The Stasi Poetry CircleBerlin, 1962. Morale is at rock bottom in East Germany, thrown into chaos by the new Berlin Wall. The Ministry for State Security is hunting for a new weapon in the war against capitalism and their solution is stranger than fiction. Rather than guns, tanks, or bombs, the Stasi resolve to fight the enemy through rhyme and verse, winning the Culture Wars through poetry and the result is the most bizarre book club in history. Consisting of 15 secret

They were last seen eight hundred feet shy of Everest's summit

not long afterwards

a line from an RM Holland story by her body

Craig Storti uncovers the fascinating and still largely overlooked saga of all that led up to that moment in late June of 1921 when two English climbers

A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as a species

Coolidge is not interested in sermonising and morals

dramatic downfall

she argues

Alex is keeping a diary

Bella soon discovers the reason for his coldness as the family are vampires

life seems to be looking up

Convinced by her adult children to finally do something for herself