Join us for a night of poetry as Antonia King launches her debut pamphlet 'She Too Is A Sailor' with Bad Betty Press. Features to be announced soon!

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Antonia Jade King’s debut pamphlet, She Too Is a Sailor is full of protest and melody. Invoking a choir of inspirational women from Beyoncé and Maya Angelou to the poet’s mother, King deconstructs what it means to be woman, to be other, to be an outsider in your own family. Intertwining pop culture with the political, this book is a reminder of art’s capacity to reclaim narratives.

“Antonia Jade King is here to take up space. Any suggestion that these are the poems of an ant—a small brown thing—should be put, and left, in the bin. These are poems of power and growth. Poems which name not only themselves, but also the women—past and present—on whom this voice leans. In this pamphlet you will find song and laughter, but do not mistake this for carefree joy. This is a perceptive study of survival and understanding.” Gboyega Odubanjo

“Antonia’s poetry should come with a warning: just when you think it’s pleasant, calm and witty verse… blam, that sting, those breath-snatching lines. These fifteen poems do not play around.” Joshua Idehen

"Filled with passionate, personal and political poems. Well crafted and engaging. A wonderful read relevant and necessary." Kat Francois