Wednesday 1st May
An Evening with Victoria Bennett
Kibworth Books, The Barn 7.30pm (doors 7pm)
Kibworth Books is delighted to welcome Victoria Bennett in celebration of the paperback launch of her book, 'All My Wild Mothers'.
Copies of the book will be available to purchase on the night or can be pre-ordered ahead of the event.
Victoria will be happy to sign and dedicate copies of her books which have been purchased at Kibworth Books.
Please note that event tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Buy the hardback here
Pre-order the paperback here
About the book:
An intimate memoir of motherhood and herbal folklore All My Wild Mothers is more than just a memoir. It's a handbook on survival, and a testimony to radical hope.
At seven months pregnant, Victoria Bennett learns her sister has died in a canoeing accident. In that moment, her life changes. Five years later, and struggling with the demands of motherhood, grief and full-time care, Victoria and her family move to a new social housing estate in rural Cumbria.
Here, in the rubble of a former industrial site, she and her young son begin to grow a wild apothecary garden: daisy, for resilience; dandelion, for strength against adversity; sow thistle, to lift melancholy; and borage, to bring hope in dark and difficult times. Stone by stone, seed by seed, they discover that sometimes life grows, not in spite what is broken, but because of it. All My Wild Mothers is a profound exploration of grief, identity, and rediscovery; a testament that life and love persists, even when we think all is lost.
About Victoria Bennett:
Victoria Bennett was born in 1971, the youngest of six children. She lived in various places before moving to Cumbria in 1997, where she lived until very recently. After leaving school at 16, she returned to education as a mature student and gained her Masters in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in 2002. In 1999, she founded Wild Women Press, to provide a creative platform for women in her community, and is the curator of the #Wild WomanWeb project, an inclusive online project focusing on nature, connection and creativity featuring wild women from around the world.
She is a recipient of the Northern Debut Award, the Mother’s Milk Writing Prize for non-fiction, and the Andrew Waterhouse Award, and the Northern Promise Award for poetry. Her writing was longlisted for the Penguin WriteNow Programme and the inaugural Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented voices.
Her most recent poetry pamphlet, To Start The Year From Its Quiet Centre, was published by Indigo Dreams in 2020. All My Wild Mothers is her debut memoir.