Helen Mort

The brilliant new collection from T.S. Eliot Prize and Costa Award shortlisted poet Helen Mort SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 'A raw, tender, potent collection' - JESSICA ANDREWS 'Gorgeous poems - profound, exploratory, wild, playful - and completely now' - RUTH PADEL The brilliant new collection from T.S. Eliot Prize and Costa Award shortlisted poet Helen Mort...

Sometimes only a poem will do. Whether you're seeking words to reflect your mood or looking for a source of comfort in difficult times, The Wild Verses has a poem for every feeling. Accompanied by expressive illustrations of animals in the wild, this stunning collection promotes mindfulness and an appreciation of the natural world.

Forward Prize-shortlisted poet Helen Mort embarks on a personal quest to understand that most maligned of figures: the stepmother - from the put-upon parent of the blended family, to the wicked queen. Euripides said "better a serpent than a stepmother." For a moment, you like the idea of being a single line, winding around everything you touch. A vine. Brave,...

A highly-acclaimed future classic of climbing, memoir and nature writing, for readers of H is for Hawk and The Outrun. Guardian Books to Watch 2022 Evening Standard Books to Watch 2022 Bookseller Editor's Choice Winner of the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 'A wonderful book - exhilarating and taut, fearless in its explorations of wildness, risk, motherhood, and the...