Down by the River: the Thames and Kennet in Reading Peter Clark Shakira’s Picture and Mordechai’s Moustaches

Shakira’s Picture and Mordechai’s Moustaches and his Wife’s Cats

Susannah Tarbush Fatma by Raja Alem

Tar River Poetry

Luz Mar Gonzalez Arias

as well as poets of Irish ancestry and non-nationals who have been resident and writing in Ireland for long periods are included

Down by the River: the Thames and Kennet in Reading Peter Clark Shakira’s Picture and Mordechai’s MoustachesThe book is attractively designed, thoroughly researched, and generously provided with maps, drawings, and contemporary photographs, many not seen before. The author writes with local people in mind and her book will be of interest to local and family historians, as well as those with an interest in river activities. The book tells the stories of those who worked on the rivers: millers, bargemasters, lock keepers, fishermen and boat builders. And