Bøker av Christina Thatcher

Breaking a Mare is an investigation of silence, goodness and girlhood. It invites readers into the barn, the sawdust mill, the rodeo arena. These poems expose the hard work women do on farms, the loss of rural landscapes and the role death can play in these spaces.

This is a volume of work featuring some of the work produced during the Made in Roath festivalAbout the festivalMade in Roath is an artist-led, free event which aims to take art out of the gallery and into the wider community, allowing a larger and broader audience to access the wealth of creative talent in our neighbourhood whilst maintaining a standard of excellence, reflecting the contemporary art scene in Cardiff and South Wales.It showcases the work of emerging and established artists, makers, musicians, writers and performers, who use the whole of Roath as the venue, including domestic, commercial, public and overlooked or disused spaces. Made in Roath offers residents and visitors an opportunity to engage in the arts through a dynamic programme of exhibitions, residencies, collaborations with community groups, workshops and performances.For more information please visit the Made in Roath website http: //madeinroath.com/. You can also like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter or just come along to their next exciting endeavour in Cardiff.

How to Carry Fire was born from the ashes of familyaddiction. Beginning with the burning down of her childhoodhome, Thatcher explores how fire can both destroy and cleanse. Her work recognises embers everywhere: in farmhouses, heroinneedles, poisonous salamanders.