Tied to the Wind by Afric McGlinchey Ilya Kaminsky heroism and humour of the

heroism and humour of the ordinary soldier

Kinloch’s bestiary of forgotten voices spans apocalypse and salvage

this authoritative third collection takes the reader on a thrilling journey which is lyric

is built around a series of family photographs

desire their own species

Tied to the Wind by Afric McGlinchey Ilya Kaminsky heroism and humour of theTied to the Wind portrays a young girls attempts to tether herself to a life that keeps becoming unfixed, each time her family moves from Ireland to Southern Africa and back again. Her nomadic childhood triggers a sense of destabilisation, exacerbated by alcoholism, racism, war and the conflicts of complicit colonial privilege. Interwoven into the narrative are the puzzle pieces of a fateful decision to undertake a skydive, despite her fear of