Shine, Darling

A Poetry Book Society Recommendation
Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection
Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry

'This poet is a bit special. She's exciting, a bit scary and sort of brilliant' Frank Skinner
'She writes with such fecundity and truth I think I shapeshifted' Andrea Arnold
'Shine, Darling is a startling debut, as provocative as it is playful and tender . . . These poems are uncompromising and intelligent, fresh and newly disruptive' Mona Arshi
'Frears's poems are places of feverishness, extra-sensitivity, and suggestion . . . They lightly take your pulse, then ask why it's accelerating' Jack Underwood
'Luminous poems' Kate Simpson, Telegraph

Fizzes with insistent energy... full of crystalline images and metaphors.... Frears is excellent on sexual politics, the end of girlhood
Frears' work is ideal for poetry newbies - the intriguing narration will immediately draw you in. She splices humour with thought-provoking imagery and Fleabag-style talk-to-camera moments that will make you feel seen
This poet is a bit special. She's exciting, a bit scary and sort of brilliant
Uncompromising, intelligent, surprising, accessible and sharp . . . These lyric poems have a clarity and straightforwardness that only a special kind of attention, and a certain kind of fearlessness can achieve