New collection from Martina Evans, winner of the Pigott Poetry Prize 2022.
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Martina Evans is an Irish writer whose works delve into the intricacies of family dynamics and tradition. Her writing is characterized by a raw honesty and a sensitive portrayal of life within the context of a small community. Evans masterfully blends poetry and prose to capture the complexity of human emotions and daily existence. Her texts resonate with a strong voice that reflects her Irish roots and life experiences.
- 2023
- 2021
Highly anticipated new collection from the author of 2018's acclaimed Now We Can Talk Openly About Men.
- 2018
Now We Can Talk Openly About Men
- 88 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Dramatic Monologues from a dressmaker on laudanum and a stenographer in love with a young revolutionary give their alternative views of the Irish Troubles and the Civil War.
- 2018
Strength and Conditioning for Cyclists
- 176 pages
- 7 hours of reading
"Phil Burt and Martin Evans have worked with the world's best cyclists, including the Great Britain Cycling Team, devising and implementing highly effective off the bike training plans. Now, in Strength and Conditioning for Cyclists you can benefit from their wealth of knowledge and experience and apply it to make you a stronger, faster and more robust cyclist. Use the self-assessment, inspired by the Functional Movement Screening used by the Great Britain Cycling Team, to identify your strengths and weaknesses. Discover the mobility and strengthening movements that are most applicable to your needs, maximising effectiveness and avoiding wasted time. Learn how to devise your own personalised and progressive off the bike training plan, how to schedule it into your year and combine it most effectively with your cycling."--Publisher's description
- 2018
- 2016
Award-winning Irish writer explores her Catholic upbringing and controversial aspects of Ireland's history
- 2014
Burnfort, Las Vegas
- 64 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Martina Evanss fifth collection moves from the impact of American culture and rocknroll in the 1960s on her home town, a small Catholic community in rural Ireland, to life in contemporary London. Her poems spring from memories, anecdotes of local characters, childrens books, shoes and cats; finally they revisit her Burnfort schooldays.
- 2013
Algeria
- 496 pages
- 18 hours of reading
The first full account for a generation of the war against French colonialism in Algeria, setting out the long-term causes of the war from the French occupation of Algeria in 1830 onwards
- 2001
No Drinking, No Dancing, No Doctors
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Tells the story of Beulah Kingston, who in her late sixties is still almost as tall and headstrong as on her wedding day in 1944. Born a Poleite, her zest for life has tested her simple faith to the limit. Now, with the prospect of hospital, she examines the true passion of her youth.
