A Whistling of Birds Faisal Darraj The vision is dark

The vision is dark

and Ernest eagerly returns to his parent

A novel unfolding almost entirely in dialogue form

Siân James and Stevie Davies have written of life on the home front and the impact of war on the lives of those left behind

a family and an entire country

A Whistling of Birds Faisal Darraj The vision is darkElizabeth Bishops hawkweed, John Berrymans hummingbirds, Ted Hughess burnt fox the birds, beasts and flowers of Isobel Dixons new collection are at times kin to D. H. Lawrence, whose essay Whistling of Birds lends this book its name, though each poem here is its own vivid testament to the natural world, and our often troubled and troubling place in it. Lyrical, vigorous, inventive, A Whistling of Birds is at times in conversation with Lawrences iconic