Dog Days Done
hey, in case you need a gentle moment, here's a free poem for the drought weary butterflies, the thirsty bees, the Dog Star, and the sun drenched tomatoes...
‘Dog Days Done’ is published in my latest book ‘With Love, Grief and Fury’ which was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards and received a Special Commendation from The Poetry Book Society and was Highly Commended by the Forward Poetry Prize. Published by the Canongate, ‘With Love, Grief and Fury’ is out now in hardback, paperback and audiobook: https://buythebook.online/salena-godden
September 9th: Manchester, The Good Immigrant
September 12: Hastings Book Festival
September 13th: London, The Good Immigrant
September 15th: Bristol, The Good Immigrant
September 19: Morecambe Poetry Festival
October 14: Brighton, Theatre Royal with JCC
October 15: London Palladium with JCC
This September is the 10th anniversary of The Good Immigrant and Canongate has selected it for their iconic The Canons series. We are publishing the book in September 2026, ten years to the day after its post-Brexit release in 2016. Ten years have passed, we keep fighting the good fight. Thank you Nikesh Shukla
Pre-order is available now and to mark the book’s 10th anniversary, editor Nikesh will chair a series of live panels bringing together original contributors to The Good Immigrant, to reflect on what’s changed in Britain in the decade since publication, and what hasn’t. To book your tickets and re-discover the collection that lit a fire and gave voice to a generation, details at the Fane website:
Lovely. If only we could have that thunderstorm 🙏