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You've never seen a doomsday like it
You've never seen a doomsday like it was a Poetry Book Society Winter 2017 Selection, and The Poetry Kit's Book of the Month for January 2018. It was also one of Stephen Daniels' 8 Favourite Small Press Poetry Books of 2017.
"Loss, abundance, and wonder, all compressed and distilled in less than a page. That, my friends, is what poetry is for. Check it out." - Karen Eisenbrey
"...when I bought your doomsday pamphlet I thought it would be a good Bad Religion album title." - Dean Rhetoric via Instagram (probably my favourite bit of praise in my writing life so far)
"I love it when tales get under your skin and leave you feeling vulnerable and this is what Kate’s poetry does in abundance." - Stephen Daniels
"The poems...are explained by an introduction on the back cover – not a zombie apocalypse, but the real meaning of the word apocalypse, poems that capture key moments, secrets, surprises, twists and lessons learned, poems that filled me with empathy for the narrator." - Lynn Woollcott for Reach Poetry
You've never seen a doomsday like it is available from Indigo Dreams Publishing.
You've never seen a doomsday like it was a Poetry Book Society Winter 2017 Selection, and The Poetry Kit's Book of the Month for January 2018. It was also one of Stephen Daniels' 8 Favourite Small Press Poetry Books of 2017.
"Loss, abundance, and wonder, all compressed and distilled in less than a page. That, my friends, is what poetry is for. Check it out." - Karen Eisenbrey
"...when I bought your doomsday pamphlet I thought it would be a good Bad Religion album title." - Dean Rhetoric via Instagram (probably my favourite bit of praise in my writing life so far)
"I love it when tales get under your skin and leave you feeling vulnerable and this is what Kate’s poetry does in abundance." - Stephen Daniels
"The poems...are explained by an introduction on the back cover – not a zombie apocalypse, but the real meaning of the word apocalypse, poems that capture key moments, secrets, surprises, twists and lessons learned, poems that filled me with empathy for the narrator." - Lynn Woollcott for Reach Poetry
You've never seen a doomsday like it is available from Indigo Dreams Publishing.
Losing interest in the sound of petrichor
"...not afraid to go into dark corners and shine a light. The poetry is at times edgy and unnerving but it is punchy and brave..." - Alexandra Carr-Malcolm via Goodreads
"These poems zither through the material world, the senses, imagination and memory - all expressed through Kate Garrett's unique, perceptive and musical voice." - Ceinwen Haydon via Goodreads
"Narrative in hints, an almost ghostlike lightness of touch, twists of language and imagery, and multi-sensory vivid sensual details are all brought together in various measures in these poems to create an evocative, beguiling and spellbinding mix." - S.A. Leavesley for Riggwelter Press
Losing interest in the sound of petrichor is available from The Black Light Engine Room Press.
"...not afraid to go into dark corners and shine a light. The poetry is at times edgy and unnerving but it is punchy and brave..." - Alexandra Carr-Malcolm via Goodreads
"These poems zither through the material world, the senses, imagination and memory - all expressed through Kate Garrett's unique, perceptive and musical voice." - Ceinwen Haydon via Goodreads
"Narrative in hints, an almost ghostlike lightness of touch, twists of language and imagery, and multi-sensory vivid sensual details are all brought together in various measures in these poems to create an evocative, beguiling and spellbinding mix." - S.A. Leavesley for Riggwelter Press
Losing interest in the sound of petrichor is available from The Black Light Engine Room Press.
The Density of Salt
The Density of Salt was longlisted for the Saboteur Award for Best Pamphlet in 2016.
"These poems brim with raw-nerved sexual energy, a saline wash of nature at the back of your throat..." - Grant Tarbard, for Sabotage Reviews
"The Density of Salt measures its tears without sentimentality or self-pity. It uses a dose of myth and fairytale, a generous sprinkle of humour, zest and, most importantly, a youthful sense of curiousity, energising the present." - Emma Lee
"This is a rewarding pamphlet to read. The language, often deceptively ordinary, uses meaning and rhythm to build memories, reminiscences, and myths - not all of them comfortable." - Ian Badcoe, for Antiphon
The Density of Salt is available from Indigo Dreams Publishing.
The Density of Salt was longlisted for the Saboteur Award for Best Pamphlet in 2016.
"These poems brim with raw-nerved sexual energy, a saline wash of nature at the back of your throat..." - Grant Tarbard, for Sabotage Reviews
"The Density of Salt measures its tears without sentimentality or self-pity. It uses a dose of myth and fairytale, a generous sprinkle of humour, zest and, most importantly, a youthful sense of curiousity, energising the present." - Emma Lee
"This is a rewarding pamphlet to read. The language, often deceptively ordinary, uses meaning and rhythm to build memories, reminiscences, and myths - not all of them comfortable." - Ian Badcoe, for Antiphon
The Density of Salt is available from Indigo Dreams Publishing.
Deadly, Delicate
"This tiny book holds an ocean." - Karen Eisenbrey (Goodreads review)
"In Deadly, Delicate, Kate Garrett moves beyond her previous collections and proves she’s not only a poet with multiple voices, but also a storyteller eager to speak for the misunderstood." - Rachel Nix, for Hobo Camp Review
"It is a cry from a solitary piratical heart, expressed in ambiguities through a wide and wild ensemble, that can only be heard with accustomed piratical ears. What is unsafe about Garrett’s Deadly, Delicate is that it is – after all, game on – a pirate trip: ‘a pirate’s life for me.’" - Stella Bahin
"You walk the line between heroine and villain. You ask, does the ocean fit the bounds of the continents, or does the sea encompass the land? Where is that meeting point between earth and water, air and fire? Kate Garrett dances the plank of these questions. Simple answers will not do. Neither good nor evil. Not land, not water, but words to light the way." - Rosie Garland
Deadly, Delicate is available to order from Lulu and Amazon, or directly from me on my Big Cartel bookshop.
"This tiny book holds an ocean." - Karen Eisenbrey (Goodreads review)
"In Deadly, Delicate, Kate Garrett moves beyond her previous collections and proves she’s not only a poet with multiple voices, but also a storyteller eager to speak for the misunderstood." - Rachel Nix, for Hobo Camp Review
"It is a cry from a solitary piratical heart, expressed in ambiguities through a wide and wild ensemble, that can only be heard with accustomed piratical ears. What is unsafe about Garrett’s Deadly, Delicate is that it is – after all, game on – a pirate trip: ‘a pirate’s life for me.’" - Stella Bahin
"You walk the line between heroine and villain. You ask, does the ocean fit the bounds of the continents, or does the sea encompass the land? Where is that meeting point between earth and water, air and fire? Kate Garrett dances the plank of these questions. Simple answers will not do. Neither good nor evil. Not land, not water, but words to light the way." - Rosie Garland
Deadly, Delicate is available to order from Lulu and Amazon, or directly from me on my Big Cartel bookshop.
Information about A View from the Phantasmagoria can be found here.
Read more about Hart & Ha'penny here, or at the TwistiT Press website here.
Sunward/Moonwise is currently featured on the front page of my website.
Read more about Hart & Ha'penny here, or at the TwistiT Press website here.
Sunward/Moonwise is currently featured on the front page of my website.
Land and Sea and Turning - (NOW OUT OF PRINT)
Land and Sea and Turning was a limited edition chapbook from CWP Collective Press (then re-branded as Dark Particle Press) in Buffalo, NY, USA. Only 100 copies ever existed of these poems in this order, with this title and cover art, and in this form.
"The strength of this collection is in the poet's skill of elision, her surety in bringing all these worlds together where ideas are both abstract and concrete merging to form an imaginative whole." - Alison Lock
"Poems brave and true, breathless, invigorating and very much alive. Poems you cannot ignore." - Paul Vaughan
"Garrett is as much of an everyday mystic as anyone could be, weaving her spellcasting skills into words that summon the imagination as they sink through the skin." - Caroline Hardaker
"Kate Garrett has written tunes of legend which do not disguise the vicious nightmare of life but make it shimmer. Stay up late with this thought and light the candles." - Jude Cowan Montague
"Bringing together Garrett’s trademark mysticism alongside realistic touchstones and allusions to folklore, this new chapbook is a wonderful blend of real and imagined, beautiful and cruel." - Charley Barnes for Mad Hatter Reviews
Land and Sea and Turning is no longer available anywhere!
Land and Sea and Turning was a limited edition chapbook from CWP Collective Press (then re-branded as Dark Particle Press) in Buffalo, NY, USA. Only 100 copies ever existed of these poems in this order, with this title and cover art, and in this form.
"The strength of this collection is in the poet's skill of elision, her surety in bringing all these worlds together where ideas are both abstract and concrete merging to form an imaginative whole." - Alison Lock
"Poems brave and true, breathless, invigorating and very much alive. Poems you cannot ignore." - Paul Vaughan
"Garrett is as much of an everyday mystic as anyone could be, weaving her spellcasting skills into words that summon the imagination as they sink through the skin." - Caroline Hardaker
"Kate Garrett has written tunes of legend which do not disguise the vicious nightmare of life but make it shimmer. Stay up late with this thought and light the candles." - Jude Cowan Montague
"Bringing together Garrett’s trademark mysticism alongside realistic touchstones and allusions to folklore, this new chapbook is a wonderful blend of real and imagined, beautiful and cruel." - Charley Barnes for Mad Hatter Reviews
Land and Sea and Turning is no longer available anywhere!
