Jane Routh
Jane Routh manages woodlands and a flock of geese in the Forest of Bowland, North Lancashire, where she’s lived for over thirty years. She taught and exhibited photography for several years, but more recently most of her creative work has been in writing — non-fiction, as well as poetry.
Her Smith/Doorstop title, Teach Yourself Mapmaking, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
Smith/Doorstop titles
Reviews
‘Her range is impressive … vivid language recreates the physical sensation of what is being described, ranging from the gritty and muscular to the tender and deeply thoughtful… Smith/Doorstop have a star on their list.’ — Matt Simpson, Stride
‘Routh is a characterful poet, her work freely espoused, crafted, roiling, sucked along by mysterious tides and undercurrents, full of changes of light and weather, and framed by a sense of hazardous voyaging’ — John Muckle, Shearsman
‘An assured, original voice’ — Elizabeth Burns, Stride
'In language as bright as it is meticulous, Jane Routh’s poems startle us time and again with their vivid evocations of the actuality of places and of things, but then it is her challenging imagination (especially in the sequence 'Signal Flags’) which shows us the spiritual and emotional elements that underlie them. 'Circumnavigation' is an assured and accomplished collection.' — Neil Curry
'Outstanding' — U A Fanthorpe
'Circumnavigation introduces a quietly formidable voice'— Michael Donaghy
Publicity
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