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Ledbury Festival with Ruth Padel

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be at Ledbury Literature Festival on Friday July 4th with the wonderful Ruth Padel. We’ll be at Burgage Hall from 4pm and if you can’t be with us in person the event is being live streamed on Vimeo. Fabulous! The festival literature says: In Girl, Ruth Padel offers a fresh and questioningContinue reading “Ledbury Festival with Ruth Padel”

Minx featured on Louise Wilford’s Showcase

I was honoured to be invited to be interviewed by Louise Wilford for her literary blog recently. There were questions that took us to some wonderfully diverse areas including portable writing spaces, cocktail alchemy, how to ‘get into poetry’, plus of course sharing poems from Minx and how they came into being. The interview isContinue reading “Minx featured on Louise Wilford’s Showcase”

Launch Day

I’m sending out a massive ‘Thank You’ to all the lovely people who came to @lrbbookshop on Tuesday evening to celebrate #Minx and launch her into the world.

Canal Life

A day by the canal at Dundas, talking to inspiring strangers, collecting wild garlic, came home and read a great review of Minx by Shash Trevett in the Poetry Book Society spring bulletin. Who could ask for more? Thank you Shash and Poetry Book Society for the best end of a perfect day.

Local Minx

Imagine my joy when I searched the website of my local independent bookshop for poetry and found my own little Minx available for pre-order. Thank you Bert’s Books. I had an extra skip in my step all morning. Other local news this morning includes the blooming of the violets and primula’s, and the cormorant wasContinue reading “Local Minx”

Step Lightly Between the Wild Flowers

Just 10 days until my little Minx steps past the early ransoms, crocuses and last of the snowdrops, pushes open the doors of bookshops and finds new homes with poetry lovers. I’ve enjoyed hearing where her imminent arrival is being spoken about. I have been sent a copy of a books roundup by Tina Gaisford-WallerContinue reading “Step Lightly Between the Wild Flowers”

Minx in the Guardian

I’m excited to share news that Minx has featured in The Best Recent Poetry – review roundup by Philip Terry in the Guardian. Philip says of: Minx This assured debut takes us into the heart of a precarious Anglo-Romany childhood on the edge of urban society, where casual bar work easily slips into casual sexContinue reading “Minx in the Guardian”

The Planets Aligning

I was honoured and moved by the words about Minx by Joelle Taylor when I read them on the books fly cover. ‘Minx is a splinter of a book, something that interrupts the body. It’s a beautiful violence, each page a shock of poetry that renders an underclass family vivid. Rich, delicate, and brutal. MinxContinue reading “The Planets Aligning”

Minx with Blackbird Feathers

I’m posting my weekly update about Minx and her travels a little early as I’ll be on some travels myself midweek. I wanted to share Pascale Petit’s generous words about her with you.  ‘Every poem in Minx is an enthralling read. Karen Downs-Barton’s gifts are a combination of compelling subjects from a brutal childhood and exquisite formalContinue reading “Minx with Blackbird Feathers”