The Tumbling Paddy by Frank Ormsby Sohini Basak and not every place that

and not every place that can be named can be found

Strange Beach is geological in its accumulation of images

Helena Fornells Nadal's I COULD NOT ASK YOU TO harnesses the self and its shadow to convey

poignant and heart-rending personal experience nestles beside profound love and hard-earned wisdom

The Tumbling Paddy by Frank Ormsby Sohini Basak and not every place thatFrank Ormsby's eighth collection of poems is, on the whole, a playful book which constantly surprises us with serious themes. History is the word and history the image, whether as in a dream about Auschwitz or a portrait of the History Club on its annual outing. Then spirit of place is richly imagined, whether in the form of 'Juggy', the 'simpleton' sleepwalking through the estate, or the humanised tumbling paddy, both clumsy celebrant and instrument