Melanie and Sarah met when they shared a big white house on an island next to a passing place. They waded out, sang selkie songs to a seal they named Sir Douglas, shared stories, poems, wine and secrets, and decided to create something together. This is their potent and poetic debut collection. Includes a Foreword by Gerry Potter. RUNNER UP Best Collaborative Work, Saboteur Awards 2015 "This is a collection to enjoy slowly, piece by piece, like the very finest chocolates - and then, because it's better than chocolates, to enjoy and appreciate again and again." - Cathy Bryant, poet & editor of Best of Manchester Poets "Rees and Miller depict our awkward, impossible world using believable voices that complement each other, summoning up lovers, relatives and totemic birds to capture the idiocy / wonder / terror of life." - copland smith, poet "Love and joy are the predominant emotions: these are positive poems with their feet planted on the ground and their heads in the air." - Steven Waling, poet & reviewer "From Sydney to Scotland via Salford and Barrow-in-Furness, Melanie and Sarah transport the reader to strange yet recognisable worlds." - Rosie Garland, poet, novelist & March Violet
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Melanie and Sarah met when they shared a big white house on an island next to a passing place. They waded out, sang selkie songs to a seal they named Sir Douglas, shared stories, poems, wine and secrets, and decided to create something together: a potent and poetic debut collection. RUNNER UP Best Collaborative Work, Saboteur Awards 2015.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780957663954
Publisert
2015-02-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Flapjack Press
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
92

Om bidragsyterne

Melanie Rees is a poet, author and playwright whose play Drowning Aristotle won the City Life Best of Manchester play award. She co-founded the Pavilion Theatre Company and was Drama Co-ordinator for the Salford Young Person's University. Born and bred in Salford, her work has recently been anthologised in Salford Stories [Bridge House], a collection honouring Shelagh Delaney. An Associate Lecturer at the University of Salford, trained counsellor and award-winning SEN teacher, she has taught and lived in Australia, India, Israel, Poland and the USA. Sarah Miller is a poet, playwright and theatre deviser with over thirty plays produced and whose poetry can be found carved on stone at Channelside Haven, Barrow-in-Furness. She has facilitated workshops from South Cumbria to West Africa and worked as a theatre director, writer-in-residence and dramaturg, collaborating with communities, visual artists, dance companies and sonic improvisers. Sarah is featured in digital composers Hugs Bison's film Besides and, with pre-recorded poems, 'virtually' appeared on their B-Side the Seaside tour.