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The Girl Aquarium

By Jen Campbell
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The Girl Aquarium is Jen Campbell's first poetry collection that delves into the unsettling worlds of twisted fairy tales, body possession, and beauty's meaning. The poems weave between whispered science and circus spectacle, holding up a cracked mirror to society and probing who controls the distorted stories lurking behind the scenes.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This collection is ideal for readers interested in bold contemporary poetry that challenges societal norms, explores dark fairy tales, and examines themes of body, identity and spectacle. Fans of feminist literature, experimental verse, and arts & culture would find it compelling.

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Jen Campbell is already a bestselling author of children's picture books as well as a popular books vlogger with a big following on YouTube. Her debut poetry collection The Girl Aquarium explores the realm of rotten fairy tales, the possession of body and the definition of beauty.

Jen Campbell was Vlogger in Residence for the Poetry Book Society, and was a judge of the Forward Prize in 2018. She talks about books and fairy tales at youtube.com/jenvcampbell.

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Jen Campbell's first collection, The Girl Aquarium, explores the realm of rotten fairy tales, the possession of body, and the definition of beauty.

Weaving between whispered science and circus, she turns a cracked mirror on society and asks who gets to control the twisted tales hiding in the wings.

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Praised for its originality and boldness, the collection has been described as "poetry of innocence and wonder, poetry of darkness and deformation" (Daljit Nagra). Reviewers highlight its daring exploration of girlhood through vivid, sometimes shocking imagery, blending themes of butchery, freak shows, and self-discovery (Melissa Lee-Houghton). Christopher Reid admires Campbell’s "boldness, close to wildness," and Elizabeth Macneal calls it a defiant, bold, brilliant work that "smashes" traditional tropes and reinvents the narrative surrounding disfigurement, spectacle, and exploitation.

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ISBN: 9781780374499

Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 April 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 72

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Arts & Culture Jen Campbell Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Jen Campbell grew up by the sea. She is a bestselling author and award-winning poet. Her most recent books include a short story collection, The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night, a series of children's picture books about a book-loving dragon called Franklin, and The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers (Thames & Hudson, 2021), a collection of gruesome tales illustrated by Adam de Souza. She won the Jane Martin Poetry Prize in 2013, received an Eric Gregory Award in 2016, is Vlogger in Residence for the Poetry Book Society, and was a judge of the Forward Prize in 2018. She talks about books, fairy tales and disfigurement at youtube.com/jenvcampbell. Her poetry pamphlet The Hungry Ghost Festival was published by The Rialto in 2012. Her first book-length collection, The Girl Aquarium, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2019. It was shortlisted for the poetry category of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2019 and was a semifinalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 (Best Poetry category). She lives in London.

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