Small Hands by Mona Arshi Helen Mort Daljit Nagra was captivated by

Daljit Nagra was captivated by his grandparents' Punjabi version as a child

Playing the Octopus is a body of writing buoyed by the redemptive power and sustaining joy of music

The 'Terms and Conditions' of her new collection's title are those we live under

Julia Bird's poems are beautifully textured

Small Hands by Mona Arshi Helen Mort Daljit Nagra was captivated byWinner of the 2015 Forward Prize for Best First Collection Mona Arshis debut collection, 'Small Hands', introduces a brilliant and compelling new voice. At the centre of the book is the slow detonation of grief after her brothers death but her work focuses on the whole variety of human experience: pleasure, hardship, tradition, energised by language which is in turn both tender and risky. Often startling as well as lyrical, Arshis poems resist fixity;