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Maddy kilsby-mcMurray

The Trash Fire Poet

POET | WRITER | SPEAKER

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About the trash fire poet

Maddy Kilsby-McMurray is a non-binary poet & writer based in Southend-On-Sea, UK. Writing is their therapy, a way to process a world that is too harsh and too fast for their queer, disabled heart. They write trash fire poetry: written in haste, often destined to be burnt.

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THE BOOKSHELF

"BE A GOOD ARTIST" Zine
£2.50

“BE A GOOD ARTIST” asks you to commit to your craft, even as the world burns.

There is nothing scarier to an authoritarian regime than an artist who unapologetically creates, in whatever way feels right to them.

“BE A GOOD ARTIST” is a full-colour, A6, 8 page zine.

"BE A GOOD EMPLOYEE" Zine
£3.00

“BE A GOOD EMPLOYEE” touches on how to survive late-stage capitalism.

How do you keep your identity and individuality when your job asks you to throw it away?

“BE A GOOD EMPLOYEE” is a full-colour, A6, 10 page zine.

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