Paper Boat : New and Selected Poems 1961-2023 by Margaret Atwood

Paper Boat : New and Selected Poems 1961-2023 by Margaret AtwoodAn extraordinary career spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our ageTracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood a writer who has fundamentally shaped our contemporary literary landscapes Paper Boat assembles Atwoods most vital poems in one essential volume. In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful and hyper imagined, Atwood gives voices to remarkably drawn characters mythological figures, animals and everyday

high-wire tension

… Such an accomplished first novel’ Erica James ‘The perfect holiday read and a slice of pure escapism… Characters that I’d love to party with in real life’ Harriet Tyce

Julian's evening is disrupted by a visitor

‘Dark and mysterious and beautiful’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Uplifting and beautifully written’ MARK COCKER

fled to the human world

ends in personal and communal tragedy

except without any of the rubbish adults usually put in

BISHOP 'Crime fiction is a brilliant way of tackling social issues and

The subtle beauty of her writing was contrasted with her unwomanly and sordid subject-matter: Edna's rejection of her domestic role

a textbook salesman

In her first short story collection Scattered Showers

but finds itself heightened in the digitised