The Parrot and Other PoemsAs Wodehouse himself wrote, 'Most poets are more to be pitied than censured. What happens is that they are lured on to the downward path by the fatal fascination of the limerick form. It is so terribly easy to compose the first two lines of a limerick, and, that done, the subject finds it impossible to stop. (Compare the case of the tiger cub, which, at first satisfied with a bowl of milk, goes in stritly for blood after taking its initial coolie).

it takes a certain amount of persuasion and arm-twisting from Sonia Futtle to convince Piper to travel to America

but she'll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back

Inspector Geordie Keating

someone who pursues her with an uncanny knowledge of her fears

Lowland Way

Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife

and how they learn to survive

Destined for an arranged marriage

The Wren and The Swan comes a new instalment in his beloved bird biography series

at the height of an era when paparazzi tactics were bent on destroying a person's image and self-esteem

MANIFESTO is Bernardine Evaristo's intimate and inspirational

Enter the world of Evie Steppman