Mute by Tracey Herd PRE-ORDER
Published 25th September 2025. Available for pre-order.
Tracey Herd's 'heartbreaking lines' in the 'harrowing' poems of her previous book, Not in This World (2015), earned her high praise from the judges of the T.S. Eliot Prize. In Mute, traumatised voices are silenced or haunted in a stifling, claustrophobic world, unable to unfreeze. Yet in these poems, what is trapped in the head or buried in the heart can finally be heard and shared. Mute is a book which speaks especially to the unheard, and to those who dare not speak. Mute is Tracey Herd's fourth collection from Bloodaxe, following Not in This World (2015), a Poetry Book Society Choice which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Her debut, No Hiding Place (1996), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her second collection, Dead Redhead (2001), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
Tracey Herd's 'heartbreaking lines' in the 'harrowing' poems of her previous book, Not in This World (2015), earned her high praise from the judges of the T.S. Eliot Prize. In Mute, traumatised voices are silenced or haunted in a stifling, claustrophobic world, unable to unfreeze. Yet in these poems, what is trapped in the head or buried in the heart can finally be heard and shared. Mute is a book which speaks especially to the unheard, and to those who dare not speak. Mute is Tracey Herd's fourth collection from Bloodaxe, following Not in This World (2015), a Poetry Book Society Choice which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Her debut, No Hiding Place (1996), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her second collection, Dead Redhead (2001), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
MEMBERS ENJOY 25% OFF ALL POETRY BOOKS
Join the Poetry Book Society for 25% off all books
Join the Poetry Book Society for 25% off all books