‘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.