Books with author Blake Morrison

'Exquisitely metered, intimate and yet profound, glimmeringly intelligent…A worthwhile, interesting and impressive achievement’ Edward Docx, GuardianWhat matters most: fidelity or art? Marriage or friendship? The wishes of the living or the talents of the dead?Literary executor Matt Holmes finds himself considering these questions sooner than he thinks when his friend, the poet Robert Pope, dies unexpectedly. A trail of clues Rob has left within his archives leads Matt to a series of shocking discoveries that begins to unsettle everything he thought he knew about his friend. Should Matt conceal what he has found or share it? After all, it’s not just Rob’s reputation that could be transformed forever…

A favorite back in print! A child discovers, in the old house and overgrown garden she passes every day, that wonders wait in secret.One day, on the way to the park, a little girl climbs the gate of an old yellow house. Although no one has lived there for a very long time, a little boy suddenly appears before her. "Come and play with me," he beckons. He leads her through an enchanted garden, showing her all its marvelous inhabitants: a tiger playing with its cubs in the long grass, a dolphin leaping in the goldfish pond, a pelican roosting high in the apple tree. Then the mysterious boy is gone, the girl’s mother is calling, and all is as it was before. In this well-loved picture book, Blake Morrison and Helen Craig bring us to a place where, for a moment, magic is real.

When Michael graduated high school, he was going to come out to his parents. He didn't think they'd kick him out.His brother, his best friend, and his boyfriend take him out to the mountains to get away, hoping it might make Michael's parents miss him. But he's not the only one having problems—they all have their own reasons for getting away. The next day, when tragedy strikes, three of them are left wondering what to do next.Each—Michael, Jackson, Hannah, and Tyreese—tells his or her side of the story of that weekend and beyond, revealing how different people react when something goes wrong, and more importantly, how we move on from there.Content Warning: This book contains sexually explicit content, and reader discretion is advised.