The English river : a journey down the Thames in poems & photographs / Virginia Astley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Astley, Virginia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thames River (England)--Poetry.

Thames River (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

English river : a journey down the Thames in poems and photographs

Place of Publication:

Hexham : Bloodaxe Books, 2018.

Summary:

Virginia Astley has been a much admired songwriter and musician since the 1980s, known for her engaging lyrics as well as for her melodious style. Now her other two passions take centre stage in this book: poetry and the River Thames. She grew up by the river's upper reaches, knew the old lock-keepers and was familiar with all aspects of the Thames and its hinterland: both the natural world and the people whose lives are intimately connected with the river. In recent years, she has returned to the Thames, working for a summer as an assistant lock-keeper, and walking its length to record and respond to its landscapes, river life and river folk as a poet and photographer. Her pamphlet The Curative Harp won Ireland's Fool for Poetry chapbook competition in 2015 and was published by Southword. The English River is her first book-length poetry collection, showing many new sides to this multi-talented artist: as poet, nature writer, storyteller and photographer.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781780371962

1780371969