A book about Benefits, Scrounging and Honest Hard Work. Written by Rowan Blair Colver, cover image painted by Vanna Alberti. A book about Benefits, Scrounging and Honest Hard Work. Written by Rowan Blair Colver, cover image painted by Vanna Alberti. A fictional discussion of the real life behind the concrete curtain, where politicians and lawmakers seem to always know what's best but have never spent so much as a night in the shoes of the people they affect. Scum looks at a small period of time in the life of a young man, any young man, who is on his own, doing his best and has not yet found...

Internationally acclaimed poet, Rowan Blair Colver, presents his brand new anthology. Pagan Hymns is a celebration of all things, an endeavour into the deepest mysteries and some scenic hot pokers to keep the senses in focus. Browse the pages and simultaneously browse the landscape of an artistic heart, a sensual soul and a fresh dynamic of energy that tantalizes and tingles with each line. Author of several novels, short stories and philosophy journals, R. B. Colver stands able and willing to evoke many forms of experience with his colourful and naturally inspiring verse and literature.

Meet Terrance, a loveable and shy garden hedgehog. When he gets nervous, he rolls up into a tight spiky ball which can sometimes get him in trouble. A story about how being shy can make it difficult to meet new friends, and Terrance's brave journey to defeat it.