When this adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s classic children’s story opened at the RSC Stratford in November 1998, it received rave reviews and broke box office records. Four children are evacuated from London during the Blitz. While exploring the Professor’s house, they stumble across the gateway to another world, and the adventure begins. The land of Narnia is under the spell of the wicked White Witch, and the four very quickly find themselves caught up in a deadly struggle between good and evil.

Features writing that is, in one sense or another, a reflection or lingering effect of poets and artists who have gone before.

Set in 1950s suburban Melbourne, at a time when the Australian government is ferreting out Communists and controlling the rabbit population through the introduction of myxomatosis. To 9-year-old Celia the two policies are somehow connected, while she also does battle with fictional monsters and her own relatives. A disturbing exploration of childhood fears and pre-occupations.

Come On Everybody brings together poems from a dozen collections published by Adrian Mitchell over five decades, from Poems (1964) to his final collection, Tell Me Lies (2008). His poetry's simplicity, clarity, passion and humour show his allegiance to a vital, popular tradition embracing William Blake as well as the ballads and the blues. His most nakedly political poems - about war, Vietnam, prisons and racism - became part of the folklore of the Left, sung and recited at demonstrations and mass rallies. His childlike questioning was a constant reminder from the 60s onwards that poetry is first and foremost an assertion of the human spirit. A pacifist prophet who remained true to his heartfelt beliefs, Mitchell reported back for over half a century from a world blighted by war, compromise, double-talk and pragmatism without losing his innocence, integrity and impish sense of humour. Angela Carter described him as a 'joyous, acrid and demotic tumbling lyricist Pied Piper determinedly singing us away from catastrophe'.

Henry Colless, one of the old pioneers. In his mid-teens he set out as a carrier across the Blue Mountains and then further along the track to the northwest. He was still a teenager when he helped his father and his brother establish legendary Come-by-Chance. He was one of the early settlers in Bourke, and later became one of its leading lights; and he drove a great mob of cattle across the corner country to establish the first station at Innamincka. This is his story. 'The Collesses. Theirs is the story of Australia itself. Convicts, bushrangers, cattle thieves, pioneers, punters, graziers, ANZACs; floods and droughts, boom and bust, they lived right through it all. Their story is every bit as comprehensive as Dorothea Mackellar's "I love a sunburnt country". They were right in the thick of our founding cultural history; they helped to make it, helped make this land. From Bird's Eye Corner to the far corner country. Henry Colless's line - corner to corner, through the middle of everything. And it is not a line without trace. George, William, Henry, they each handed on their sterling character - a more telling legacy than money can buy.'

In this much longer sequel to his earlier collection of Scots-Irish Links, Parts 1 & 2, David Dobson sheds more light on a segment of the 100,000 Scotsmen who were re-settled by the British government in the Irish Plantation of Ulster during the 17th century. Drawing upon sources not consulted for the earlier volume, Mr. Dobson has come up with an additional 2,500 mostly Lowland Scots who re-settled in Ulster--in most instances prior to 1700. As with Scots-Irish Links, Parts 1 & 2, university students predominate among.

The Mammoth Sails Tonight is inspired by the ballad of Sir Patrick Spens. This thrilling musical takes the reader on a wild voyage of adventure blending timewarps and mystery. It tells the story of an unsinkable luxury ship's journey into the unknown world of Norwegian mythology in this unforgettable event.

"The Mayor of Zalamea, Life's a Dream, The Great Theatre of the World In The Mayor of Zalamea, commissioned by the Royal National Theatre, peasants' honour clashes with military discipline. Life's a Dream is Calderon's most famous philosophical play. The Great Theatre of the World is an allegorical work that would originally have been performed in the street to the accompaniment of music and dancing."

Lavish, gift collection of children's poems by the late, eminent Adrian Mitchell.

Gerda and Kai are best friends, until one day Kai is snatched away by the Snow Queen and taken to her icy palace. Gerda sets out across the frozen wastes to find her friend and free him from the grasp of the wicked Queen. An outstanding adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's enchanting classic story of loyalty by the popular British playwright Adrian Mitchell.