From the direct trajectory of her first collection, Straight Ahead, Clare Shaw's second collection Head On turns an unflinching gaze into startling new territories.  Meer

Clare Shaw’s fourth collection shows that poetry can say as much as about who we are – and especially how we feel – as psychology. The book is inhabited by the character of Monkey, who shows by example how early attachments and trauma may shape us, but how ultimately we come to realise our own general theory and practice of love.  Meer

The territory of Clare Shaw's third collection isn't one she chose herself: the flooded valley and the ruined home - Yorkshire in 2015. Flooding is also a powerful metaphor for wider experiences of loss, destruction and recovery.  Meer

The book is divided into three: a detailed section by Clare Shaw on diet and cancer and the problems you may face during treatment; recipes to cook during treatment, which are nutritionally beneficial and wholesome enough to keep you strong even if you can't eat too much; and a section with recipes for after treatment, to maintain a balanced diet.  Meer

Using close readings of Shaw's plays and letters, as well as archival research, David Clare illustrates that Shaw regularly placed Irish, Irish Diasporic, and surrogate Irish characters into his plays in order to comment on Anglo-Irish relations and to explore the nature of Irishness.  Meer

Using close readings of Shaw's plays and letters, as well as archival research, David Clare illustrates that Shaw regularly placed Irish, Irish Diasporic, and surrogate Irish characters into his plays in order to comment on Anglo-Irish relations and to explore the nature of Irishness.  Meer