easterine Kire turns 1 today?! It feels like its brilliant bookstagram tour was just yesterday. To celebrate, we're giving away two copies of the book! It's a tale of Nagaland folklore, of eternal darkness and of fulfilling one’s destiny (swipe to read some recent press). It's feminist and literary; it's magical and under 200 pages! TO ENTER 🔶 LIKE this post 🔶 FOLLOW us FOR BONUS ENTRIES 🔶 TAG a friend (one comment per tag, tag as many friends as you like) 🔶 POST this to your story Winner will be selected in a week. #giveaway #literaryfiction #bookstagram #books #bookstagramuk #worldliterature #Indianliterature #SpiritNights #BarbicanPress #IndiePublisher #Nagaland #Indigenous #Spiritual
Happy US pub day to Red Hands by Colin Sargent! O Happy US pub day to Red Hands by Colin Sargent! Originally published in the UK in 2020, this is a deeply compelling tale of a woman caught inside the destruction of a Communist regime. — Iordana is a normal girl, brought up with all the perks of Romania’s corrupt communist regime. Then she falls in love and marries the eldest son of her parents’ arch-rival, Romania’s monstrous dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. They become the in-laws from hell, but she brings them their only grandson. And then there’s the 1989 revolution, when crowds will kill anyone with the Ceausescu name. In all the blood and chaos, can Iordana keep her little son alive? — Check out the link in bio to learn more!
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