Chat, kato, neko, kitska, meo, kedi, cat... No matter where in the world cats have settled, they are cherished by those who adopt them. How amazing it is to have this wild little furry beast, tamed, clean-living, inside your home and obviously enjoying your company (and food). In Furry Tales, Jude Aquilina shares her poetic musings on moggies. She has never lived in a house without cats; between these pages, she celebrates the cats in her life, and other cats with all their glorious, quirky traits. Illustrations by Angelee Theodoros, well-known cat portrait artist, complement the poetry and...

'Everyone has a button story, but plunging into this collection of button poems is full of surprises; amazing fictions lie scattered amongst poignant memories and the everyday made strange. Far from being buttoned-up, these poems reveal life in all its guises: familiar, heartbreaking, erotic, funny, enigmatic...whatever did happen to Bob Ellis's top button?' - Kay Lawrence