TOOTHPULL OF ST DUNSTAN
by Kevin Davey
The startling memoir of a dentist who for 700 years pulled teeth in the approach to Canterbury, beside its city gate.
Toothpull of St Dunstan is a deep dive of discovery into the margin of a cathedral city, revealing how pain, toothcare and life in the street – along with faith, threats and resistance – change and change again in unexpected ways, from the Peasant’s Revolt to rowdy mods on scooters in the sixties.
RADIO JOAN
by Kevin Davey
Ninety-year-old Joan Cade lives in a care home by the sea, with three radios for company. She is a former lover of Lord Haw Haw, Hitler’s wartime broadcaster to Britain, and a one-time aide to Oswald Mosley, Britain’s fascist leader. She’s questioned, on the record. But can her memories be trusted?
Kevin Davey’s second novel is a gripping teaser whose themes are chillingly resonant in contemporary politics. It’s out now.
CHI CHI’S GLORIOUS SWANSONG
by Anna Chen
‘This marvellous collection builds like a symphony, from its opening dances through the surf of language and ideas to the breath-taking cross-channel swim of ‘Tinderbox plc’. Assured, funny, angry, exhilarating … Chi Chi’s Glorious Swansong demands to be read; demands to be listened to. A triumph.’
ALAN MOORE
Anna Chen’s second volume of poetry is out now.
