Monday 21 November 2016
It's back in print! Just picked up 4th print run of 'Broadcasting'. It's good to hold the book in my hands after some time; I have my own copy (and one for partner and each son, of course) but I've not had a little pile of them on my desk for quite a while. They look at home there, except I'd love for most of them to go out a little further into the world. If you'd like a copy, they're available to buy directly from me, or via www.gatehousepress.com
Thursday 6 March 2014
Broadcasting now available in paperback!
You can purchase the paperback for £7.50 from Gatehouse Press or Jarrolds, Norwich or Waterstones UEA, Norwich
http://www.gatehousepress.com
Friday 6 December 2013
Goodreads
Broadcasting is now 'live' on goodreads, so that's good. Oh & it has travelled a bit since last I wrote: Aldeburgh Poetry festival, NAWE writing conference in York amongst other spots. A bit of Norfolk near the Ouse & the Suffolk seaside!
Tuesday 13 August 2013
Blurb and EDP review 17/8/13
The EDP (Eastern Daily Press) Archant Publications will feature Broadcasting in its reviews this weekend, going to press/published 17 August.
In the meantime, and for those of you who haven't read the back cover, here's what other poets say:
'Broadcasting is less about remembrance than the way we forget... the slow erasure of local customs, sayings and memories. Just as the bricks and mortar of once-loved homes are taken back by the landscape, "asleep with bramble"; what's left are glimpses and fragments – the smell of russet apples, the gritty texture of rabbit picked from the bone, the "sweet twirl" of a folk dance – but these only serve to emphasise the sense of absence in these poignant poems (which) reveal the hidden casualties of a war we thought we knew.'
- Esther Morgan, Bloodaxe poet (Grace, Beyond Calling Distance)
'Andrea Holland's poems treat their historical material with respect - but it is the easy respect of true acquaintance. She re-imagines the scenes of country life in wartime with vivid, present detail that grows from a love of the landscape as well as research, and is animated by a special sensitivity to loss. Far from distancing the place and people, her inventive, even playful language gives them back their life' - Philip Gross (T.S. Eliot award winning poet, inc The Water Table, Deep Field, The Egg of Zero, Mappa Mundi)
In the meantime, and for those of you who haven't read the back cover, here's what other poets say:
'Broadcasting is less about remembrance than the way we forget... the slow erasure of local customs, sayings and memories. Just as the bricks and mortar of once-loved homes are taken back by the landscape, "asleep with bramble"; what's left are glimpses and fragments – the smell of russet apples, the gritty texture of rabbit picked from the bone, the "sweet twirl" of a folk dance – but these only serve to emphasise the sense of absence in these poignant poems (which) reveal the hidden casualties of a war we thought we knew.'
- Esther Morgan, Bloodaxe poet (Grace, Beyond Calling Distance)
'Andrea Holland's poems treat their historical material with respect - but it is the easy respect of true acquaintance. She re-imagines the scenes of country life in wartime with vivid, present detail that grows from a love of the landscape as well as research, and is animated by a special sensitivity to loss. Far from distancing the place and people, her inventive, even playful language gives them back their life' - Philip Gross (T.S. Eliot award winning poet, inc The Water Table, Deep Field, The Egg of Zero, Mappa Mundi)
Saturday 3 August 2013
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