new collection from alumna

Congratulations to Holly Winter-Hughes whose collection How to Leave a Body was published by Verve last month.

Holly has twice attended John McCullough's Advanced Poetry Workshops and says ‘without John's inspiration, guidance, knowledge, generosity and insight I don't believe this book would exist.’

John has said of Holly’s writing ‘Holly Winter-Hughes' visceral writing turns the human form inside-out, mapping the contours of trauma, abuse and hard-won resilience. It urges the reader to follow and 'Breathe deep to the creak of your heartwood'. Darkly imaginative and pearled with fresh phrase-making, these are poems that compel attention and linger."

Holly is a widely published writer, most recently appearing in Atrium, Clarion, Impossible Archetype, Ink, Sweat & Tears, Lapidus and Tears in the Fence.  She is passionate about using writing to express the stories we hold in our bodies.

John McCullough is running two online Advanced Poetry Workshops, starting in October, while Roy Mcfarlane is running a Beginners Poetry Workshops to be held in Brighton.