“Bold, inventive, sardonic. Ripe with scavenger gods, local saints and legends, Folkish scours the land and throws everything into its spellbag, shaking it hard: Leafy elms and hedgehog paté; kittiwakes and ugly new builds; glowflies dancing in the wood.” – Richard Skelton
“Queer and disconcerting, Kym Deyn’s debut is chock-full with poems which tear at both the heart and the guts. They inhabit a world where dark eyes scour graveyards for breakfast and saints are as likely to spit as to pray. This is poetry as hauntology, where England’s North is alive with untrustworthy and beguiling pasts, presents, and futures. Folkish is a glorious exhibition of witchy play and wit, where the Devil prowls and Deyn never fails to answer back.” – Rachel Mann
“Dionysia is addicting and thrilling and perfectly formed—you’ll end up wanting more stories being re-mixed, re-mythed and re-miffed in Deyn’s snappy, sharp, lyrical, ironical voice. This is a glimmering glimpse of what one of our most compelling young writers can do.” – Kate Fox
“In which Alexander is shown to be less than great, and Odysseus is not to be trusted with tarot cards. Kym Deyn’s playful playets give these age old myths enough topspin to make them thrum with a witty, inventive energy.” – Rishi Dastidar
“Reminiscent of Borges at his most eclectic, an evocative collection of poetic glimpses. It breathes life and intrigue into the sorts of questions that will linger long and loud through a philosophical night.” – Jeanette Ng, author of Under the Pendulum Sun
Unfurl is a collection of glimpses into an uncanny new world, rich in myth and history. Encounter mysterious shelled creatures, Librarians-at-Arms, and parasitic fungi. Fragmentary, playful, and often poignant – this is a weird, fun journey that you definitely won’t regret. – Francesca Haig, author of The Cookbook of Common Prayer
Here reality is hazy in the way the best summer evenings are, and where enchantment isn’t a possibility, but a command. — Rishi Dastidar
