Orbiting

The Zoo Keeper

"You get the same whack off these poems as you do when reading Juvenal or Simon Armitage...Buy this." The Independent



Richard Evans possessess a mesmerising and sometimes shocking poetic voice. This, his first collection, 'The Zoo Keeper', took readers and critics by storm. It has been described as 'poetry as it should be, red in tooth and claw', and reviewers across the country have praised this young poet's forceful and insightful use of language and imagery. The book also contains photographs by Camilla Stapleton-Hibbert.

"A poet prepared to take risks and push language to its limits." Catherine Smith, New Writer


In Orbiting, Richard Evans' second collection of poetry, we encounter a taut and concentrated poetic voice. The darkness of Evans' earlier work remains, but is now tempered by a reflexivity which is suitably lunar in its vantage. A narrative of grief runs through the collection, at times visceral and emotionally raw, at times subjugated to near-vanishing point. Still, there is a wry humour, which off-sets the darkest of the material, making this collection as readable as it is intense. Orbiting also includes several haunting illustrations by Ed Boxall.

The Forward Book of Poetry

"One shindig where the champagne never goes flat is the annual Forward Book of Poetry". The Guardian


The Forward Book of Poetry presents a selection of the very best contemporary poetry published in Britian and the Republic of Ireland over the year, including the winning entries to the Forward Poetry Prizes. Includes poetry by Billy Collins, Paul Muldoon, Sophie Hannah as well as Richard Evans.

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