Looking forward to reading at the launch of MY BODY IS A STRANGER by @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social along with @scooterwriter.bsky.social & @clairebooker.bsky.social

Friday, Oct 16th
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I’ll be reading some flash at the launch of @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social ‘s poetry pamphlet on Oct 16th, along with readings by Nikki, @laurabesley.bsky.social & Claire Booker. If you’d like to join us, here is the link: tinyurl.com/mr325be6

I do hope these changes have some impact because this is not something women can control easily. It takes support and treatment options that aren't always instantaneous, require understanding and adjustments, which at this point, employers and doctors need to catch up on.

#perimenopausesupport

Interesting to see this.

In my new pamphlet, I talk about how The Fawcett Society reports one in ten women, aged between 40 and 55, working through menopause, have left a job because of their symptoms and a further 13% reported that they had considered leaving (2022).

#menopausethreads

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It's National Poetry Day and my new pamphlet is officially out!

Please support poetry, and give mine a try if you fancy something very visceral and very hopeful!

Signed copies on my site or from my press: vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

#poetrycommunity #perimenopause #PoetsOfBluesky

“I’m just working differently.
Like a toaster that makes tea
or a kettle that gives compliments.”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

“[…] This is a fierce and compassionate collection of poems, one that explores women’s health, societal experience and survival. [...]”
JP Seabright on My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

“Leaden tiredness:
my chest crushed by a felled tree or two,
mind too weak to ask for help.”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

“confessing to the person I love most
feeling like I’m held together by masking tape”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

BOOK LAUNCH!

Join me, Laura Besley, Diane Simmons and Claire Booker for an evening of readings on Oct 16th!

We'll be launching my new pamphlet, My Body is a Stranger, but also have poetry & fiction readings from V Press writers.

Zoom
8pm

Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“[…] These poems are deeply moving and beautifully arranged and ultimately – in a world that so desperately needs it – hopeful.”
Laura Besley on My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

“I’m flailing like an animal who forgot how to make sounds
and no one looks back, no one calls for me”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

“everything being a symptom
not being believed”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

“Their face was a charcoal drawing
without any colour, empty spaces
which taunted me. An outline of a person.”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

“You meet others outside the school gates,
drawn together like animals sniffing out a prize
but the prize is a mirage”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social

vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...

An autumn update -- exciting news, reviews & coming soon!
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com
@jennyhope.bsky.social @clairebooker.bsky.social @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social @bethosmond.bsky.social & others

Now in stock & available to pre-order: My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social – a chapbook of poetry that is very visceral and very hopeful!
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...