The Red Mouth by Sheila Armstrong #literature Laelia watches her partner Aid

Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping – her mind racing with everything that’s brought her to this moment

Incorporating poetry

Discover what Romans eat and drink

Drawing on the global canon

But romance isn’t easy

The Red Mouth by Sheila Armstrong #literature Laelia watches her partner AidFrom a rising star in literary fiction comes a story of two discoveries made deep in an Irish bogland, threading together four lives across time. When a dog finds a strange, alien antler in a restored bog, the owners first thought is to keep it for himself. But when he realises the value of his find, he is drawn back to the rich peat to keep searching. It is not one stag skeleton that is buried there, but dozens an ancient dying ground of the Great