Hollie McNish Book order

The new collection from the Ted Hughes Award-winning author of Slug and Nobody Told Me

The new adaptation of Sophocles' classic play, Antigone, from bestselling writer and poet Hollie McNish

The new collection of poetry and prose from the Ted Hughes Award winning author of Nobody Told Me

Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2016 There were many things that Hollie McNish didn't know before she was pregnant. How her family and friends would react; that Mr Whippy would be off the menu; how quickly ice can melt on a stomach. These were on top of the many other things she didn't know about babies: how to stand while holding one; how to do a poetry gig with your baby as a member of the audience; how drum'n'bass can make a great lullaby. And that's before you even start on toddlers: how to answer a question like 'is the world a jigsaw?'; dealing with a ten-hour train ride together; and how children can be caregivers too. But Hollie learned. And she's still learning, slowly. Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories taken from Hollie's diaries; one person's thoughts on raising a child in modern Britain, of trying to become a parent in modern Britain, of sex, commercialism, feeding, gender and of finding secret places to scream once in a while.

A wise, rude, sharp poetry collection encompassing a life from childhood to attempted adulthood, from one of the most important poets of the new generation

Poetry collection from Arts Foundation Award and Ted Hughes Award winner Hollie McNish. Illustrated by some of her favourite artists and illustrators it includes Mathematics (1.9 million hits on YouTube). Hollie's poetry has received over 3.5 million YouTube views and she is one of Britain's most popular poets.

Hollie McNish's poetry moves with the rhythms, the excitements and disappointments of contemporary life. Deeply committed to the idea of language as a tool of self-expression and communication, her poems are accessible but crackling with a passion and wit all her own.