We are delighted to host the launch of The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas with Helen Moore.

How can we communicate the unspeakable, illuminate the shadow realms of our society and intersecting social / ecological crises, whilst negotiating our own loves, losses and responsibilities? In ecofeminist poems written over a decade, the personal is situated within the larger social / geopolitical structures that circumscribe our lives, with themes of resistance, regeneration and co-creation with non-human nature offering a beacon for these turbulent times.

Helen will be reading at bookhaus alongside Ambrose Musiyiwa. Tickets cost £7 and inlude a glass of wine or a soft drink.

Dr Helen Moore is a pioneering British ecopoet, socially engaged artist, and writer based in Dorset. She has published three ecopoetry collections, Hedge Fund, And Other Living Margins (Shearsman Books, 2012), ECOZOA (Permanent Publications, 2015), acclaimed by the Australian poet John Kinsella as ‘a milestone in the journey of ecopoetics’, and The Mother Country (Awen Publications, 2019) exploring aspects of British colonial history.

Ambrose Musiyiwa is a poet and journalist with a background in the intersection between activism, migration, and community action. He coordinates Journeys in Translation, an international, volunteer-driven initiative that is translating Over Land, Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge (Five Leaves Publications, 2015) into other languages. He is also on the editorial board of the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series.

Endorsements for Last Lighthouse 

‘As the oceans rise and burning oil clouds rain down on Tehran, how very necessary is this beacon of a collection, bearing fierce witness to petroleum addiction and genocide in Gaza while celebrating creative eco-activism in precarious personal conditions. Like a field of reed beds confronting a spurting sewage pipe, Helen Moore’s songful, pantheist, far-reaching poems absorb and transform the toxic effluence of late global capitalism – and in cleansing our relationships to planet, each other and all living beings, encourage the great collective endeavour of re/placing that long-broken pipe.’ – Naomi Foyle, poet and novelist

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‘This is one of the most exciting books I've read in ages. One moment Helen Moore's poems make me growl at injustice, the next they make me want to get up and dance.' –

Ambrose Musiyiwa, writer and coordinator of The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series

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‘Helen Moore’s poems are a realm of deep conviction for the rights of the more-than-human world, and demand the link between politics, agribusiness, forced migration and environmental justice.’ – Caleb Parkin, ecopoet and former Bristol City Poet

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‘This is a stunning collection which takes an unflinching stare at the dark heart of fossil-fuel addiction and its calamitous effects on life, while also discovering a glimmer of light that could lead to a better future.’ – Professor Arran Stibbe, University of Gloucestershire

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‘Helen Moore is a poet of the luminous present and a precursor of ecopoetics. Helen was writing whole collections of ecopoetry long before there were prizes dedicated to it. When asked by the public for contemporary poets writing about the natural world, Helen is the first on our list of recommendations.’**** – Chris McCabe, poet and Head Librarian, National Poetry Library