Forest of Noise
‘Powerful, capacious and profound’ OCEAN VUONG
‘A book you won’t soon forget’ ILYA KAMINSKY
‘Astonishing’ TERRANCE HAYES
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE
‘Powerful, capacious and profound’ OCEAN VUONG
‘A book you won’t soon forget’ ILYA KAMINSKY
‘Astonishing’ TERRANCE HAYES
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE
‘Powerful, capacious and profound’ OCEAN VUONG
‘A book you won’t soonforget’ ILYA KAMINSKY
‘Astonishing’ TERRANCE HAYES
‘Powerful, capacious and profound’ OCEAN VUONG
‘A book you won’t soon forget’ ILYA KAMINSKY
‘Astonishing’ TERRANCE HAYES
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE
‘Powerful, capacious and profound’ OCEAN VUONG
‘A book you won’t soon forget’ ILYA KAMINSKY
‘Astonishing’ TERRANCE HAYES
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE
‘Powerful, capacious and profound’ OCEAN VUONG
‘A book you won’t soon forget’ ILYA KAMINSKY
‘Astonishing’ TERRANCE HAYES
‘I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration’ PHILIP PULLMAN
‘One of Britain’s greatest writers’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Alan Garner’s world is unbearably beautiful and dangerous’GUARDIAN
‘Atmospheric and intoxicating’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS
‘A joyous, lyrical read’ YOMI ADEGOKE
‘Hypnotic and freewheeling’ GUARDIAN
A Guardian Book of the Year
Caleb Femi returns with a landmark, life-affirming new poetry collection, The Wickedest.
‘Atmospheric and intoxicating’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS
‘A joyous, lyrical read’ YOMI ADEGOKE
‘Hypnotic and freewheeling’ GUARDIAN
A Guardian Book of the Year
Caleb Femi returns with a landmark, life-affirming new poetry collection, The Wickedest.
‘Atmospheric and intoxicating’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS
‘A joyous, lyrical read’ YOMI ADEGOKE
‘Hypnotic and freewheeling’ GUARDIAN
Caleb Femi returns with a landmark, life-affirming new poetry collection, The Wickedest.
From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge.
‘Poetry was my place, my little clearing in the forest, where I could quietly put everything I was holding. I’m not sure what gave me the courage to open up that space to you, but here I am, doing it.’
‘Poetry was my place, my little clearing in the forest, where I could quietly put everything I was holding. I’m not sure what gave me the courage to open up that space to you, but here I am, doing it.’
‘Poetry was my place, my little clearing in the forest, where I could quietly put everything I was holding. I’m not sure what gave me the courage to open up that space to you, but here I am, doing it.’
‘Poetry was my place, my little clearing in the forest, where I could quietly put everything I was holding. I’m not sure what gave me the courage to open up that space to you, but here I am, doing it.’
From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge.
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This is a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work of literary criticism or literary biography, it is a record of why and how we create and respond to great poetry.