Breaking the Surface
Will be published approx. on 29. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
46 pages
978-1-905233-50-2 (ISBN)
Description
The poems in Katie Hale's Breaking the Surface are populated with totems of our wild, essential truths- from the raven bearing witness to death, to the wolf's dark appetite. Hale interrogates desire in its different forms and unpicks the seams of myths, folktales and fairy stories, offering them up with new life. A self-assured debut.
Reviews / Votes
"Katie Hale's nimble poems, attuned to both the mythic and the quotidian, are full of the delighted surprise and sadness of being alive. Read them and be thrilled." - Jacob PolleyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ilford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
73 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905233-50-2 (9781905233502)
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Person
Katie Hale lives in Cumbria, where she runs poetry workshops in schools and hosts Word Mess open mic night. She was a Barbican Young Poet in 2011-12 and has an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of St Andrews. Her work has appeared widely in magazines, journals and anthologies, such as Poetry Review, The North and Interpreter's House. She also writes for theatre and her writing placements include Young Poet in Residence at Theatre by the Lake. Breaking the Surface is her debut pamphlet.