Poetry. PARIS, STAGE LEFT covers Kate Noakes' first five years in the City of Lights, in all its history, tragedy and comedy. Noakes arrived in Paris in 2011 to pursue a job opportunity, and her early days in the city are chronicled here in these lively and nuanced poems.
Famously the 'town of books' and home to the Hay Literature Festival, Hay-on-Wye is a unique rural town. Noakes uncovers the many quirks of this quirky place and explores its rural hinterland: the Black Mountains to the south, Herefordshire to the east, Brecon to the west and Kilvert's Clyro to the north. A book full of unexpected discoveries.
In her most autobiographical collection to date, Kate Noakes explores the pain of losing a long-built life and the joys of exploring a new one. This is a howl that ends with a hallelujah.
Tattoo is narrative, signifier, art work, more. In this rich collection Kate Noakes explores the cultural meanings and stories permanently etched on our skin.
