Poetry in Pyjamas: with Hollie McNish & support from Laurie Bolger

With sixteen years experience & enough 'mum poems' to cover the walls of Buckingham Palace in poetry posters, for one night only, Hollie will be celebrating all things motherhood with a special Poetry in Pyjamas…reading poems exclusively related to motherhood & parenting in all its joyous, awkward, soppy & sex-y glory. With support from the glorious Laurie Bolger. 

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Blankets, nightcaps & PJ's welcome. Yes please!

Laurie x

✨📚 ABOUT Hollie McNish ✨📚

Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. Hollie McNish is an award-winning poet, writer and performer. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lobster and Slug and won the Ted Hughes award for new work in poetry with her poetry and parenting memoir Nobody Told Me.

She has two further poetry collections, Plum and Cherry Pie, one modern adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy Antigone and alongside fellow poet Sabrina Mahfouz, co-wrote Offside, a play relating the history of UK women’s football. She loves writing.

“One of the best poets we have” – Matt Haig

“like Pam Ayres on acid” – Lemn Sissay

“Her writing is sublime” – Ellie Taylor

“Your pasta is better than Bella Italia’s” – Hollie’s Daughter’s Friend

www.holliepoetry.com

Instgram @holliepoetry | Twitter @holliepoetry

✨📚 ABOUT NOBODY TOLD ME ✨📚 A memoir of parenthood by poet Hollie McNish ✨📚

There were many things that Hollie McNish didn't know before she was pregnant. How her family and friends would react; that Mr Whippy would be off the menu; how quickly ice can melt on a stomach.

These were on top of the many other things she didn't know about babies: how to stand while holding one; how to do a poetry gig with your baby as a member of the audience; how drum'n'bass can make a great lullaby.

And that's before you even start on toddlers: how to answer a question like 'is the world a jigsaw?'; dealing with a ten-hour train ride together; and how children can be caregivers too. But Hollie learned. And she's still learning, slowly. Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories taken from Hollie's diaries; one person's thoughts on raising a child in modern Britain, of trying to become a parent in modern Britain, of sex, commercialism, feeding, gender and of finding secret places to scream once in a while.

BUY Nobody Told Me HERE! http://fal.cn/Kbvi

✨ 📚 Support from Laurie Bolger ✨ 📚

Laurie Bolger is a London based writer & the founder of The Creative Writing Breakfast ClubHer debut collection ‘Lady’ was published in 2025 with Nine Arches Press. Laurie’s work has been widely anthologised & has featured at Glastonbury, TATE, Sky Arts & BBC Global News. Laurie’s first publication Box Rooms celebrated community & her W10 roots. Laurie was the winner of The Moth Poetry Prize in 2023 & was shortlisted for The Sylvia Plath, Bridport & Forward Poetry Prizes. Her latest pamphlets include Makeover by The Emma Press & Spin by The Poetry Business celebrating the resilience of working class women, autonomy & love.

www.lauriebolger.com

Instagram @lauriebolger_ | Twitter @lauriebolger

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