Solomon's World
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When your child is born, the world changes before your eyes. You learn to know yourself anew: as both parent and child, resilient and fragile, powerful and flawed. It's this context that frames Solomon's World - Jake Wild Hall's compassionate and acutely honest debut.
Hall invites you in for a cup of tea, then opens a door to the edge of the world, via prisons and pixie godmothers, giants and fireworks, AT-AT walkers, hospital wards. Against a backdrop of addiction and loss, moments of brittle beauty and unconditional love prevail, represented by a rich cast of both literal and honorary family. This is a voice reaching out to bridge gaps, pulling you in from the cold.
"Jake Hall is a writer of depth and elegance. A book of beauty, of small moments and imagined tomorrows. A book of becoming. This is the sound a heart makes when it heals." Joelle Taylor
"Already known as a passionate performer, the way Jake pours his personality out on the page means the moment you finish you want to start all over again." Harry Baker
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Jake Wild Hall is an award-winning poet, and one half of Bad Betty Press. He has performed on BBC Radio and at festivals and literary events across the UK. He is a multiple slam champion, and his work has been published in magazines, anthologies and online journals. He is the author of two pamphlets: Solomon's World, longlisted for the Saboteur Award for Best Pamphlet, and Blank. His debut collection Alanis Morrisette was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2026.
