Ros Barber's second book forms a meditation on human loss; it is a more personal and autobiographical collection than her first, described by Neil Rollinson as an honest, unflinching and hugely satisfying debut'. Sarah Law described her as a "traditional" contemporary poet along the lines of Larkin' and it is Barber's sure hand with rhyme and meter that gives the hard material of these poems (both personal losses and those experienced through others) their steady focus and makes them so readable. Throughout, the poetry remains strong, thoughtful and refreshing. Ros Barber was born in 1964 in...
Ros Barber's second book forms a meditation on human loss; it is a more personal and autobiographical collection than her first, described by Neil Rol...
Winner of the 2013 Desmond Elliott Prize Longlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction
You're the author of the greatest plays of all time. But nobody knows. And if it gets out, you're dead.
On May 30, 1593, a celebrated young playwright was killed in a tavern brawl in London. That, at least, was the official version. Now Christopher Marlowe reveals the truth: that his "death" was an elaborate ruse to avoid a conviction of heresy; that he was spirited across the English Channel to live on in lonely exile; that he continued...
Winner of the 2013 Desmond Elliott Prize Longlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction
