dance as if ‘dance as if’ is a glorious rediscovery of body, a radical relearning of the skin and bones of us, of how we move through the world. It’s a book about learning to dance against sound, a choreography that all women must learn. The poetry is sinuous, alive and in constant movement.Joelle Taylor […]
Battery Rocks as featured on BBC Radio 4‘s Open Country ‘bright, brilliant imagery, often gloriously camp and kitsch’ – Ellora Sutton, Mslexia ‘uncommon, image-rich beauty‘ – Steve Witacker, Yorkshire Times Battery Rocks is Daljit Nagra‘s ‘book of the month’ on BBC Radio 4 Extra ‘Poetry Extra’ as recommended by The Guardian PURCHASE A SIGNED COPY DIRECT FROM
An Alfoxden Journal PURCHASE A COPY FROM HAZEL PRESS 20 pagesPublished: 2023Publisher: Hazel Press Hazel Press have published An Alfoxden Journal with four new poems from Katrina Naomi and prose from Sara Hudston. Katrina says: ‘I love that I get to channel my inner Dorothy (Wordsworth).’ The chapbook was inspired by a 3-day residency at
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Same But Different Winner of the 2022 Saboteur Award for Best Collaboration SOLD OUT ISBN: 978183808164520 PoemsBy Helen Mort & Katrina NaomiPublishing Date: September 30, 2021Publisher: Hazel Press From the publisher: Ted Hughes once wrote: ‘Poetry is a universal language in which we can all hope to meet’. Through a time of separation, isolation and uncertainty, during the UK
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Typhoon Etiquette (Verve Poetry Press, 2019), a Japan-themed collection, was written during a six-week stay in Japan, working on an Arts Council/British Council-funded trip.
Wild Persistence PURCHASE A COPY DIRECT FROM KATRINA HERE For international ordersPLEASE VISIT: SEREN BOOKS 58 PoemsPublishing Date: June 1st, 2020Publisher: Seren Katrina Naomi’s Wild Persistence is a confident and persuasive collection of poems. The first poem ‘Anti-Ambient’ warns us to be on guard for the off-guard, to suspend our expectations of pure realism and to
The Way the Crocodile Taught Me PURCHASE A COPY DIRECT FROM KATRINA HERE Paperback: 72 pagesPublished: April 7, 2016Publisher: SerenISBN-10: 1781723311ISBN-13: 978-1781723319 Katrina Naomi’s The Way the Crocodile Taught Me is the eagerly-awaited second collection by this lively and popular poet. With warmth, flair and a certain ferocious wit, Naomi tears into her subject matter: a childhood fraught
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Typhoon Etiquette PURCHASE A COPY DIRECT FROM KATRINA HERE 32 pages • 19 poemsPublished: April 18, 2019Publisher: Verve Poetry PressISBN: 978 1 912565 20 7 A Japanese-themed collection, written during a six-week stay in Japan, working on an Arts Council/British Council-funded trip. Katrina Naomi depicts Japanese traditions and customs with great enthusiasm and some puzzlement.
Hooligans PURCHASE A COPY DIRECT FROM KATRINA HERE 12 pagesPublished: February 4, 2010Publisher: Rack Press ISBN-10: 0992765471ISBN-13: 978-0992765477 Katrina Naomi wrote Hooligans after learning that her great-grandmother was involved with the Women’s Social and Political Union – one of the more militant Suffragette movements.Hooligans considers the nature of women’s protests for the vote, ranging from violent demonstrations and
The Girl with the Cactus Handshake SOLD OUT 63 pagesPublished:November 1, 2009Publisher: Templar Poetry ISBN-10: 1906285985ISBN-13: 978-1906285982 Katrina Naomi’s first collection The Girl with the Cactus Handshake was shortlisted for the London New Poetry Award and received an Arts Council England writer’s award. This impressive collection is rich with colour, black comedy, and surprise. Katrina Naomi’s
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