Ann Hawkshaw

Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History

Read by Phil Benson

The history of Britain up to the Norman Conquest in the form of 100 prose commentaries, each followed by a sonnet. The commentaries set the …

Poems for my Children

Read by Phil Benson

Published in 1847, five years after her epic poem, 'Dionysus the Areopagite', 'Poems For My Children' was Ann Hawkshaw's second collection o…

Dionysius the Areopagite, with other poems

Read by Phil Benson

An early figure in the birth of poetry in industrial Manchester, Ann Hawkshaw published three collections and another was circulated private…

The Beacon Second Reader

Read by Evan Smith

In the "Beacon Second Reader" the author has chosen for his stories only those of recognized literary merit; and while it has been…

Cecil's Own Book

Read by Phil Benson

Ann Hawkshaw's fourth and final collection was published privately and named for her young grandson, Cecil Wedgwood. Written for children, t…