ZOOM! AND OTHER POEMS

ALL POINTS NORTH

The village of Marsden lies in the Pennines on the Lancashire/ Yorkshire border. In a series of funny, perceptive articles, Simon Armitage describes the place and its people.

GREEK MYTHS: MODERN RE-TELLINGS

With their epic tales of gods, heroes, magic and monsters, the Greek myths have thrilled us for more than 2,000 years and inspired countless adaptations. Now, in this captivating collection, two award-winning playwrights bring their own fresh, contemporary takes to the famous legends of Odysseus, Orpheus and Eurydice.

MAGNETIC FIELD: THE MARSDEN POEMS

The village of Marsden, West Yorkshire not only was home to Simon Armitage's beginnings as writer, but has been a vital presence throughout his works: This collection gathers all the Marsden poems together to create a 'poetry of place' edition, which will offer a new way of appraising Simon's body of work, as well as celebrating this overlooked region that has meant so much to him personally.

NEVER GOOD WITH HORSES: SELECTED LYRICS

Simon Armitage's work explores the territory where poetry and song lyric converge, most recently with the 'ambient post-rock' band Land Yacht Regatta. Many of the lyrics collected here were written for LYR. Others are drawn from his days with The Scaremongers, various film and theatre productions including Songbirds and the BAFTA-winning Feltham Sings, and other miscellaneous ventures.

THE UNACCOMPANIED

The pieces in this collection are set against a backdrop of economic recession and social division and document a world on the brink, a world of unreliable seasons and unstable coordinates.

WALKING HOME

Simon Armitage's extraordinary story about his journey along the Pennine Way, Britain's remote and overlooked interior. He describes the wildness of its landscape and the generosity of the locals who sustained him on his travels.