Publications
Hag stone
Presenting Georgina Wilding’s long anticipated debut collection Hag Stone, out with Verve Poetry Press May 2022.
“Hag Stone is an exploration of the ways in which working class girlhood, broken homes and sex interact, with a realisation that each is seemingly interconnected in more ways than one.
The poems in this manuscript take rigid childhood events and reclaim the narrative through aggrandised surrealism, making it so that the harsh realities of some of these events are suddenly mutable against the whimsy, and in some places, desperate chaos that occurs in the work.”
Cover illustration: Emily Catherine Illustration
Cover design: Jamie Cole Design, Dean Wilkinson, Verve Poetry Press
“Georgina continually makes the quiet insight of the ordinary into something extraordinary in Hag Stone. Perhaps it’s the way her conceptual leaps work like magic in that they are strange, entrancing and affective. A writer who we all should keep a close eye on.”
- Roger Robinson
Featured poems
During her career to date, Georgina has been fortunate enough to have a number of her poems accepted for publication in a range of literary journals and magazines. You can find some of those features here…
Small acts of kindness anthology
This anthology was created by Nottingham Peace Builders and launched in 2017. Georgina’s commissioned poem, “of human” features in here, along with works on the theme of kindness from many other accredited UK poets.
Left Lion Magazine
Left Lion is a punchy, independent Nottingham mag. Georgina has been fortunate enough to have her poetry appear in a range of Left Lion issues, but her feature spread can be found in #95.
Rebelotte Press #1
This anthology is a collection of creative works by female artists. Poetry, prose, journalism and photography combine in an exciting new publication designed to champion creativity and empower women. Georgina’s poem “carnival” features here.
Kontent issue 5
Kontent is a literary magazine based in Krakow, Poland, with quarterly releases of prose, poetry, essays, reviews, critical sketches, translations, and short stories from both native and international applicants. Georgina has a number of poems published in this issue, alongside a review of her featured work with thanks to Maria Swiatkowska. You can download a PDF version of the book or learn more about Kontent via the link below.
Manchester Writing School
Carol Ann Duffy and the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University brought together poets from around the world to write new poems during the Coronavirus crisis 2020. The poets were invited to write directly about the pandemic, or about the personal situation they found themselves in during lockdown. Georgina was fortunate enough to be one of the poets invited to contribute, and decided to write a poem marking the one hour a day Michael Gove suggested appropriate for us to spend outdoors during the pandemic. ‘Green Hour’ commemorates our public appreciation for green space that has risen during this time.
The Rialto issue 92
The Rialto is a literary journal publishing over 50 poets in their spacious a4 magazines 3 times a year. You can order your copy of issue 92, featuring Georgina’s poem ‘The Gate’ via the link below.
Guest blogging
Georgina is often invited to write for other establishments, whether it be about scripting digital learning, poetry, or the literature industry in general. You can read up on some of her discussions below.
A WEM Gem – Georgina Wilding, Nottingham’s Young Poet Laureate
An interview with Georgina Wilding, discussing the highs and lows of working as a poet, creative education, and snobbery in literature.
Georgina Wilding urges for more Room to fail in digital transformation
In her role as freelance learning designer for Learning Age Solutions, Georgina is invited to discuss the importance of accepting and creating room for failure in online learning.
Georgina Wilding writes in response to the pn review
In a controversial piece of literary criticism, the PN review comes under fire from the poetry community. Georgina gives us her candid opinion on the whole debacle here.
Georgina Wilding talks on generational gaps
The Royal Shakespeare Company commissions Georgina Wilding to write a poem and an accompanying blog on generational gaps and what she’s learnt.
Poems on display
