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 Bob's Current Reading List 

 These are all the books I have read and recommend from the past year of reading

 

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Funland and Other Poems

Dannie Abse

Hutchinson of London, London, 1973

Date completed: 15th May, 2026

(Note: link goes to Abe Books UK)

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Five Fifty-Five

Maura Dooley

Bloodaxe Books, Hexham, Northumberland, 2023

Leeds Stanza choice April 2026

Date completed: 7th May, 2026

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Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division

Deborah Curtis

faber and faber, London, 1995. 2001 edition.

For the lyrics of Ian Curtis pp 145-201

Date completed: 7th May, 2026

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Dynamo

Luke Samuel Yates

smith | doorstop Sheffield 2023

Date completed: 28th April, 2026

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New Cemetery

Simon Armitage

Faber and Faber, London, 2025

I listened to this as an audiobook read by the author on 31st March, 2026

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Self-Portrait As Othello

Jason Allen-Paisant

Carcanet Poetry, Manchester, 2023

Leeds Stanza choice March 2026
Poetry Book Society Book choice March 2023

Completed re-reading: 22nd April, 2026

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the North

Issue 71

Magazine subscription

Current reading

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Invocation

Izzy Brittain

Yaffle's Nest, Horsforth, 2025

Date completed: 11th March, 2026

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Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

Translated by M.D. Herter Norton

W.W. Norton and Company, London, 2004.

(Revised edition. Originally published 1934.)

Current reading

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An Uncharacteristically Lengthy Poem by Dean Wilson About Interpretive Dance

Dean Wilson

DeanWorld, 2025

Date completed: 25th February, 2026

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Gain Access

Ian Harker

Smith | Doorstop Books, Sheffield, 2025

Pamphlet

Date completed: 24th February, 2026

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House Anthems

Ralph Dartford

Valley Press, Scarborough, 2024

Date completed: 20th February, 2026

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Wellwater

Karen Solie

Picador Poetry, London, 2025

Leeds Stanza choice, February 2026

Date Completed: 16/02/2026

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My Life In Verse. A Journey Through Poetry

Edited by Alexis Kirschbaum

Penguin Classics, London, 2009

Current anthology read

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The Taking Part

Joe Williams

Maytree Press

Pamphlet

Re-read: 31 January 2026

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The Iliad

Homer, translated by Emily Wilson

W.W.Norton and Company, London, 2023

Leeds Stanza December 2025 / January 2026 Choice

Date Completed 16/ 01/2026

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Side-eye

Matt Nicholson

Yaffle, Horsforth, 2025

Date Completed:18/12/2025

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Mouth

Mona Arshi

Chatto & Windus, London, 2025

Poetry Book Society Autumn 2025 choice

Date completed: 30/11/2025

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Swell

Maria Ferguson

Penguin Books, London, 2025

Date completed: 27th November, 2025

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Pulling Faces

Zakariye

Little Betty, Nottingham, 2025

Pamphlet

Date completed: 26th November, 2025

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Like a Tree, Walking

Vahni Capildeo

Carcanet Poetry, Manchester, 2021

Poetry Book Society Choice, Winter 2021

Date completed: 20th November, 2025

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Bread and Circus

Airea D. Matthews

Picador, London, 2023

Poetry Book Society Choice Summer 2023

Date completed: 17th November 2025

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Thin Spells

Kristina Diprose

Black Cat Poetry Press, UK, 2025

Pamphlet

Date completed: 8th October, 2026

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Killing the Piano

Joe Williams

Half Moon Books, Otley, 2017

Date read: 5/10/2025

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