The PeacockTake a dilapidated castle in the Scottish Highlands; add a peacock gone rogue, a group of bankers on a teambuilding trip, an overwhelmed psychologist, a housekeeper with a broken arm, and an ingenious cook; get Lord and Lady McIntosh to try and keep it all together; and top it off with all sorts of animals soon no one will know exactly whats going on. Selling 500,000 copies, Isabel Bogdans book is a big hitter in Germany and now its coming home to

a post-human parable

world of consumerism

And I just don’t know why

where is home and who gets to decide a home’s inhabitants

Her cast of eccentric characters live somewhere on the coast of Greeneland

"A fascinating journey through history and mythology

Her icy breath thinned

the poetry covers an extensive range of styles and subject matters

perseverance and patience

elegance and deft characterisation

Novelists include Saudi Arabian Yousef al-Mohaimeed with an excerpt from his novel The Bottle

Rhythmically alive and carefully faithful