On Sycamore Gap
Published on 26. September 2024
Book
Hardback
80 pages
978-0-00-873561-6 (ISBN)
Description
From poet Kate Fox comes a book for everyone who knew the famous silhouette of the tree that stood at Sycamore Gap.
For those who took shelter, saw its branches against the sky or heard the leaves dance; for all the picnics next to it and the proposals under it. For anyone who feels the strength of silent roots and the quiet promise of the turning year. For any of us who measure time in rings and wait for green leaves to grow again.
For everyone who felt a loss when the gap was just a gap once more, these are words that grew in the space, the hope that shoots like seedlings.
Grown against the wide sky of Northumbria, at a place of borders where ancient history meets our modern lives, the tree that stood for so long still has much to say.
This is a book of growth, loss and renewal, a song from soil to soul, about how we all live where the earth meets the sky.
For those who took shelter, saw its branches against the sky or heard the leaves dance; for all the picnics next to it and the proposals under it. For anyone who feels the strength of silent roots and the quiet promise of the turning year. For any of us who measure time in rings and wait for green leaves to grow again.
For everyone who felt a loss when the gap was just a gap once more, these are words that grew in the space, the hope that shoots like seedlings.
Grown against the wide sky of Northumbria, at a place of borders where ancient history meets our modern lives, the tree that stood for so long still has much to say.
This is a book of growth, loss and renewal, a song from soil to soul, about how we all live where the earth meets the sky.
Reviews / Votes
'A beautiful collection of reflections on the tree; its past glories, its present state and a hopeful future.' The TimesPRAISE FOR KATE FOX
'Funny, quirky and a wonderful writer' Sarah Millican
'Kate's language is always inclusive and accessible and challenging because the ideas her superb poems brim with ask us to look deeply inside ourselves.' Ian McMillan
'Heartfelt and revealing' London Grip
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Illustrations
40 b/w, illus
Dimensions
Height: 184 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-873561-6 (9780008735616)
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Person
Kate Fox is a stand-up poet and has performed everywhere from Glastonbury Festival to Radio 4. Kate has been a radio journalist, a Victoria Wood tribute act (called Victoria Wouldn't) and newspaper columnist and does really hold a PHD in Northerness. As well as her poetry and touring, Kate writes and campaigns about neurodiversity. She lives in Whitley Bay.