poyums annaw + poyums Bundle Trio Signed & Dedicated Edition
The Portobello Bookshop Exclusive Edition & Standard Edition of Poyums Annaw + Standard Hardback Edition of Poyums
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Canongate Books Ltd
Publishing:25th Sep '25
£42.72 was £44.97
Only available to order until 25th September 2025 at 9:00am, and will dispatch after that.
This hardback is available in other editions too:
- Hardback - Signed & Dedicated Exclusive Edition£14.99(9781837265473-SE)
- Hardback - Signed & Dedicated Edition£28.48was £29.98(poyumsannawduo2-S)
- Hardback - Signed & Dedicated Edition£50.32was £52.97(poyumsannawtriotote-S)
- Hardback - Signed & Dedicated Edition£14.99(9781837263288-SD)
Available to preorder now: a bundle including both the Portobello Bookshop Exclusive Edition and standard hardback edition of Len Pennie's new poetry collection poyums annaw as well as the standard hardback edition of her debut collection poyums, signed and – if requested – dedicated by the author. The bundle is sold with a 5% discount.
Please note that only one dedication can be requested per bundle, and that both books in the bundle will be dedicated. If you would like different dedications, please order the books separately.
About poyums annaw:
There isn't a timescale for how you should heal
Your bad days are valid, your heartache is real
But so is the day that your smile will return
That fire within you continues to burn
You will overcome this and continue to thrive You are here, you are loved, you are whole, you're alive.
Aformidable follow up to her award-winning debut poetry collection, Len Pennie’s poyums annaw is just like her: defiant, angry and trailblazing. These poems are a call to arms, confronting ideas of patriarchy, gender-based violence and societal injustice with equal parts tenderness, quick-wit and righteous fury. poyums annaw firmly cements Len as a defining voice in contemporary Scots poetry.
About poyums:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DISCOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, SUNDAY POST AND iPAPER BESTSELLER. WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH. WINNER OF 2024 SCOTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARD 2024
And I have done more than just simply get by
So much more than escape or survive
Through the galvanisation of love, time and patience
I'll take hold of my story and thrive. After life that was seldom what life ought to be
Through laughter and love I'll be whole
This story is mine from the cover to spine
And the narrative I will control
Whether she's writing letters to her younger self, advocating for women's rights or adapting fairy tales to process an abusive relationship, Len's voice is bold, unashamedly frank and unmistakably hers. The poems in this collection, both funny and fiercely feminist, announce a formidable new talent. Moving deftly between English and Scots, poyums is as approachable as it is affecting.