“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket…”
- John Adams
Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?
I have poems in the fantastic anthologies below, and my own debut collection, ‘Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?’, came out at the end of 2024 and is available from all the usual booksellers. It was blurbed by the incredible poetry talents Brian Bilston, Coral Rumble and Brian Moses (do check out their books too), reviewed in The Guardian, made BookTrust Cymru’s ‘Book of the month’, shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2025(!), and I’ve just had the exciting news that it’s on the longlist for the UKLA Book Awards 2026. Children say, ‘She really understands how we think’
You can support independent book shops by buying through Bookshop.org, via Amazon or Waterstones, or for a signed and/or dedicated copy made out to whoever you’d like, then just drop me a line through the ‘get in touch’ page and you can pay via PayPal (£10 inc p&p in the UK). I’m including a ‘Why did my brain make me say it?’ pencil and bookmark while stocks last!
Anthologies for Children
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Cosy Poems
Edited by Gaby Morgan
Macmillan Children’s Books (2024)
ISBN: 978-1035048670
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Heroes and Villains
Edited by Ana Sampson
Macmilan Children’s Books (2024)
ISBN: 978-1035043897
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...And I Hear Dragons
Ed. Hanan Issa, illustrated by Eric Heyman
Firefly Press (2024)
ISBN: 978-1915444578
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Moonlight Shine
Edited by Catherine Baker
Oxford University Press (2024)
ISBN: 978-1382040747
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Gods and Monsters: Mythological Poems
Edited by Ana Sampson
Macmillan Children’s Books (2023)
ISBN: 978-1035023011
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What is Hope?
Edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong
Pomelo Books (2023)
ISBN: 978-1937057220
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Chasing Clouds
Edited by Jonathan Humble
The 1st anthology from The Dirigible Balloon. All profits to the National Literacy Trust.
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What is a Friend?
Edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong
Pomelo Books (2022)
ISBN: 978-1937057169
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Things We Eat
Edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong
Pomelo Books (2022)
ISBN: 978-1937057312
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Poems for 8 Year Olds
Ed. Matt Goodfellow, pics Roxana de Rond
Macmillan Children’s Books (2022)
ISBN: 978-1529065305
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The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems
Edited by Brian Moses, illustrated
Macmillan Children’s Books (2021)
ISBN: 978-1529049718
Anthologies for Adults
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Wish You Were Here: 14 Poems about Holidays
Candlestick Press
ISBN: 978-1913627416
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Twenty-One Poems about Wonky Animals
Candlestick Press
ISBN: 978-1913627317
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Almanac: 12 Poems for 2023
Candlestick Press (2022)
ISBN: 978-1913627195
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Elizabeth’s Poetry of Hope
Charity anthology in aid of Elizabeth’s Legacy of Hope (2021)
ISBN: 978-1399910682