A Scotsman Poetry Book of the Year Them! by Harry Josephine Giles is an exuberant collection of poems about trans life as it is lived...

A Scotsman Poetry Book of the Year

Them! by Harry Josephine Giles is an exuberant collection of poems about trans life as it is lived today, through the lenses of work, technology and ecology.

Witty, candid, furious, and always compelling, Them! negotiates the fraught and fruitful space between the worlds of 'online' and the 'outside', and how they fuse and diverge in the imagination.

Giles' visual poetics create an unusually dynamic reading experience as she finds new ways 'to sing, shout and strike in the cracks of what's possible'. At a time when trans rights are to the fore in public discourse, Them! is a zestful poetic intervention from one of this generation's most necessary poets.

'A bold and inimitable tour-de-force' - Guardian

Author: Harry Josephine Giles
Publisher: Picador UK
Published: 05/20/2025
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.75h x 6.00w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9781035025213

About the Author
Harry Josephine Giles is a writer and performer from Orkney. She holds an MA in Theatre Directing from East 15 Acting School and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Stirling. Her verse novel Deep Wheel Orcadia was published by Picador in October 2021 and received the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Book of the Year. Her poetry collections - Tonguit and The Games - were shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and the Saltire Poetry Book of the Year. Them! is her fourth poetry collection.