Books published by Two Rivers Press

In Penumbra, Kate Behrens' third collection, the poems are linked by themes of dislocation and heredity. If the dead are ever-present here, so is love: the absence of, rewards and longing for it, the endurance and effort of it.

An insight into the processes and techniques of botanical illustration by an award-winning artist and experienced tutor.

Jean Watkins' second collection, celebrates the diversity of wildlife, landscape, art and human experience.

In his carefully meditated debut collection of poetry, James Peake explores the imagination's material legacy - how our ideas have entered wood and stone, celluloid and skin, metal and glass, and become restless in the process.

Reading is famous for its varied, colourful and intricately patterned brickwork. Illustrated throughout with local photographs, Bricks and Brickwork in Reading gets back to basics with bonding, tells the story of a successful Victorian brick maker, pays homage to Alfred Waterhouse and revels in the delights of air bricks and crinkle-crankle walls.

Following A Wild Plant Year, which recorded the folklore and cultural history of our native wildflowers, in The Greenwood Trees Christina looks at the history, folklore and virtues of our native trees - and a few well-known introductions too - all illustrated with her exquisitely detailed watercolour paintings.

An account of the history of Reading's Abbey and the changes to its ruins and the surrounding area after the Dissolution in 1539.

Lesley Saunders' fourth collection, is an extended praise-song for the Greek and Latin literature she grew up with as a schoolgirl. These poems respond, in oblique and glancing ways, to the riches of these two cultures.

First collection of poems by Jack Thacker winner of the 2016 Charles Causley International Poetry Competition.

A collection of new and selected previously published poems reflecting and developing the theme of women.

Second collection from established poet and critic who has been a regular reviewer of poetry for London Magazine, Poetry Review and the TLS as well as poetry editor for Dublin Quarterly Magazine. This collection is a 'sustained meditation on magnetism in all its senses' (Bernard O'Donoghue).

Poetry collection reflecting concern for the state of the world, both politically and environmentally, but grounded in real life: music, literature, craftsmanship, history, family & friends.

Memoir of Edith Morley - first female university professor, early feminist and socialist.

Biography of the artist, teacher, author and illustrator Allen Seaby.

A beautifully illustrated account of producing designs for the Royal Mail's Post & Go stamp project. The artist's illustrations cover spring blooms, symbolic flowers and winter greenery, and each flower painting is accompanied by an account of the techniques she used to create it.

Beautiful bird illustrations by famous wildlife artist, commissioned by Royal Mail for Post and Go stamps.

Exploring the many Latin inscriptions to be found in Reading, and what they tell us about the people and history of the town.

An account of a significant development in the history of photography: the first commercial studio to mass-produce photographs, set up in Reading in 1843.

"To Be Lighted Forever" presents history.

`From the Goths, Transylvanians and teenage samurai, escaped from the pages of books, to email spam or jazz, to memories about childhood and place, these poems capture Attwooll's delight in the world around him.' Jenny Lewis