Poetry & Plays Books

Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production o...

Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize'Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition.'...

Winnie the Pooh is one of the most memorable and beloved characters from A.A. Milne’s timeless children’s books. The stories of Pooh, Piglet, Eeyor...

Hilarious and popular kids’ book author Michael Rosen has a fantastic range of books to explore. Specialising in children’s fiction, Michael Rosen...

This collection of scripts from J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World includes the stage sensation Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (s...

A fabulous set of seven plays, adapted from the works of Roald Dahl. Have fun reading the scripts aloud to family and friends - make sure you do th...

Titles in This Set: 1. The Crossover2. Booked3. ReboundDescription: The Crossover12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blo...

Titles in This Set : 1. Home Body2. Milk and Honey3. The Sun and Her FlowersDescription :Home BodyRupi kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home...

Titles in This Set : 1. Home Body2. Milk and Honey3. The Sun and Her FlowersDescription :Home BodyRupi kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home...

Titles in This Set : 1. Home Body2. Milk and Honey3. The Sun and Her Flowers4. Healing Through Words (Hardback)Description :Home BodyRupi kaur cons...

In Poems to Perform, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and her notes and ideas on performing them are included...

Robin Kirkpatrick's masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy, published in a single volume, is the ideal edition for students as well as th...

All About Cats is a collection of hilarious rhymes . . . all about cats! These short, funny rhymes are brought to life with illustrations from Axel...

Black cats born at midnightAre different indeedA mischievous, oddAnd peculiar breedIn the middle of winter, three kittens are born in a barn. Two a...

'Bilston is a magician with words' - GuardianThe perfect, witty gift for Valentine's and beyond. Alexa, what is there to know about love? is a wond...

WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZEJoshua Seigal, winner of the 2020 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (the only UK prize for funny children's books voted f...

A beautiful first collection of poems by two-time Kate Greenaway Medal-winner Shirley Hughes. In this wonderful collection of poems, by best-love...

This smart new paperback edition contains the fully-reset text of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and...

The first in a fabulously funny series about a dragon who has lost his flame - but may just find fire elsewhere . . . Perfect for fans of The DInos...

This is a mongrel mix of prose, poem, cartoon strip, letter, and limerick. Musings upon his mum, his chum, his love, his love's loss, and salvation...

Find Shine, Star, Shine! by Dom Conlon from publishers Graffeg Limited at Books2Door! ; 36 pages; Published: 16/11/2021

Find Swim, Shark, Swim! by Dom Conlon from publishers Graffeg Limited at Books2Door! ; 36 pages; Published: 23/02/2021

Bargain Bin Rom-Com is the first collection of poems by Leena Norms. From the politics of ice-cream to the permission slip you didn't know you need...

Find Christmas Movies by Various Authors from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 36 pages; Published: 01/10/2021

I travelled once around the worldOn stars with flaming tails,And touched the colours of my dreamsAlong some silver trails. Look out for best frie...

Gazing at the stars from five storeys up,smelling the bins from five storeys below. Overheard arguments,overheard laughter. A disappearing father...

WINNER OF THE T S ELIOT PRIZE 2021. The female body is a political space. C+nto enters the private lives of women from the butch counterculture...

Find Christmas Presents: Ten Poems to Give and Receive by Various Authors from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 20 pages; Published:...

Find Ten Poems about Flowers by Katharine Towers from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 20 pages; Published: 06/02/2020

Find Ten Poems about Bees by Brigit Strawbridge Howard from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 24 pages; Published: 27/05/2019

Find Ten Poems about Mothers by Various Authors from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 24 pages; Published: 08/10/2019

Find Ten Poems about Love by Lorraine Mariner from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 20 pages; Published: 24/06/2019

Find Ten Poems about Trees by Katharine Towers from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 20 pages; Published: 01/03/2019

Find Ten Poems about Art by Geoff Dyer from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 24 pages; Published: 12/08/2019

Find Ten Poems of Happiness by Deborah Alma from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 20 pages; Published: 08/07/2019

Find Ten Poems about Bicycles by Di Slaney from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 20 pages; Published: 13/03/2018

Find Ten Poems about Walking by Sasha Dugdale from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 20 pages; Published: 01/01/2019

Find Ten Poems About Birds by Katharine Towers from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; ; Published: 24/07/2017

Find Ten Poems about Sisters by Katharine Towers from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 20 pages; Published: 25/10/2017

Find Ten Poems about Friendship by Lorraine Mariner from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 15 pages; Published: 03/10/2016

Find Ten Poems about Knitting by Candlestick Press from publishers Candlestick Press at Books2Door! ; 16 pages; Published: 07/01/2015

Averno, a crater lake in southern Italy, was for the Romans the entrance to the underworld, both gateway and impassable barrier between the living ...

The poems in this collection are written in the language of flowers. Louise Gluck received the Pulitzer Prize for The Wild Iris in 1993, and has al...

An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism...

A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread Award-winning novel set in 18th-century England. In 18t...

A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre. His Dark Materials ...

A modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past. Brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of nine,...

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price Henrik Ibsen's revolutionary play about a woman's awakening to her need for a life ...