A love the weight of an animal is Elizabeth Gibson’s debut collection of poetry.
It is a love letter to Manchester life, beautifully paired with artwork by Michelle Freeman.
The collection is the first publication from Carmenta Poetry, an imprint of Cōnfingō publishing.
It will be published on 3rd July, but can be pre-ordered for the special price of £7 + P&P.
About the book
A love the weight of an animal – Elizabeth Gibson’s first full-length collection of poems – is a love song to Manchester life.
Encounters with urban animals – a cormorant, a dead squirrel, caterpillars, swans – open the door to exploring community, body image, mental health, intimacy, and legacy, through a queer and neurodivergent lens.
There are intermissions from city life to take hiking trips around the North, from snowy stillness in the Peak District, to feeling the ghost of Anne Lister in Halifax, to walking barefoot to Hilbre Island. Poems take the shape of a belly, a jamjar, a flame, or words meander down into the earth or disperse like music.
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About Elizabeth Gibson
Elizabeth Gibson is a writer, performer,
and zine-maker from Wigan, based in
Manchester. Elizabeth has worked with Manchester Literature Festival, Manchester Poetry Library, Manchester Pride, Oldham
Coliseum, and Yorkshire Dance, as well
as running community zine-making
workshops.
Elizabeth has received the
New North Poets Prize from The
Poetry School and a Developing Your
Creative Practice grant from Arts
Council England.
Previous work
Elizabeth’s poems have previously appeared
in Abridged, Atrium, Banshee,
Butcher’s Dog, Dust, Fourteen Poems,
Lighthouse, Magma, The North, Spelt,
Under the Radar, and the LGBTQ+
anthologies He, She, They, Us from Pan
Macmillan and Joy//Us from Arachne
Press.
Find out more about Elizabeth here.
About Michelle Freeman
A love the weight of an animal features cover artwork and illustrations by Michelle Freeman, an author-illustrator based in Liverpool.
Find out more about Michelle here.
When will the book be released?
A love the weight of an animal is the first publication from Carmenta, a poetry imprint of Confingo Publishing.
The book will be published on 3rd July but can be pre-ordered for the special price of £7 + P&P.
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