Composition in WhiteI have no hesitation in stating that S. J. Litherland is one of the finest poets I have come across in recent years. I admired and loved this collection for its skilful detail and the sense of time and place which is endearing, evocative and enriching. Litherland engages the readers senses on every level through her vivid description and her passion for her material. At times the language is expansive and at other times it is economical, but each word

was Poet in Residence at The Bishopsgate Institute

That's when he gave me

the Sweden of his mother’s youth

Navigating many literal and metaphorical islands along the way

heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny

one of the Arab world's finest women novelists

This is a thrilling sweep across Pálsson’s work: chronologies are upset

Peter lives in Tralee

‘These chapters of ‘The World is a Wedding’ rank with the fiercest pages of de Quincey’s ‘Confessions of an English Opium Eater’

She is the co-director of the Brookline Poetry Series

novels and essays

Primrose is also a performance poet who has read and performed her work at international festivals