“In its mix of dramatic poise and control, Stoddart’s writing is cool enough to warm the heart of any creature.”
(David Wheatley, Times Literary Supplement)
Salvation Jane, Greta Stoddart’s second collection of poems, was published by Anvil Press Poetry in October 2008. Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award 2008 in November, it is available from all good bookshops for £7.95.
Born in 1966, Greta grew up in Oxford and studied in Paris and London. Her first book, At Home in the Dark, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2002. She lives in Devon and works as a poetry tutor for, among others, The Poetry School and Bath Spa University.
Greta is planning a series of readings, including some workshops followed by readings, at festivals and other UK venues in 2008 and 2009. If you’d like to discuss booking her for your event, please contact mail@gretastoddart.co.uk
“Honest, observant poems from a collection which is both wonderfully unsettling and deeply life-affirming.”
(Costa Poetry Award Judges 2008)
“As a poet, Stoddart is not in the business of offering solutions; the closest she comes to doing so is obliquely, through the bright snap of the language in which she presents her dilemmas, the irresistible clarity of images so right they deliver an almost physical connection, joining poem and reader … This is a collection that thrives not on solutions, but on endless, boundless possibilities.”
(Sarah Crown, The Guardian December 2008)
“These unnerving poems do not contemplate strangeness as much as embody it.”
(Stephen Knight, TLS – March 2009)
“It is remarkable to find a collection so good that it takes the words out of your mouth - Salvation Jane captures the past with an elegance (one) can only dream of.”
(Helen Mort, Poetry London, March 2009)