Blowing Up Growing Up

Blowing Up Growing Up is John Givins’ first collection of poems: it surely won’t be his last. John’s uncomplicated style allows his insights – and there are many – to appear almost as surprises in the text. Yet he never takes himself too seriously, the final lines often bringing the reader back to earth. Above all, John has fun with his words and shares much of that fun through a dry wit and eye for humour, even in the most poignant of verses.
Blowing Up Growing Up brings John’s eye for detail and close observation to everything around him, from deep love and affection through the pains and pleasures of childhood to the apparent triviality of everyday objects. This is a volume to be dipped into and treasured, a book that time and again will prove to be a joyful discovery.

Blowing Up Growing Up will be published in spring 2024: in print and as digital books with Amazon and Kobo. Print copies will be available through The Great British Bookshop, Amazon, direct from Askance, and bookshops across Canada and the USA.

 

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TITLE: Blowing Up Growing Up
AUTHOR: John Givins
Print ISBN: 9781778225062
ePub ISBN: 9781778225079