Travelling Light
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Flapjack Press
Published:20th May '26
Should be back in stock very soon
From a cheerful widow in Chicago to a Killing Fields tour guide in Cambodia, from a teacher in Cuba to a Minister of Information in India, people are invariably more interesting and multi-faceted than they at first appear - if you are prepared to give them time and listen to their stories.
Years of listening and travelling have been condensed into Nigel Planer's new poetry collection, which - as well as having an enormous cast list of people from all around the world - has poems which are personal, emotional, raw, and sometimes plain silly.
"Moving, funny and brilliant poetry by Nigel Planer, who makes me sick." Christopher Eccleston, actor
"If life is a journey, then I'm revising my list of carry-on essentials: travel documents, toothbrush, ear pods, nourishing berry lip mask, and a copy of Nigel Planer's Travelling Light, a poetic pick-me-up should any turbulence be encountered along the way." Brian Bilston, poet
"Nigel Planer can do that rare thing - be funny and sad in the same poem. How versatile he is - from Sapphic odes to an elegy for old rockers, he reveals a brain that absorbs everything going on around him and creates even more." Harry Mount, Editor of The Oldie
"The range, style and themes are vast. Filled with beauty, yet also deep pain, silly laughter, darkness, guitars and bastards. This collection has certainly
'got a woof'. Loved it." Dreda Say Mitchell, novelist, journalist & broadcaster
"Funny, moving, and intimate. An absolute delight to look over Nigel's shoulder, as he observes a world well-travelled. Hail, Planer, a task fulfilled!" Ayub Khan Din, writer & actor
ISBN: 9781068214585
Dimensions: 197mm x 134mm x 6mm
Weight: unknown
86 pages