Safe CorridorSafe Corridor by Jan Dost, translated by Marilyn Boothtranslator of the 2019 International Booker Prize winning Celestial Bodiesis a darkly humorous and powerful novel that captures war through Kamiran, a 13 year old Kurdish boy. Fleeing Afrin with his family, Kamiran undergoes a surreal transformationhis body turning to chalk, a haunting symbol of identity erased by conflict. Blending sharp wit with deep sorrow, the novel explores trauma,

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and asked writers to something that responded or reacted to or was inspired by a sixteenth century poem that editor Cherry Potts has always found comforting in a crisis: Robert Southwell's Tymes Goe by Turnes

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If you can cope with literary heartbreak

New voices sit alongside established poets with many collections under their belts

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in the late Victorian era