D.D. Holland

[D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites]

Thrilled to announce that my book children, Braised in Wine (poetry pamphlet) and The Lady Doth Protest (short story collection) have launched!
Both can be found via this link:
https://t.co/sw6TwKNZus
Enormous thanks again to @BlackPearPress and @vpresspoetry!

[V. Press @vpresspoetry]

Spring-ing into 2023! Review news and coming soon...
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“We used to watch each other bake,
simmering like stove pots,
until we each admitted:
she makes good cake.”
From Braised in Wine by D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites https://t.co/FAgImAlbPg
@UoWriting

[V. Press @vpresspoetry]

“When your heart is breaking,
he fills the cracks with soup,
slows the poison spread by pouring
double cream into your arteries.”
From Braised in Wine by D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites
https://t.co/FAgImAlbPg
@UoWriting

[V. Press @vpresspoetry]

“Braised in Wine is a striking debut from D.D. Holland.[…]Holland conjures powerful and poignant images that bury themselves in the mind.”
Dr Jack McGowan @JackTMcGowan on Braised in Wine by D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites
https://t.co/FAgImAlbPg
@UoWriting

[V. Press @vpresspoetry]

“Bitter lemons are sweet to me.
Onions make me smile and
chilli is the gentlest kiss.”
From Braised in Wine by D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites
https://t.co/FAgImAlbPg
@UoWriting

[V. Press @vpresspoetry]

“My mother keeps me alive by making shit food.
Tonight, it’s casserole.
Vegetables boiled in water until all taste evaporates
but the potatoes are still hard.”
From Braised in Wine by D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites
https://t.co/FAgImAlbPg
@UoWriting

[V. Press @vpresspoetry]

“although these poems teeter on the edge of an abyss, they are written with healthy doses of warmth and humour, and an appetite for life that proves moving and uplifting.” Dr David Swann on Braised in Wine by D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites
https://t.co/FAgImAlbPg
@UoWriting

[V. Press @vpresspoetry]

“I love the way you erode the crotch of your boxers and your jeans
like friction is begging you to become a nudist.”
From Braised in Wine by D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites
https://t.co/FAgImAlbPg
@UoWriting

[V. Press @vpresspoetry]

V. Press is very very delighted to share the publication of Braised in Wine by V. Press Prize for Poetry 2022 winner D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites !
https://t.co/JgNlwtYuva
Launch on Tues (2 May)
6.30pm
Hive Library Meeting Room 2
Worcester
@UoWriting

[D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites]

Unable to contain my enthusiasm as this year's winner of the @BlackPearPress Prize for Fiction! Thrilled to be working with such a fantastic press.
I feel like a very lucky padawan to their Obi-wan; but I promise no volcanos this time!
@UoWriting @worcester_uni

[D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites]

Unfathomably excited to be working with the fantastic @vpresspoetry as this year's winner of the V. Press Prize for Poetry!
It's like that feeling when the waiter comes with your food, but x1000. (And he brought extra chips!)

@UoWriting @worcester_uni

[D.D. Holland @DDHollandWrites]

Sorry I'm a bit late, as a Twitter virgin I thought I'd better put on my specs and read the instruction manual. Nobody mentioned that Elon has taken over, the rule book has been burned for warmth, and memes are but a tiny flicker of hope in dystopian post-blue-tick world.

[V. Press @vpresspoetry]

The V. Press Prize for Poetry, new titles and the Reading Room!
https://t.co/JgNlwtYuva
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“you are going to wish you’d never moved in
because, fella, you have Borrowers.

Now let me be clear, that’s just a euphemism.
That loose watch battery I ���borrowed’ –
that’s not coming back.”

from Powerless Rangers by @JackTMcGowan
https://t.co/GPM25ORnIa