Sparrows at the Breakfast Table by Richard Douglas Pennant Bob Beagrie emerges as a vessel for

emerges as a vessel for liberation

The frailty of bodies

subvert expectations and raise reader awareness in 2021 – a year defined by responsibility

They feel like an homage to this writer I so admire as well as a way of authentically expressing my lived experience

Kate Noakes

Sparrows at the Breakfast Table by Richard Douglas Pennant Bob Beagrie emerges as a vessel forBeautifully observed and written with a lightness and freshness that breathes life through every poem, Sparrows at the Breakfast Table invites us into a place of wonder and love. These family moments, most acute between a grandfather and grandson, are filled with gentle humour and deep tenderness. And there is nothing shallow here these poems are not whimsies but serious reflections on the bonds we make across generations and how they go on