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Shabbigentile
Wednesday, 30 January 2019 17:29

Shabbigentile

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£9 (plus £3.00 p. and p.) ISBN: 978-1-912710-10-2 Alan Morrison’s Shabbigentile is a counterpoint to his Forward Prize-nominated Tan Raptures (Smokestack Books, 2017), many of its poems having been written during the same period and on complementary polemical themes. These range from the ominous economic stormclouds of the banking crash,…
Ruses and Fuses
Wednesday, 21 November 2018 13:36

Ruses and Fuses

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£8 (plus £1.50 p. and p.) ISBN 978-1-912710-09-6 Ruses and Fuses, by Fran Lock with collages by Steev Burgess, is the follow-up collection to Muses and Bruises. Fran Lock is one of the most prolific and outstanding poets out there today, fighting with her writing. Bristling with multi-bladed language and…
One of These Dead Places
Wednesday, 21 November 2018 13:24

One of These Dead Places

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£8 (plus £3.00 p. and p.) ISBN 978-1-912710-07-2 One of These Dead Places is a collection of poems and images by Jane Burn. One of the voices rarely heard in modern poetry is that of working-class women, in terms of both the impact of major historical events on their identity,…
arise!
Tuesday, 26 June 2018 15:50

arise!

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£5 plus £2 p. and p. ISBN 978-1-912710-03-4 arise! is a new long poem by Paul Summers, which is both a celebration of the past, and an inspiration for the future. The pamphlet was commissioned by Culture Matters for the Durham Miners' Gala this year, and it is sponsored by…
The Combination
Sunday, 27 May 2018 14:49

The Combination

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The Combination - A Poetic Coupling of the Communist Manifesto by Peter Raynard £6 (plus £1.50 p&p). ISBN 978-1-912710-04-1 Culture Matters is proud to publish a remarkable new long poem by Peter Raynard written to mark the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth, and the 170th anniversary of the publication of…
The Things Our Hands Once Stood For
Thursday, 08 March 2018 16:40

The Things Our Hands Once Stood For

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The Things Our Hands Once Stood For - by Martin Hayes £6 (plus £3.00 p&p). ISBN 978-1-907464-32-4. Culture Matters has published an oustanding new collection of poetry by Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes is the only British poet who writes consistently and seriously about work, and about the insanity of a…
'It is communists who think like Christians': free ebooks on Marxism, religion and communism
Monday, 19 February 2018 22:26

'It is communists who think like Christians': free ebooks on Marxism, religion and communism

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Culture Matters has published three free ebooks containing essays by the theologian and writer Professor Roland Boer. Our aim with the topic of religious and spiritual life is the same as our aim across the arts and all other cultural activities - to unearth and mobilise the radical meanings in…
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