The Fig Tree Coal Anthology

Available as a pre-order for delivery in November 2025

The Fig Tree Coal Mining Anthology is a poetic record of the history of Coal Mining, primarily in the United Kingdom, from the days of tallow lamps and boys in the mines, through the days when coal powered industrial Britain to coal mining’s eventual decline and demise. It catalogs the people and places, the emotions, the dangers. This is a must-read for anyone with connections to the industry or its communities. Emotional and powerful poems from the heart of the mining areas all across the land.