Join us for an evening of poetry with Saskia McCracken with readings, Q+A and book signing

Let Me Carry That For You is a collection of poems that meditate on the complex relationship between maternity and family history. Both poignant and refreshing, McCracken’s verses swing from the darkness of generational guilt to the intoxicating joy of new life, from ecological mourning to the strange weight of unsolicited remarks from strangers. It is a thoroughly original and moving account of pregnancy, intergenerational memory and what it means to carry.

About the author

Saskia McCracken is a poet and author represented by Jenny Brown Associates (https://jennybrownassociates.com/). Her nature writing debut, Awful Creatures: Encounters with Britain’s Misunderstood Animals (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/awful-creatures-9781399425957/), is out with Bloomsbury Wildlife in 2027. She was writer in residence at Knockvologan (https://knockvologan.net/saskia-mccracken) creative conservation hub and Eden Arts (https://www.edenarts.co.uk/blog/artists-spare-room-saskia-mccracken).

Her poetry and fiction pamphlets include Imperative Utopia (https://algia.biz/shop) (-algia press), The King of Birds (https://goodpress.co.uk/products/the-king-of-birds-by-saskia-mccracken) (Hickathrift Press), Cyanotypes (https://dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/cyanotypes-saskia-mccracken) (Dancing Girl Press), Zero Hours (https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/saskia-mccracken-zero-hours)(Broken Sleep Books), Let Me Carry That For You (https://www.mainpointbooks.co.uk/new-products-1/let-me-carry-that-for-you-p4ppk) (Main Point Books) and Common Name (https://osmosispress.com/common-name-saskia-mccracken/) (Osmosis Press). Her work has been published in Caught by the River, Magma, and Tolka among others, and anthologized by Dostoyevsky Wannabe, Main Point Books, and SPAM press.

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