Lieke Marsman Author

Lieke Marsman is the author of two books of poetry, Wat ik mijzelf graag voorhoud (Things I Tell Myself) and De eerste letter (The First Letter), for which she has received several awards, including the C. Buddingh’ Award and the Van der Hoogt Prize. Her first novel, Het tegenovergestelde van een mens (The Opposite of a Person), which incorporates poetry and non-fiction to address questions of climate change and loneliness, was published in 2017 by Atlas Contact. Sophie Collins grew up in Bergen, North Holland, and now lives in Edinburgh. 'small white monkeys', a text on self-expression, self-help and shame, was published by Book Works in 2017 as part of a commissioned residency at Glasgow Women’s Library. Her first collection of poems 'Who Is Mary Sue?' was published by Faber & Faber in 2018.