“Foray is an enthralling evocation of the lives of the Border Reivers, seen from a female perspective. Love and conflict, fear and delight – the blend is rich, chilling and emotionally exact. Pippa Little is a poet with a wonderful sense of musical shape and weight, so that story and song are inseparable in her work. I recommend it highly.”

Sean O'Brien

“Foray. A book about what has been borne. A border balladry of women. Their voices, anonymous, plaintive, gone, are those of wind and water; their one voice, lone, is that of the land, of moor and midden and unreflective moon. They were, they are, they will remain undaunted in their dispossession. A midden of images, wild, perpetual as stars.

Gillian Allnutt

“From the first poem of Foray I am with Pippa Little. She takes me by the hand and heart on her exploration of the previously unsung heroes of the Border Reivers. Her poems are demanding, intimate and downright beautiful. They shine in their chosen territory, reminding us that poetry is always the stiff of life. Delight in Foray. Pass it on.

Anna Woodford