‘Permanence’ is a book about microplastics, written in collaboration with chemist and poet, Stephen Paul Wren, published by Atomic Bohemian in 2025. Rishi Dastidar called it ‘a series of striking reflections on plastic and how it has shifted from wonder substance to menace’
https://www.atomicbohemian.com/product-page/permanence-lesley-curwen-stephen-paul-wren
‘Rescue Lines’ is a book about finding and losing a sister, about forced adoption and coercive control. It is published by Hedgehog Poetry Press in 2024.
https://www.hedgehogpress.co.uk/product/rescue-lines-lesley-curwen-print-edition
‘Sticky with Miles’ is an eco-chapbook about consumerism, sea-miles and waste, published by Dreich Poetry Press in 2024.
https://hybriddreich.co.uk/product/sticky-with-miles-lesley-curwen/
Reviews of my books
From poet Helen Laycock:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R2QYV3G92DW1SO
From Litter magazine:
https://www.littermagazine.com/2024/05/review-sticky-with-miles-by-lesley.html
From poet and reviewer Nigel Kent:
My interview with Broken Spine about my work: thanks to Alan Parry.
Reading my work as one of the poets on Damien Donnelly’s Eat the Storms podcast 2022
Huge thanks to Matthew M C Smith at Black Bough for his encouragement, and to Colin Bancroft at Nine Pens.