"Jude Cowan has gone where I've never seen a jobbing journalist tread before.
This is news observed with so discerning an eye that marvellous detail emerges within the poetry.
Read her book. We are the richer for it." Jon Snow, Channel 4 News
"Unlike the daily news that fades from view, Jude Cowan's images linger in
the memory. She creates poetry which finds the humanity amid the horror
of our times. Her work is outstanding." Bill Neely, International Editor, ITN News
In early 2008 Jude Cowan began to write poems in response to the un-packaged daily news footage she was archiving for the Thomson Reuters news agency. She continued throughout what proved, globally, to be a tumultuous and historic year.
For the Messengers draws together this work and is a startling document. Cowan has a talent for locating the key details which cut to the human centre of a story and levels a sharp eye and subtle wit wherever she turns her gaze. These skills, allied with a sure poetic gift, help her do justice to the day-to-day journalistic footworkwhich this book illuminates and celebrates.
Publisher: Donut Press
ISBN: 9780956644510
Publication date: 11 March 2011
Price: £10
No. of printed pages: 108
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News and Reviews 2011
Exhibition at Bermondsey's independent bookshop-gallery from Tuesday 1st November to Sunday 27th November, Woolfson and Tay, Bermondsey Square, London SE1.
Review online at the Morning Star.