All the books you see below are available from Amazon. Just put in Roland T Woodward and they will come up. All were self published via Kindle Direct Publishing except where indicated.
The Cancer Years Series which charts my poetry from the time of my prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment.
The Cancer Years: So Far
This is Roland’s first collection after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019. It is the beginning steps of trying to find adequate words to describe the process of fighting prostate cancer.
The Cancer Years: Some Rough Stuff
Roland’s second small collection of poems that not only deals with prostate cancer but also other complications along the way. A direct and explicit collection that openly explores the discomforts of cancer.
The Cancer Years: Breathless
The third book in the Cancer Years series. There are new challenges to be faced both real and ephemeral but all of them serious. The collection leaves us on the edge of whether or not the heart is going to last.
The Cancer Years: Ordinary Brave
Roland’s fourth collection charting the continuing fight with prostate cancer. It is the first collection in collaboration with Ruler’s Wit as new publishing partners and reflects the freshness that this brings. There are yet more complications in the journey but the fight remains as relentless as ever and this collection reflects that.
The Cancer Years: Man To Man
This anthology pulls together the previous Cancer Years collections but adds some contextual material from Roland’s blog of his first chemotherapy. This second collaboration with Ruler’s Wit is also a glimpse into the future with some previously unpublished poems.
Two other small collections are also available.
Herod’s Children Crumulent Collection
A collection that celebrates failure and contains my rejected poems from journals, competitions and magazines.
The Travelling Years
A collection of poems written in hotels and restaurants when a travelling clinician.