SLUG

'One of the best poets we have.' —Matt Haig

'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love.' —Kae Tempest

‘I honestly wondered if poetry would continue to feature in my life outside of an academic context. Enter poets like Hollie McNish . . . I demolished whole books in single sittings' —Emma Watson

'Hollie always articulates exactly how I feel' —Charly Cox

'The inimitable words of poet/goddess Hollie McNish once again hold up honest, damn funny and refreshing takes on the everydayness of our lives . . . Never have we needed her more' —Stylist

Ted Hughes Award-winning author Hollie McNish's new book, SLUG & other things I've been told to hate, a brilliant fusion of personal essays, poetry and short stories, was published by Fleet on 13th May and has hit no.7 on the Sunday Times bestseller charts!

From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, SLUG is a book which holds a mirror lovingly up to the world, past and present, through Hollie's driving, funny, hopeful poetry and prose. Slug is about the human condition: of birth and death and how we manage the possibilities in between.

Hollie McNish is an award-winning poet based between Cambridge and Glasgow, and a client of Lewinsohn Literary Agency. She won the Ted Hughes Award for Nobody Told Me and has published three other collections – Plum, Cherry Pie and Papers.