Dear BlacksmithThis wasn't the story I wanted to tell. The end happened in the middle. Part love story, part grief memoir, Dear Blacksmith recounts the author's brief and unconventional love affair with 'Blacksmith Paul', a maverick who lived out on the moors in the Peak District, and the heart rending details of her grief after his sudden death, just eight months into their relationship. Adapted from the much loved blog Swimming Through Clouds, the story is told

Co-edited by Irish poet Mary O’Donnell and Galician scholar Manuela Palacios

and including many thought-provoking fiction from Sudan

It's about the lifestyle that wannabes like The Streets and Guy Ritchie can only dream about

with an instinctive appreciation of those important yet transient details captured by our eyes and ears

but also the deep affection hinted at in the way the photographer has framed

Lucia shortly in 2008

and to some spaces in-between

She lives in south London

Ticker-tape is bold

who has his own reasons for trying to prove Bright’s innocence

Dad’s a waster

as Edward Lucie-Smith noted