Somewhere Something is Burning by Alice Frecknall — Book Launch

Please join us to celebrate the launch of Alice Frecknall's stunning debut collection Somewhere Something is Burning — with poetry from Alice and special guest readers Toby Campion and Laurie Ogden, hosted by Out-Spoken's Joelle Taylor.

About Somewhere Something is Burning:

‘The great thing about these surreal, dazzling poems is how they follow their own, always unexpected logic and pull the reader along with them as well; beneath the luminous imagery lies a heart that will move and beguile you.’

— Andrew McMillan

An examination of solitude and absence, the poems within this collection grapple with the reality and taboo of loneliness pitted against an anxiety of connecting. Exploring human relationships, breakdown in communication, and silence — self-inflicted or otherwise — the poems give voice to the fears and experiences that shape us, and interrogate the ways in which we process and avoid. Frecknall’s leaps of surreality, extreme empathy and vivid imagery make Somewhere Something is Burning a compelling joyride of a read.

‘In Somewhere Something is Burning the world is mutable — in flux. Frecknall masterfully draws us in, then pulls the rug away. Atmospheric and compelling, these poems transform the everyday into something strange, unsettling, thrilling and new.’

— Ella Frears

Buy the book:

Copies of Somewhere Something is Burning will be available for purchase on the night, or pre-order here for immediate dispatch!

Alice Frecknall is a poet, short fiction writer, and fine artist. Her writing was shortlisted for the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry 2019 and the Lightship International Short Story Prize. Her work has been published online by Out-Spoken and has appeared in print in a number of anthologies, including The Stinging Fly, Butcher’s Dog, National Poetry Anthology, and Lightship Anthology. Alice has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Hull, is a Roundhouse Poetry Collective alumna, and member of the UniSlam Post-Emerging Cohort. Somewhere Something is Burning is her debut poetry collection.