Books published by Flapjack Press

Written daily throughout the UK's restrictions to combat coronavirus, Nail on the Head takes us from the anniversary of the first lockdown, through the easing of regulations, and up to our grand reopening on so-called 'Freedom Day'.

Written daily throughout the UK's restrictions to combat coronavirus, Paul Cookson's third volume covers the period from the introduction of the 'Three-Tier System' through to the anniversary of the first lockdown. Filled with humour and compassion, it is a reflective documentation of the nation's wellbeing.

Rob Steventon wrangles humour from the more preposterous - and disgraceful - aspects of modern society. Political, radical and filled with social commentary, astute wit and comic observation, How I Made My Millions proves that accessible poetry is not the sole property of advertising companies.

The Distance Between Clouds is an all-new collection written between June 2020 and March 2021. "Finally, a collection of poetry about joy, positivity and optimism, before I die unloved and forgotten." - Henry Normal.

This is a collection about the land. It's about the politics of the UK, its identity and how it can be re-defined. It's about the environment, social disquiet, anger, intolerance and the rise of righteousness. It's about love and intimacy, exploring change and the passing of time. This is a collection which embraces hope and creates the future.

Written daily during the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Cookson's new collection picks up directly from his first volume, Fighting Talk. These poems document the period from the pubs re-opening through to the introduction of the 'Three-Tier System'. Compassionate, humorous and political, here is another extraordinary collection for extraordinary times.

The Department of Lost Wishes contains over a hundred poems personally selected by the author from his early works. "Distinctly funny" - Time Out

Henry Normal's first poetry collection in over twenty years, combining both new and selected poems from his previous performance work. This collection encompasses the subjects of love, death, loneliness, loss, human frailty and other classic conversation stoppers. Published by Five Leaves in 2016, revised and reissued by Flapjack Press in 2018.

This Phantom Breath was written between August 2016 and August 2017. The poems in this collection are concerned with love, death, truth and other inconvenient distractions. "The Alan Bennett of poetry" - The Scotsman

Vaudavillain is the first time punk poet Thick Richard's words have been securely trapped in a book - a cornucopia of political and personal vitriol, acerbic humour and points well-made. Illustrated throughout by the author. "His words are rattling and brilliant and shoot life back at you in all its futility and chaos and wonder." - Kate Tempest

Powerfully articulating diverse themes including childhood, relationships, gender and serial-killers, Rosie's first collection since beating throat cancer showcases her thought-provoking and passionate award-winning poetry.

Whilst ten-year-old Dom is trying to adjust to moving home, an unexpected event suddenly changes everything. With his whole world turned upside down, how far will he go to be accepted at a new school where attitudes seem very different to anything he has seen before?

In the middle of the night there is a noise - a snuffling and a shuffling and a splintering of wood. A line of Troll prints lead out the door, across the lawn and into the deep, dark forest... Nikki's goldfish, Great Bumbleduke the Third, needs rescuing!For ages 5+

Rick loves poetry. He thinks it's exciting, funny and imaginative. But all across the land poets are being silenced - by a dragon! How can Rick avoid being eaten and help save the village from this fiery fiend? For ages 5+

Spark's magic can transform anything. He'll turn the bogeys up his nose into some pink ribbons and bows. He'll make a gorgeous high heeled shoe out of a pile of donkey poo... But terrible things have started to happen in his forest - wasps, werewolves, spells going disastrously wrong - calamities maybe not even Spark can stop... For ages 5+

The Beauty Within Shadow was written between August 2019 and June 2020. These poems are concerned with the balancing of darkness and light in our everyday lives, the search for an understanding of pain and sorrow, and the processing of other thoughts we'd usually avoid by filling our days with mindless distractions.

Little ones take great delight in the silly sausage dog and the giant ice cream, but they love it even more when creating their very own masterpiece. I Can Draw My Alphabet features a page format which encourages them to copy the illustrations or to create their own, proudly adding their name as a co-author to the front of the book.

An inspirational collection containing the unabridged scripts of Rose Condo's three acclaimed poetry theatre shows: The Geography of Me, How to Starve an Artist and The Empathy Experiment. After the Storm also includes QR codes to access accompanying music by Eleonora Rosca, full colour artwork by Jen McDonald, and a Foreword by Tina Sederholm.

Filled with acerbic humour and cynical, lyrical, well-crafted verse, Read 'em and Weep is a poetic diatribe, issuing challenges to political governance, corporate greed, unwarranted entitlement and the North/South divide.

The Escape Plan includes all of the poems from Henry Normal's acclaimed BBC Radio 4 shows, together with the most popular poems from each of his previous collections. "Shove up National Treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal." - Radio Times"The Alan Bennett of poetry" - The Scotsman

An all-new poetry collection from the creator, writer and performer of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, A Normal... Written between October 2018 and July 2019, these poems are concerned with the nature of change, identity, worth, and other abstract notions that get in the way of lunch.