Spit & Sawdust

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Spit & Sawdust
adult poetry
ISBN 978-1-0682145-0-9 | 66pp | 2025
rrp £10.00 | ebook available soon
Published 6 October 2025 & available to pre-order

Pull up a stool, mind your pint, and drink in this perfectly pitched collection from Great Northern Slam champion and four-time UK National Slam finalist Kieren King. With poems of pubs, politics, love, and life in Salford, this debut is funny, fearless, and unapologetically Northern – poetry that belongs as much in the bar as on the bookshelf.

“A stunning collection, overflowing with the kind of heart and humour that has always marked King out as one of the finest modern poets the UK has to offer.” Adam Farrer

“A skinful of Salford soul – the best of working-class poetry.” Louise Fazackerley

“He’s spat the spit. He’s sawn the wood that created the dust. A wonderful collection of poems.” Mike Garry

“Beautiful mantras and vignettes of working-class life – a deft insight, written with humour and pride.” Oliver James Lomax

“A stalwart of the Manchester poetry scene. His work is alive with craft, wit, and spirit.” Reece Williams


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