GRAFFITI BOOKS
Derek Healy
UNCHARTED
Uncharted by Derek Healy was published in September of this year (2022). It is his third full length collection of poems, following Home ( Graffiti Books 2020) and Made Strange By Time
(Matador 2018).
Of Uncharted Alison Chisholm wrote 'Derek Healy brings together poems of joy and wit, the marvels of the extent of our universe, a lament for – and celebration of – the ageing process, pandemic frustrations, and all the wonder that is human life.' Polly Stretton wrote 'his poems take us to the cosmos, to the countryside, to children growing up; this is a medley of communication tiered with aims, wants and emotion'
HOME
Of Home, Anna Saunders wrote 'Whether deploying form with a clever twist, or writing free verse, Derek Healy writes beautifully. Lyrically rich, vividly imagistic, poignant and moving, these poems stay with you long after their reading.'
Uncharted and Home both cost seven pounds in paperback and are available from Amazon, from www.aspect-design.net or direct from the poet himself at dch.derekhealy@gmail.com . A cheaper e-book version of each book is also available from Amazon.
Rona Laycock
THOUSAND-YEAR WHISPERS
Rona Laycock's first collection with Graffiti Books appeared in September of this year (2022). Thousand-Year Whispers is the result of two years spent wandering in the National Arboretum at Westonbirt, Gloucestershire during the Covid years 2020/21. Woven through the facts, myths and legends surrounding the trees are excerpts from a journal kept during those strange times. It is not a botanical reference book but something to dip into at leisure and I hope it will encourage the reader to do their own research into the natural world whilst enjoying a bit of 'forest bathing.'
Thousand-Year Whispers is available for ten pounds on Amazon and from www.aspect-design.net
Gill Garrett
WAYMARKS
Gill Garrett's Waymarks collection was published in December 2020. It is her first full length collection.
"A beautiful collection from a poet unafraid to navigate her way through the calm and the turbulent waters of history, family, loss and reclamation, curses and blessings. Gill has an ear for the tenderness of language and her poems touch the reader with poignancy and warmth." Sara-Jane Arbury
Waymarks is available direct from Gill at gillgarrettbooks@gmail.com at a cost of £7.00 plus £1.70 postage and packing, or from Graffiti Books via www.aspect-design.net
Susannah White
SUNCATCHER
Susannah White's Suncatcher appeared in 2021. It is her first volume of poems with Graffiti Books. Susannah says of the poems 'The light in my life arises from poetry, creativity, the sea and precious memories. Yet light shines most brightly when it is set against darkness, so this collection also includes poetry from the shadowlands of dreams which...can lead us towards transformation.
Suncatcher is available to buy from Graffiti Books via
www.aspect-design.net at £7.00 plus postage and packing.
Frances March
LOOKING OUT,
LOOKING IN
Looking Out, Looking In was published by Graffiti Books in March 2023. It is a beautifully crafted verse memoir covering Frances' and her family's lives from childhood to the present day. It is accompanied by a wide range of arresting colour photographs by her musician husband Geoff March. Plaudits have come from other poets, eg.
" ...showcases the author's ability to evoke place and time in wonderfully observed and crafted poems that never waste a word." (David Clarke)
" charming, light and sturdy...a heart-warming reminder to live and to love." (Roy McFarlane)
Looking Out, Looking In is available to buy from Graffiti Books via www.aspect-design.net
Aspect Design, based in Malvern, are a small, family run firm. We offer an affordable, high quality, print, design and book publishing service.
at £10.00 plus postage and packing. It is also available online from Amazon
Kim Taplin
EBB & FLOW
Kim Taplin's Ebb & Flow is Graffiti Books' most recent publication (May 2023). In it, poems about weeding the garden, wearing hi viz, trick-or-treating and the frustrations of motorway traffic are found alongside probing reflections on love, lifestyle and the quest for meaning. Kim's poetry, written in a range of styles from narrative free verse through sonnets, terza rima, roundels, minutes, tankas and more, wrestles with our experiences of loss and grief, challenging simplistic notions of faith and exploring the existential threat of climate change.
Ebb & Flow is available at £7.00 from Graffiti Books via www.aspect-design.net. It is also available from Amazon.