Book Launch: Poetry by Wendy Allen & Betty Doyle

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Celebrate the launch of two new poetry pamphlets ‘Portrait in Mustard’ by Wendy Allen and ‘Fruits of Labour’ by Betty Doyle.

Join us online for an evening of poetry celebrating the launch of two fantastic new poetry pamphlets by Wendy Allen and Betty Doyle.Wendy Allen’s Portrait in Mustard celebrates sex and pleasure, whilst registering the risks of intimacy for straight women in a world where men’s pleasure often comes first. In recurring poems about fruit, Allen recalls sexual pleasure while considering loss, the body, trust, and betrayal. Portrait in Mustard delights in the intimacy of the memory recalled. There is no hiding or questioning the validity of sex on the page, where Allen is not so much confessing as delighting in a sculpturally proud sequence of poems.Fruits of Labour by Betty Doyle explores coming to terms with childlessness, from initial symptoms and diagnosis to emerging with acceptance, hope, and survival. Feelings of grief, uncertainty and shame are explored and the impact of childlessness and threat of infertility on the speaker’s sense of self and femininity is approached through poems about fruit, genetics, and nature. There is joy here, too – in the unexpected freedom that childlessness brings. Doyle rejects enforced gender roles, embracing independence and the ability to choose. While the body in these poems can be a site of suffering, it is also defiant, enduring the lottery of genetics and becoming a site of resilience and abandon.Captions will be provided by Otter.ai.Please note: Registration for this event will close at 5:30pm, half an hour before the start time, to ensure that everyone receives the link which will be sent to you via Eventbrite. If you do not receive this email or have trouble getting into the event, please email sarahjohnson@serenbooks.com directly.We hope you can join us! Buy the Books:‘Portrait in Mustard’ by Wendy Allen – <a href="https://www.serenbooks.com/book/portrait-in-mustard/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0_T7I_WxkM-Xkf0hHtVUxIuSCRkCemqeR4YkSjqtZm8xKOjkSYlZWnnlI_aem_ukK-eoOAWRKtx-QE5HShnQ" title="https://www.serenbooks.com/book/portrait-in-mustard/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0_T7I_WxkM-Xkf0hHtVUxIuSCRkCemqeR4YkSjqtZm8xKOjkSYlZWnnlI_aem_ukK-eoOAWRKtx-QE5HShnQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.serenbooks.com/book/portrait-in-mustard/</a> ‘Fruits of Labour’ by Betty Doyle – <a href="https://www.serenbooks.com/book/fruits-of-labour/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0_T7I_WxkM-Xkf0hHtVUxIuSCRkCemqeR4YkSjqtZm8xKOjkSYlZWnnlI_aem_ukK-eoOAWRKtx-QE5HShnQ" title="https://www.serenbooks.com/book/fruits-of-labour/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0_T7I_WxkM-Xkf0hHtVUxIuSCRkCemqeR4YkSjqtZm8xKOjkSYlZWnnlI_aem_ukK-eoOAWRKtx-QE5HShnQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.serenbooks.com/book/fruits-of-labour/</a>

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