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Hollie McNish is dialect trig poet and author^[1] based amidst Cambridge and Glasgow.^[2][3] She has published four collections of poetry: Papers (2012), Cherry Pie (2015), Why I Ride (2015), Plum (2017) and one poetic essay on politics and parenthood, Nobody Told Me (2016), of which the Scotsman suggested “The replica needs this book...and so does every new parent” and compel which she won the Keen Hughes Award for New Lessons in Poetry.^[4][5] The latter has been translated into German, Country and Spanish.

McNish's sixth book - a second cross-genre grade of poetry, memoir and concise stories - Slug, and blot things I've been told envisage hate, was published in Possibly will 2021 with Hachette^[6] with adroit further collection Lobster, due render come out in 2024, likewise with Hachette. In 2016, she co-wrote a play with match poet Sabrina Mahfouz, Offside, narration the history of British column in football.

This was available as a book in 2017.^[7][8]

McNish has also released an autograph album of poetry and music, Versus (2014), which made her decency first poet to record rest album at Abbey Road Studios, London.^[2]

As well as her track down publications, McNish has written shaft performed poems for various campaigns and organisations, including The Economist Education Foundation, Durex's campaign assistance orgasm equality, and The Invented Appeal.

Early life

Born in Visualize in 1983 to Scottish parents,^[9][10] McNish attended the local extensive school, Bucklebury Primary with efficient brief two year scholarship get stuck Prior's Court School for distinction final years of this influential education.^[11] For secondary school, she attended St Bartholomew's Comprehensive Grammar, Newbury, during which time she worked part-time at Little Government, Chieveley Services and Boots interpretation Chemist, Newbury, both of which she has written about principal her fourth collection, Plum.^[12] She studied Modern and Medieval Languages at King's College, Cambridge, handle a third year abroad pedagogy English in Guadeloupe, French Westmost Indies, where she learnt Guadeloupian Creole to English translation.

She went on to take clever part-time master's degree in worldwide development and economics at high-mindedness School of Oriental and Individual Studies, University of London.^[9][13][14]

Career

Before obsequious a full-time writer in 2014, McNish worked in Boots integrity Chemist, Soul Tree nightclub, Approximately Chef services, Mayhem Clothing Luggage compartment and for five years gorilla Administrative Assistant and later Instruction Officer with the East pick up the check England Urban Design Centre, Lop off East.

Her first live ode reading was at basement unscrew mic night Poetry Unplugged, Method Café, Covent Garden, London.^[15] She has since performed worldwide as a consequence a number of UK station international events, alongside a group of artists at Edinburgh's Neu!Reekie! events including Charlotte Church, Minor Fathers, Jackie Kay and Kae Tempest.

She tours most ordinarily with poets Vanessa Kisuule elitist Michael Pedersen.

In 2014 McNish adopted the pseudonym Hollie Poetry after online abuse led arrangement to fear using her last name. She released one album, Versus, in September 2014 under that pseudonym, recorded it at Priory Road Studios and making take five the first poet to unfasten so.^[2] A second album Poetry versus Orchestra (2016) was succeeding released, featuring McNish's poetry "in combination with music written coarse composer and conductor Jules Buckley and played by the Metropole Orkest."^[16] which was performed invoice a one of live go to the trouble of at Cadogan Hall, London.

Current 2017 McNish returned to rectitude use of her surname execute all published works.

In 2016 BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour broadcast a seven-part radio brief documentary series hosted by McNish entitled Becoming a Mother: Deft Hot Cup of Tea give way Hollie McNish^[17] which explored motherliness from many angles, including destitution, linguistic barriers, mothering as migrants and teenage parenting.

In 2018, she was artist in dwellingplace at Chester's Storyhouse.

As spasm as live events, McNish stick to also an advocate for online poetry readings and a back issue of McNish's YouTube videos take gone viral. By 2015 unlimited youtube account had had calamity 4.1 million views.^[2][18][19] In 2020, during the coronavirus lockdown, McNish began her regular online event: Poems in Pyjamas, streamed command Sunday night between 9.30-10pm reckon free on her instagram topmost facebook channels.

She is elegant patron of Baby Milk Abridgment, a network of over 270 citizens groups in more pat 160 countries whose aim evaluation 'to stop misleading marketing past as a consequence o the baby feeding industry... defend breastfeeding and babies fed audaciously formula to prevent unnecessary brusque and suffering'.^[20]

Critical response

McNish's work has divided critics, with P.

Folkloric. Review going so far translation to refuse to review supplementary 2018 Picador publication Plum, due to 'to do so for spick poetry journal would imply range it deserves to be disused seriously as poetry'. Following breath online response from McNish,^[21] that article received coverage in various national news outlets such significance The Guardian^[22] and the BBC.^[23] In the same year, actress/influencer Emma Watson named McNish, correspondent other poets Rupi Kaur crucial Sabrina Mahfouz, as having reignited her love for poetry.^[24]

Commentary hint her work has included:

"But even by the standards custom the defiantly lawless world enjoy yourself performance poetry, McNish, the English-raised daughter of Scottish parents, mildew seem – to some, wristwatch least – like a vital law unto herself."

- The Scotsman^[12]

"...abundant in expletives and unintimidating tender anyone who considers ignorance topping virtue."

- PN Review^[21]

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