Bricks and Brickwork in Reading Mahdi Issa al-Saqr How did they settle into

How did they settle into a new life

Rosie Garland’s dauntless and enthralling new poetry collection

With full-colour photographs throughout

Also excerpts from the six shortlisted novels of the 2017 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

Isaac Shepherd’s mother

Bricks and Brickwork in Reading Mahdi Issa al-Saqr How did they settle intoBrick features prominently in the towns of the Thames Valley, because the local geology provides little good building stone. Reading is particularly rewarding for the brick fancier, thanks to the variety of colours available and the inventive patterns that Victorian bricklayers loved to make. Illustrated throughout with photographs of surviving examples, Reading Bricks and Brickwork revels in the delights of air bricks and crinkle crankle walls, gets