Trisha Broomfield lived in Australia as a child and now lives with her husband in Surrey.
She writes poetry, short stories and unfinished crime novels. Her early influences include Thomas Hardy, Ted Hughes and the Liverpool Poets. Some of her poems have been published in the Welsh Literary magazine Roundyhouse. Her first collection of poems, ‘The Equator and Other Disappointments’ was published by Dempsey & Windle in 2016 and her second came out in July 2018. Trisha is also preparing a collection of her short stories for publication.
She writes poetry, short stories and unfinished crime novels. Her early influences include Thomas Hardy, Ted Hughes and the Liverpool Poets. Some of her poems have been published in the Welsh Literary magazine Roundyhouse. Her first collection of poems, ‘The Equator and Other Disappointments’ was published by Dempsey & Windle in 2016 and her second came out in July 2018. Trisha is also preparing a collection of her short stories for publication.
Books by Trisha Broomfield
The Equator and other Disappointments
ISBN: 978-1-907435-33-1
Published 2016 Perfect-bound paperback 46 pages 15.24 wide x 22.86 tall£6.00 + p&p In this, Trisha Broomfield's first collection of poetry, she explores early memories of travelling to Australia and back, school, friends and teenage relationships, and more recent experiences, her own and others'. Her 'disappointment' with the Equator makes this book no less of a delightful read as we follow her occasionally sardonic synopsis of childhood, youth and adult relationships.
The Equator and other Disappointments
From 'The Equator and other Disappointments' (2017) They told me if I watched the water as we crossed the Equator It would flow the opposite way down the plughole but it didn’.t. They told me if I was good when I had my tonsils out I could have ice cream but they brought me junket. Have you any idea how that tastes? They told me if I ate the skin from the fish I would be brainy. Really. They told me if I ate all the crusts from my toast I would have curly hair and if I finished my supper there would be no starving children in the world. To order please choose destination (prices include p&p)
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Husbands for Breakfast
ISBN: 978-1-907435-67-6
Published 2018 Perfect-bound paperback 49 pages 14.9cm wide x 21.0cm tall "This is a collection of poems whose narratives reach far beyond each snapshot. The tales are set in the 50’s and 70’s and celebrate strong, unconventional women who enjoy, amongst other events, a weekly dalliance with the local bobby, cat fights in a car park over some bloke, or serially sleeping with husbands who don’t belong to them! ... Nothing changes in the free love 1970’s, where first romantic fumblings lead to marriage then betrayal and hurt. ...Such vibrant women, many of whom ultimately learn to dance in a red dress or turn cartwheels in celebration of their new-found independence."
Fiona Sinclair Growing Together
From 'Husbands for Breakfast' (2018) Behind the woodshed they grew each other up from first fumblings, retreat, advance, repeat, softness and solidity learning, yearning ignorance and innocence, they flowed like the tides, the moon pulling their strings teaching them things they knew inside until one day they had to get married. To order please choose destination (prices include p&p)
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