You're invited to my book launch!
Let's see out the year in community with poetry
It’s not so long ago since my last post, but I couldn’t wait to share my news. I’m having a book launch on Tuesday 16th December!
It’s short notice, but I hope you can join me online for the launch. This will be the first event I do to celebrate my third volume of poetry, peel me Watcher. It’s free to join the launch event, and pre-registration is advised. You can register here.
The book is published by Guillemot Press and I’ll be celebrating alongside Shekufe Tadayoni Heiberg and Hazel Evans, who are launching their Plantae Sapiens.
peel me Watcher took me a decade to write and is my boldest creative risk to date. I wrote about it in my interview with the wonderful Elspeth over at (Neurodivergent) Notes on Writing, which is one of my favourite Substacks.
I’ve had a lot of help with this book from lots of amazing people, among them Luke at Guillemot Press; Robin, Annie and the team at SPILL Think Tank for a supportive residency; my friends and fellow poets Cat Woodward and Lewis Buxton; Elspeth of course; poet and performer Iris Colomb, whose Poetry School course helped me learn how to read this poem aloud, and my mentor and friend Sascha Akhtar, whose guidance on a different project helped me to unlock this one.1
I will be doing more events, with some of them in person hopefully. For one thing, I’d love to read alongside my friend Meg once again. Meg’s debut collection, Bertha Comes Down, is now available to pre-order from Broken Sleep Books. I am so excited for it, as it’s over a decade since we did a reading together. So watch this space and grab a copy of Meg’s book while you’re at it!
And, of course, if you or someone in your life is a lover of contemporary poetry, I can attest that Guillemot’s books are beautifully made and make excellent stocking fillers…
Hope to see you at the launch!
Warm wishes,
Flo
Last but far from least is my long-suffering partner, who has patiently listened to countless anxious monologues about this project.