Overheard in a Tower Block

Award-winning poet Joseph Coelho’s new collection offers a powerful and moving poetic narrative about growing up in the city. It captures moments of gazing at stars from high above, and smelling bins from below, among overheard arguments and laughter. The collection introduces a range of vivid characters and scenes, from a disappearing father and a Mermaid-Queen mother, to menacing bullies and magical statues, all set against the backdrop of urban life and the mysteries lurking in the library.