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'A Requiem for Biscuit Town' by Amanda Walsh PRESALE!

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A Requiem for Biscuit Town is a raw and resonant poetry collection about grief, identity, and survival. Told through the lens of working-class life, it moves through the five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – capturing the heartbreak and resilience of lives shaped by struggle. These poems don’t just ask you to reflect, they ask you to feel.

Unflinching and compassionate, this collection is both a reckoning and a refuge, a place where loss is laid bare, where class and mental health aren’t footnotes, and where healing doesn’t follow a straight line. Read it front to back, or jump in where it hurts the most. Either way, this isn’t just poetry. It’s survival in verse.

A Requiem for Biscuit Town is a raw and resonant poetry collection about grief, identity, and survival. Told through the lens of working-class life, it moves through the five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – capturing the heartbreak and resilience of lives shaped by struggle. These poems don’t just ask you to reflect, they ask you to feel.

Unflinching and compassionate, this collection is both a reckoning and a refuge, a place where loss is laid bare, where class and mental health aren’t footnotes, and where healing doesn’t follow a straight line. Read it front to back, or jump in where it hurts the most. Either way, this isn’t just poetry. It’s survival in verse.

PRESALE ORDERS WILL BE POSTED APRIL 2026

About the Author, AMANDA WALSH

Amanda Walsh is a poet and artist based in Reading, whose work explores grief, class, mental health, and the everyday beauty found in survival. After decades working in nursing and care roles, Amanda returned to education and found her voice through poetry and visual art. Her debut collection, A Requiem for Biscuit Town, draws from lived experience – of working-class life, personal loss, and recovery from trauma – offering raw, compassionate insight into what it means to heal.

Diagnosed with CPTSD in her 50s after becoming homeless with her son, Amanda credits creative expression, and the community it fostered, with helping her reclaim her sense of self. When she’s not writing or drawing, she works as a cleaner, which she calls “an underrated aid to anxiety”. She is passionate about making poetry accessible and advocating for its power in mental health recovery.

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