Sisters in Spitfires (Indigo Dreams, 2015), celebrates the women who flew with the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) during the Second World War. They flew Anything to Anywhere - from Tiger Moths to Wellingtons and four-engine bombers - but shared a love of the iconic Spitfire. There were 164 women of the 1,246 ATA aircrew, including four female engineers, from over 25 countries. Pilots had no instruments or radios and were at the mercy of the British weather and enemy aircraft, often ferrying several planes each day.
This an outstanding tribute to the ATA women and all they achieved. Their story is humbling, no matter how modest they are about it today. Jacky Hyams
Two poems from Sisters in Spitfires have been included in Spitfire Stories by Jacky Hyams, published with the Imperial War Museum in 2017 - available from IWM www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/26261/Spitfire_Stories
London Grip reviews Sisters in Spitfires - http://londongrip.co.uk/2015/11/london-grip-poetry-review-hill/
Booksmoke - http://booksmoke.co.uk/sisters-in-spitfires-by-alison-hill/?doing_wp_cron=1487940316.7873980998992919921875
This an outstanding tribute to the ATA women and all they achieved. Their story is humbling, no matter how modest they are about it today. Jacky Hyams
Two poems from Sisters in Spitfires have been included in Spitfire Stories by Jacky Hyams, published with the Imperial War Museum in 2017 - available from IWM www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/26261/Spitfire_Stories
London Grip reviews Sisters in Spitfires - http://londongrip.co.uk/2015/11/london-grip-poetry-review-hill/
Booksmoke - http://booksmoke.co.uk/sisters-in-spitfires-by-alison-hill/?doing_wp_cron=1487940316.7873980998992919921875
Fifty Ways to Fly features over 45 poets and songwriters and was published in 2017 in support of the British Women Pilots' Association.
Write Out Loud reviewed the launch event at The Railway in Teddington - https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=65762 and a further launch was held at the Square Tower in Portsmouth.
Order copies via alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk - all proceeds to the BWPA.
Write Out Loud reviewed the launch event at The Railway in Teddington - https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=65762 and a further launch was held at the Square Tower in Portsmouth.
Order copies via alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk - all proceeds to the BWPA.
A lovely collection: the powerfully emotive poems are heartfelt and beautiful, using a distinctive, delicate, style and tone, inviting the reader to find their deeper layers of meaning and emotion. Chris Hardy
There’s steel and depth to the emotion that lies beneath the delicate surface and tender observation of these poems. Stephen Boyce
REVIEWS
Robyn Bolam in The Lake: http://www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/reviews/february15/
Abegail Morley: http://abegailmorley.wordpress.com/category/alison-hill/
Greg Freeman, Write Out Loud: http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=4420
Copies from Amazon or IDP at http://www.indigodreamsbookshop.com/alison-hill/4583821923
Alison's pamphlet collection, Peppercorn Rent, was published by Flarestack in 2008.
I felt the simplicity and clarity of writing to be its strength. Many lines and images stayed with me.
Liz Bassett, Sphinx
£3 plus £1.50 p&p
ISBN: 978-1906480059
Email Alison for copies: alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk