Red River Vernon Scannell

Red River Vernon ScannellA sprawling novel set in the north east of India, a lyrical exploration of male friendships and lovea mans love for a woman and a more militant love for community and nation. The action moves from Guwahati to Dhaka, Bhutan and London, surging and quietening as we encounter characters and situations so close to the bone that its hard to step away till the last word has been read.

labour activism

The title of this book comes from the African proverb

but there is also concern for the environment

And looters staggered under bursting bags

the boy learns that to be truly happy

they washed away the world as we knew it

and reviews of Brendan Kennelly

As Jo Colley states on the back cover of this fine collection of poems Litherland’s poet’s eye is ‘as diamond sharp and unsentimental as ever’

funnelling even our precious water to the metropolises beyond

A deep-dive into the human relationship with trees and how trees have shaped folklore and literature

His Last of the Hunters will be re-issued by Five Leaves in 2006

Dulce María Loynaz and Mercedes Roffé