New Releases by Helen Dunmore

After the tragic death of her father, Katie and her mum go to live in the depths of Cornwall, as far away from their London life as possible. The countryside is beautiful, but coping with a cottage with no heating, an outside loo and a lot of spiders is more than Katie bargained for. Then she meets Zillah, from the farm up.

Livre-culte des années quatre-vingt enfin réédité dans sa version intégrale, chef-d''œuvre littéraire et document de premier plan sur la culture gay d''avant le sida, Le Danseur de Manhattan dépeint un âge d''or révolu, celui d''une fête permanente, sans tabous ni contraintes. Depuis qu''il a découvert son homosexualité, Malone, jeune homme de bonne famille d''une extraordinaire beauté, erre dans New York à la recherche de l''amour absolu. Guidé dans les méandres du milieu underground par Sutherland, une folle flamboyante, Malone s''enivre de plaisirs neufs, goûtant frénétiquement aux drogues, au sexe et à la danse. Des boîtes de nuit de Manhattan aux orgies extravagantes de Fire Island commence alors une lente déchéance dont l''issue ne peut être que la rédemption ou la mort... À la fois lyrique et poignant, ce roman au réalisme cru dit toute la souffrance d''un homme en quête de pureté dans un monde d''apparences où les rires tonitruants étouffent les larmes de désespoir.

This literacy programme for juniors offers fiction, poetry and non-fiction reading and writing materials for shared, guided and group reading and writing, and teaching materials. "Comets" should capture the imagination of more able pupils, and software integrates ICT with literacy teaching.

Catherine and her brother, Rob, don''t know why they have been abandoned by their parents. Incarcerated in the enormous country house of their grandfather, they create a refuge against their family''s dark secrets as the outside world moves towards the First World War. As time passes their sibling love deepens and crosses into forbidden territory.

Bestselling British author Helen Dunmore--novelist, poet, and first-ever winner of the Orange Prize for the year''s best fiction by a woman--delivers a "haunting . . . twisting, sensually written tale" ("The New York Times Book Review") of betrayal and fierce love. It is the story of Louise, a tough and introspective Londoner, trapped in a subtle battle between two brothers.

A wonderful collection of poems for chldren of all ages by award-winning novelist and poet Helen Dunmore. Snollygoster is full of lyrical images - smiles like roses, horses in wardrobes and man-eating puddings, as well as Snollygoster himself. This collection comprises both new poems, and a selection from "Secrets", which won the Signal award.

When the ugly duckling hatches out of his egg, his brothers and sisters think he''s monstrous - his head is too big, his neck is too long and his feet are too large.Soon the ugly duckling is hounded out of the farmyard, unloved and unwanted, and forced to fend for himself....

This is a story of Simone, a judge with a husband on the brink of bankruptcy and breakdown. Simone struggles to shield her children from the chaos, then one day she receives a letter from someone she has tried to forget but who hasn''t forgotten her

Tanya has gone from being an only child to having four brothers and sisters in one fell swoop. Quads are a nightmare. The house is full of dirty nappies, and her parents are so shattered that her dad falls asleep at work...Which doesn''t make his (ex) boss very happy. Tanya''s diary seems to be the only thing that''s listening to her any more...

Great-Grandma''s Dancing Dress has been written by Helen Dunmore, award-winning author of both adult and children''s fiction; and winner of the Orange prize for fiction. Rosa doesn''t know how to break free from her friendship with the horrible Charmaine. But Rosa''s great-grandma has a story to tell that will help Rosa to make an important decision. Great-Grandma''s Dancing Dress is one of thirteen books that make up Independent Reading Level B, for children in Year 4/Primary 5. This phase of Cambridge Reading aims to extend children''s reading tastes and understanding of language features, and motivate them to enjoy reading. The book has black and white illustrations, helping to make the book accessible and attractive to its target readership.

Cambridge Reading is a major reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

A major reading scheme for the teaching of reading and the development of literacy throughout the primary years.

Talking to the Dead is bestselling author Helen Dunmore''s fourth novel. There''s nothing closer than sisters . . . Unloved by their distant mother, Isabel and Nina cemented their bond in childhood when tragedy struck the family. Many yeas later, with the difficult birth of Isabel''s first child, it is Nina who comes to stay and help out her older sister. But Nina has other, important reasons for being under her sister''s roof - not least of these is Isabel''s husband, Richard. The tragedy that drew two sisters together so many years ago still has the power to wrench them apart . . . ''A writer of quiet deadly power . . . it takes two paragraphs to hook you. Don''t resist'' Time Out ''Dunmore''s capacity for hauntingly psychological storytelling is on brilliant display'' Sunday Times ''Flies off the page, startling the reader with its brilliance'' Financial Times Helen Dunmore has published eleven novels with Penguin: Zennor in Darkness , which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the Orange Prize; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby; House of Orphan; Counting the Stars and The Betrayal, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. She is also a poet, children''s novelist and short-story writer.

Another volume in a series highlighting contemporary British poetry. It features the work of three poets and they themselves have made the selections.

Written especially for beginner readers, this pack of stories aims to capture children''s imaginations and help to develop their confidence in reading.

After helping to knit and sew together the squares of a blanket to be sent to a country at war, Josie dreams of what life is like for the girl who will receive the blanket as a gift from Josie''s class

One morning a woman wakes up and finds her body has disappeared. She tries revenge on her lovers, solitary celibacy, marriage and magic as she struggles to get it back. Another woman watches a clump of cells that will be her next baby swim towards her like a space-ship on an ultrasound scan. A third strips naked to bathe in the cold waters of Balnacarry. These powerful poems express the loneliness, comedy and pleasures of life in the body. They explore sexuality and the huge changes of pregnancy and age=ing. They ask what it is really like to think, feel and write ''with two hearts beating inside me''. Women have often been told they must choose between children and artistic creativity. Helen Dunmore challenges the falsity of that choice, as her fifth collection of poems appears at the same time as her new baby.

Despite her romantic dreams of travelling in exotic countries, Colette finds herself on holiday in a small coastal town with little to get excited about. But she soon finds that it''s not where you go, it''s the people you meet that really matters.

Most of the country is unnatural. Even apparently wild places such as moors and commons were created by a complex chain of decisions: to fell trees, to graze animals, to drain land. Helen Dunmore''s The Raw Garden relates these changes wrought in the landscape through centuries of human intervention to the fascinating and sometimes terrifying state of change made possible by recent advances in genetic engineering. This book of closely linked poems celebrates a familiar world of landscape and human relationships, but at the same time it leads us to explore and question our own "sense of the natural".

The Apple Fall is a remarkably assured first book of poems. It is a celebration of the lives of all kinds of women, from figures such as Virginia Woolf and Zelda Fitzgerald to the anonymous peace campaigners of Greenham Common. Helen Dunmore''s poems are concerned with that web of family which constricts or supports us: about becoming a mother and living closely with children; about the many facets of solitude. Helen Dunmore has a strong command of rhythm, and writes with fluency and sensitivity to achieve both precision and sensuousness. Her poems are fresh and direct, combining authority with lightness of touch - rare qualities in contemporary poetry. The Apple Fall is a book of poems with the widest appeal.