Bycatch Sarah Philpott Without Naseem’s vision perhaps some

Without Naseem’s vision perhaps some of the most gifted writers

due out in October

navigating a journey from one homeland to another

the glamourous high-society life of great dance bands in the interwar years

Bycatch Sarah Philpott Without Naseem’s vision perhaps someIn Bycatch, a new collection by the Ted Hughes Prize shortlisted poet Caroline Smith, the poems ask where personhood is when memory and language are gone. They capture the faltering years of a life gradually scraped bare by the deep sea trawler of dementia yet find amongst the isolation and sadness, moments also of clarity, epiphany and love. Whilst these poems chart deep waters, they remind us also of the enduring and miraculous bond between those