Award winning author Jess Richards returns to Linen Press with this, her fifth book, a collection of delightful and disturbing fairy tales. Reading her stories is rather like walking through a fairground hall of distorting mirrors because each one, cunningly coated with innocence, reflects back unsettling truths about ourselves and our worlds. These stories are spell-binding and achingly unique.

Ukrainian poetry persists despite the horrors of war. This anthology presents twelve of Ukraine's finest contemporary women poets whose work reflects grief, love, anger and determination. Writing from exile and the battlefield, they offer rare, personal insights into conflict. Their collective voice resists silence and safeguards cultural and historic memory. Across fifty poems interspersed with powerful pen-and-ink sketches, War-torn Voices celebrates the enduring courage and spirit of humanity in crisis.

Mona Dash traces the intricate landscapes of identity, belonging, and human connection. Mona was born and brought up in India but has been living in London since 2001. She is a Telecoms Engineer, holds an MBA and works currently in the rapidly evolving space of AI in a tech company. She also holds a Masters in Creative Writing and recently gained a MPhil in Creative Writing. In these poems she writes from a position of intersectionality, of different dual identities, which can be conflicting and divisive. While the poems are not autobiographical, they are reflections and explorations of seeking self within yourself and in relation to others. These poems have been written over a period of time and the collection is her third collection of poetry.