Leave a Comment · Posted on February 18, 2022
Pleased to say The Kids is back in stock in shops, through the Poetry Book Society and online at Bloodaxe books
Leave a Comment · Posted on February 6, 2022
I still can’t believe my little book of sonnets has won the Costa Book of the Year. Here’s to all the kids!
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Leave a Comment · Posted on January 11, 2022
Congratulations to Joelle Taylor and all of the wonderful shortlisted poets this year: Victoria Kennefick, Daniel Sluman, Kevin Young, Jack Underwood, Selima Hill, Raymond Antrobus, Kayo Chingonyi & Michael Symmons Roberts
“Cool as the trickster, ridiculous as the fool” – Hannah Lowe reads from The Kids @tseliotprize @southbankcentre > https://t.co/zHdURwANvg pic.twitter.com/K9vlGbVMuA
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Leave a Comment · Posted on January 7, 2022
I had a lovely trip to Broadcasting House this week to talk to Tom Sutcliffe of BBC Radio 4 Front Row about The Kids (17 mins in!)
Leave a Comment · Posted on January 7, 2022
I’m delighted The Kids has won the Costa Poetry Award! Thanks to the judges – Rishi Dastidar, Ian Duhig and Maya Jaggi
Leave a Comment · Posted on December 1, 2021
So happy to be shortlisted with Ray Antrobus, Kayo Chingonyi and Victora Kenneflict for the Costa!
Leave a Comment · Posted on November 12, 2021
‘The Kids combines formal skill with a rare bravery, and bears a lightness of touch that is often virtuosic…Lowe is attuned to changing language, and to the politics of class and race and their intersections with education and the educator. The classroom channels all the vibrant and violent aspects of English culture, and Lowe’s skill is to hold both the personal and the political in balance’ – read the rest of the review here