She thought her life was over, but it hadn't even started. . .When Margot Delacroix dies at forty years old, she is sent back to earth as a guardian angel - to herself. Renamed Ruth, she is forced by...

Alex, dix ans, adore les toasts aux oignons et se balancer sur les pieds de sa chaise. Il a pour meilleur ami Ruen, un démon âgé de 9 000 ans, grand amateur de Mozart, de ping-pong et de pain perdu. Lorsque,...

"Jess-Cooke conjures (and there is a sense of enchantment or spellcasting present in the sensual figurative language utilised) precise, evocative imagery to discuss wide-ranging subjects, such as disability,...

Uma fonte de água corrente translúcida e límpida, semelhante a uma cascata, brota dos ombros de Ruth. E, na verdade, aquela fonte borbulhante compõe suas asas. Aparentando ter uns vinte e poucos anos...

Meu nome é Alex. Tenho dez anos de idade. Gosto de cebolas fritas com torradas e posso me balançar nas pernas traseiras da minha cadeira durante catorze minutos. Eu posso ver demônios, também. Meu melhor...

Shortlisted for the London Festival Fringe Prize for the Best First Collection of Poetry 2010. This debut collection from Seren, Inroads, showcases a startling new talent. Carolyn Jess-Cooke has a sophisticated...

The title poem of this new collection of poems by Carolyn Jess-Cooke: 'Boom!' enacts the moment when the new baby arrives in the family 'like a hand grenade'. 'Becoming a mother changed me in every single...

I first met my demon the morning that Mum said Dad had gone. 'My name is Alex. I'm ten years old. I like onions on toast and I can balance on the back legs of my chair for fourteen minutes. I can also...

« Margot Delacroix est morte depuis peu lorsqu’elle se trouve réincarnée en tant qu’ange gardien. Désormais appelée Ruth, elle est chargée de veiller sur elle-même, enfin sur Margot, qui reprend dès le...