Böcker av Kenneth Steven

Here is a collection of creation-inspired blessings for the child you love. It includes space for givers or recipients to write their own words of blessing.Kenneth Steven is a poet and children's book author. He grew up in Highland Perthshire in the heart of Scotland, and now lives in Argyll on the country's west coast. Katie Rewse is an award-winning illustrator. She lives and works in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK.Ages 5-8+

This new poetry collection from Scottish poet Kenneth Steven captures small moments of revelation or epiphanies, which come unexpectedly as gifts amid the ordinary. An uncleared breakfast table, the sight of someone working outdoors, an old photograph, and the features and sounds of the Scottish landscapes that so inspire his work, all become, in the poet's words, portals to a greater reality: 'the small moments that make up the whole story. This is the sudden going through the door into the bigger world.' Many of them are written in the sonnet form, whose brevity and economy of expression mirror the essence of this book, and whose very form turns from the ordinary to the extraordinary in a moment.

An illustrated bedtime prayer for talking to God at the end of the day.

Poet and essayist Kenneth Steven takes us on a series of meditative quests in search of his "atoms of delight"-treasures, both natural and spiritual-through some of Scotland's most beautiful landscapes. The short pieces in this captivating collection, whose title pays homage to Scottish Renaissance writer Neil Gunn, invite readers to accompany Steven as he seeks out crystal-clear waters, a glimpse of an elusive bird, delicate orchids, plump berries, or pebbles polished by time and tide. Appreciative of the grace of silence and the value of solitude and simplicity, he takes journeys that prompt introspection and provoke memories as we pause, breathe, and discover alongside him the transformative power of nature's small gifts and wild places. This is an evocative book that will inspire you to pay close attention as you explore your environment and reflect on the fleeting moments of pure joy that nature has brought into your life. As you set out on your own pilgrimages, you will discover the extraordinary that can be found in the everyday when you take the time to look for it.

A poetic voice of great sensitivity. - Alexander McCall SmithBeneath the Ice tells the fascinating, often troubling, story of the Sami - the indigenous people of the Scandinavian Arctic. A proud and resilient people in an unforgiving yet stunningly beautiful northern wildscape, the Sami have carved out an existence rich in tradition, where the old ways of reindeer herding, shamanic belief and the veneration of bears have not yet been forgotten.Author Kenneth Steven celebrates this unique culture in a collection of essays that chronicle his own lifelong love affair with the north, and his own encounters with the Sami. Displaying a deep empathy, he finds a people often persecuted and a community under threat from modernity and climate change. But he also uncovers the Samis idiosyncratic culture - and captures the very essence of northern spirit.

A lifetime of blessings inspired by GodΓÇÖs creation for the child you love. Ideal baptism gift for a godparent, grandparent, or family member to give to a young child full of blessings for their life ahead. Inspired by sensing GodΓÇÖs presence through the natural world around us, this beautifully illustrated gift from you will be treasured throughout their lives. Includes space to write your own words of blessing.

A new collection of poems inspired by the landscapes of Scotland and beyond, and dedicated to Kenneth's late sister, peace activist Helen Steven: 'She was Scotland to me ...' It's the wildscape of Scotland that has been Kenneth's primary inspiration. He grew up in Highland Perthshire and was taken every summer to the west coast and the islands. At the heart of those islands was Iona, the place that from childhood has been his spiritual home. The poems are full of shining images of land and sea, and of echoes of the people who once lived in these wild and remote places; a potent reminder of the history in our geographies. - Kathy Galloway

Kenneth Steven's reflections, inspired by his garden, have been compiled into a collection of short, enlightening pieces full of wonder at the variety, beauty, determination and sheer audacity of nature in a confined space.

The book is a gathering together of all of Kenneth Steven's poems concerning the island of Iona through the years.

Douglas and his father haven't been able to communicate since his mother's death from cancer. Their house is a place of sadness. One day Douglas finds an injured goose and begins their mission to nurse the bird, and themselves, back to health.

In 2020, Britain is at breaking point, society on the edge. The country is a bomb waiting to explode... and then it does. This provocative literary thriller cleverly lays bare the true state of our nation with an all-too-plausible `what if?' scenario. Told from the wildly differing perspectives of a myriad of voices, it is a parable for our times.

The Spirit of the Hebrides explores the Hebrides islands through poetry that reflects on the link between people and the land; how identity is shaped by wild places; the passing of many of the old ways of the Hebrides; the enduring beauty of these islands; the hospitality of their people and the depth of their spiritual awareness.

Elemental, timeless stories, set in Italy, Finland, Ireland, Russia, Germany, Scotland and America, reveal the impact the seasons can have on our inner being.

A luminous, emotionally charged and beautifully crafted new volume from one of Scotland's leading poets.

A widely appealing story with a Celtic Christian element at its heart

It was by coracle that the early Celts made journeys on the sea roads of their time. A coracle is a tiny vessel, yet it is sufficient to carry one soul on a whole voyage. This collection of poems is about voyages, both real and figurative; journeys of many kinds. It is about facing danger and doubt with faith - against all the odds.

Kenneth Steven's poems are inspired first and foremost by wildscape, by the places and people of Highland Perthshire and of the Celtic west - Iona and the Hebrides. But they are inspired by faith too, by the struggle to see God in the complexities of this world's turmoil and find light in the darkness.

In Island, Kenneth Steven has chosen over 100 poems, including some of his best and most loved poems along with a selection of new work.