My Father the Dog by Andrew Fitzsimons Ruby Robinson with moments of tenderness and

with moments of tenderness and beauty

Shortlisted for the CLiPPA: the only award solely to highlight published poetry for children

‘Every page reveals her unique ability to invert the world and shake it

Francis Scarfe from early to mid-20th century

Theophilus Kwek's first UK collection is concerned with the individual and the collective stories that become history

My Father the Dog by Andrew Fitzsimons Ruby Robinson with moments of tenderness andMy Father The Dog is a haunting sequence of haiku inspired by real killings in an isolated mountain village in Japan. After decades working in the city, a man returns to his childhood home to care for his parents and their small farm. When they die, grief, rural isolation, and mounting tensions with neighbours lead to his slow unravelling: a threatening haiku posted on a shed wall, the adoption of two dogs, and the growing belief that one dog is the