HOLLIE MCNISH

About the Event

The Ted Hughes Award winning poet joins us as part of her 2019 UK tour for an evening of raw and entertaining chat and readings from her latest collections. Expect strong language as she tackles the politics and poetry of friendships, flesh, fruit and much more.

About the Author

Hollie is a UK poet who straddles the boundaries between the literary, poetic and pop scenes. She has garnered titles like “chick of the week” (MTV), “boundary breaker” (Marie Claire)” and poet Benjamin Zephaniah stated “I can’t take my ears off her”. Her poem “Embarrassed” was tweeted to fans by renowned singer Pink. Her album Versus was released in October 2014, recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London. Her second collection of poems ‘Cherry Pie’, was released by Burning Eye Books in 2015 and a new book on parenthood ‘Nobody Told Me’ made her the first poet to be published by Blackfriars, London. Hollie’s specialist topics to talk on include breastfeeding, motherhood, immigration and women in sport