OINT WINNER GEOFF STEVENS MEMORIAL POETRY PRIZE Jenny Mitchell s prize-winning debut collection is an exploration of the impact of British transatlantic enslavement on black lives and family dynamics. It combines grounded realism with imaginative empathy on a journey from the Caribbean to Britain. At the heart of the collection is the belief in the power of stories to liberate the voice in order to help heal a collective future. ONE OF THE 44 POETRY BOOKS OF 2019 as nominated by poets - POETRY WALES

I have drawn on literature that has shaped me, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, early Celtic nature poetry and hermit poetry and, more recently, feminist writings such as those of Hélène Cixous.'