Dickinson: 555 books

‘Hey Catherine, would you like some help with that?’Catherine Raymond looked up from where she was struggling with a large pile of books. School had just finished for the afternoon and all of the year 10 kids had torn out of the room as fast as possible like usual, leaving her to clean up all...

The roof leaks and the city is in ruins but 13 year old Rebecca is happy; until she comes home to her mother’s naked body in the bath. Fearing she will be evacuated, like other kids during the war, she secretly buries her mother beneath a cross of dandelions and daisies and moves in with her aunt....

The song of the whales is failing, as young calves beach themselves on the shores of the hunters. They are lovingly nursed through the night and returned to the seas but during the day the hunters track them down and kill them. Without the song of the whales, the axis of the world is shifting and...

A compelling saga from Margaret Dickinson, Fairfield Hall charts the changing fortunes of Annabel Constantine, in the devastating lead up to the First World War. Ruthlessly ambitious Ambrose Constantine is determined that his daughter, Annabel, shall marry into the nobility. A fish merchant...

Put in the hands of Downton Abbey fans! Classic English mystery in the vein of Josephine Tey or Dorothy Sayers. First new edition in 20+ years. Dickinson's mysteries are ripe for rediscovery. He is the only writer to have received the Golden Dagger two years in a row. Long time fans will rejoice that...

Snow clung to the trees, the weight of it pulling the tree branches low to the ground. Clay Sommers supposed that it would have been pretty if he hadn’t been driving in it. It hadn’t been as bad when he had headed out earlier in the day to help an elderly client several kilometres away. The accumulation...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at season through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets...

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent...

I pulled up to the bar, daylight fading fast around me, my bike revving to a stop as I took the key from the ignition. I strode through the wooden swing doors, my eyes instantaneously falling on the dark beauty behind the counter. She didn't look up as I approached, but I soon learned that she'd seen...

Jenna should have known better than to cheat on her husband. At least, she should have been careful. Very careful. She should have. Now that someone has discovered her crime, she has to pay the price and it’s higher than she ever expected it would be, but if she goes along and plays her cards right, she just might get the better end of the bargain.

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at each calendar month through the eyes and minds of our most...

Poetry at points along the road , some united prie winning entries , some romance some long , something for everyone and its a short fast read though

Emily Dickinson fue una mujer inteligente, rebelde y culta que, en su encierro voluntario en la habitación de su casa en Amherst, construyó una de las obras más sólidas de la literatura universal. Como señala Juan Marqués en la presentación, sus poemas "además de ser escritos, en principio,...

In this mystery from CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson, a landlady discovers a corpse beneath her crowded London boardinghouse A sturdy young woman with a knack for home repair and a practical sense of Marxism, Lydia is renovating her London townhouse while her husband finishes law school....