Books by Volume editor Janie Hextall

During the production and marketing of Washing Lines Barbara and Janie discovered they have many things in common other than a love of laundry and poetry. They both love liquorice, they both love angels, and they both inherited trinket boxes from their grandmothers which fascinated them as young girls and grew into an interest in all things precious, semi-precious and sparkly. Barbara bought and sold jewellery in an antique stall for several years. Thus our new collection of poetry inspired by jewels and jewellery came to life. Unsurprisingly these poems are rarely about the face value of the gemstones; rather they tell stories of love and loss, memories and moments. We hope you will treasure them too.