Kate Noakesová je básnířka, jejíž dílo se často zabývá složitými lidskými vztahy a vnitřními světy svých postav. Její básnický styl je charakteristický silným lyrismem a pronikavým pozorováním každodenních momentů. Noakesová zkoumá témata identity, paměti a hledání smyslu v moderním světě. Její poezie rezonuje s čtenáři díky své emoční hloubce a jazykové preciznosti.
Capturing the essence of life during the Covid pandemic, this collection features poems and prose poems that reflect on the profound changes experienced in urban living. Through her daily writings, Kate Noakes documents the often-overlooked details of this extraordinary time, portraying the city as a confining space. The work serves as a poignant reminder of the emotional and social transformations faced during a period of isolation and uncertainty.
In Goldhawk Road, her eighth collection, Kate Noakes raises questions of identity - the who and where we are, the where and who we want to be.
Famously the 'town of books' and home to the Hay Literature Festival, Hay-on-Wye is a unique rural town in Wales, UK. Noakes uncovers the many quirks of this quirky place and explores its rural hinterland: the Black Mountains to the south, Herefordshire to the east, Brecon to the west and Kilvert's Clyro to the north. A book full of unexpected discoveries.