Rhian Elizabeth's maybe i'll call gillian anderson is a raw, darkly funny, and deeply affecting collection that navigates the liminal spaces of love, loss, and reinvention. With a voice that is both unguarded and sharply observant, Elizabeth crafts poems that move through heartbreak, motherhood, memory, and self-destruction with biting wit and aching tenderness. Whether tracing the ghosts of past selves, confronting absence, or yearning for connection, these poems refuse sentimentality, instead offering something braver-an intimacy that is as unsparing as it is humane.
 
'A poetic memoir like a rush of honesty to the heart (or Gillian Anderson’s answerphone.)'
   — Caroline Bird
 
Rhian Elizabeth was the winner of our inaugural Poem on the Month competition in April 2025 with her brilliant poem 'to the girl who said i’ll never be happy because i’m too picky'.