
Pen to Print bring you this event in support of Black History Month 2021
In the vein of NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts, bestselling poet Della Hicks-Wilson will perform a selection of poems from her debut collection Small Cures to the soothing sounds of hip-hop jazz.
Della will also discuss her writing process and the road from posting to publishing her empowering and lyrical book-length ode to self-love – a Stylist magazine Best Summer Read 2020.
Della is a British poet and writer of Caribbean descent from London, best known for her short viral poems and spoken word videos which have garnered over a million likes and shares to date and thousands of loyal followers including, New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle and Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter LeAnn Rimes.
Della’s debut collection Small Cures was originally self-published in 2020 and selected by Stylist magazine as a Best Summer Read of 2020. In June 2021 it was re-released in paperback and audiobook by US publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing in the UK, US and Canada. She holds a BA and MA in English from the University of Cambridge, close to where she currently resides.
Click here to purchase Small Cures