The Suicide

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Amy will be performing work from the collection at Waterstones, Clifton on November 9 at 7pm. For more information, visit www.waterstones.com/events/an-eveing-with-amy-tollyfield/bristol-clifton I plan to write at least one further poetry collection after Toy Soldiers, which I would be honoured if Olympia Publishers would publish for me again, but this will be their decision when the time comes. I would like to try my hand at a novel in due course. My writing grows as I grow and I look forward to where it will take me. Brixton Nightsis a coming-of-age novella, telling a familiar story of truth, pain and family. Sometimes our most uncomfortable relationships are the ones that teach us the most.

Visit http://www.brixtonnights.com/book-launch now to view the photos and videos from the official launch event for Brixton Nights by Amy Tollyfield at Waterstones Putney in Putney, London on Friday 26th August 2022 We caught up with Amy to find out more about life as a published poet and how she first got started. In the interests of maximum transparency, please note that at the time of Amy’s interview withDIVA online as above she was not living in Bath and had not lived there for quite some time, contrary to the introduction of the piece Bristol poet Amy Tollyfield will be performing work from her debut collection, The Suicide, on November 9 at Waterstones, Clifton In your introduction, you highlight your faith in God. Does your faith have an impact on your writing, and does your writing impact your faith in God?You need to be very tenacious as not everyone will appreciate your work. Obviously you want to appeal to as many people as possible with your writing however you also have to be authentic. I am a very authentic writer, performer and poet. If I am not for you then no problem, but I won’t change. I would describe myself as an authentic performer, writer and person. I have a Master’s degree in Shakespeare Studies (Birmingham, 2014) and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Drama and Theatre Practice (Hull, 2012). I am a former registered member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, and I identify as lesbian.

Despite the title, this collection is full of hope and humour. Why did you decide to call it The Suicide? Interview withDIVA Magazine UK (online), the leading magazine for gay and bisexual women in the UK: Work hard. I believe hard work and manners will open almost every door. If you are tenacious and polite then you can achieve many things. Perhaps not straight away, but eventually. Tollyfield writes this elegant novella with intricate detail and grace … This perceptive and deeply human account of Chris’s emotional journey will keep readers engrossed’ – Publishers Weekly

Tollyfield writes this elegant novella with intricate detail and grace… This perceptive and deeply human account of Chris’s emotional journey will keep readers engrossed’– Publishers Weekly

Bob Mortimer wins 2023 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with The Satsuma Complex Amy Tollyfield is a published performance poet and the author of two poetry collections – Toy Soldiers and The Suicide – both published by Olympia Publishers. A pell-mell of turbulent emotion … Tollyfield displays an admirable commitment to speaking her own truth’– Robyn Whitlaw, Northampton Poetry Review AMY TOLLYFIELD: I started writing poetry around the age of seven, but my first book of poetry, The Suicide, was published in 2018. When I was either 16 or 17 I had a poem of mine titled One Day I Will Fly to New York published in an edition of English in Education: Research Journal of the National Association for the Teaching of English, which is a literary resource for English teachers across the UK. The title of this poem was later revised to One Day and this poem featured in The Suicide.Bold poetry which speaks to the heart and to the human condition’– Canon Michael Johnson, Acting Dean of Bristol 2019-2020 It’s going to be a lovely evening of wine, soft drinks and nibbles, and I will present mostly poems from The Suicide, but a couple of new ones I’ve been writing since the book’s release. It’s good to keep things fresh, and I will definitely try to get my work published again, so I want you to hear a couple of new ones, too. I have done performance poetry previously and of course I studied drama and performance so if you make the effort to come to my event then rest assured that I will absolutely make the effort to perform to you and to give you a good evening. For interviews and articles in Bristol24/7 and DIVA (online) that relate to Amy and her published works please see below Based in the UK, Amy lives in Bath, South West England, and spends her days open-micing and writing new material. Since August 2018 she has performed her poetry at Clifton Literature Festival 2019, The Barbican Theatre in Plymouth and The Wardrobe Theatre in Old Market, Bristol, among other venues and events. Sounds pretty dreamy, doesn’t it?