A stunning debut collection from the acclaimed Picador Poetry list.
Rachael Boast's first collection is dominated by astral influence and divine chance, by unseen or remote causes; but despite its celestial title, Sidereal is full of terrestrial concerns, the traffic and chaos of the human and natural worlds. Ultimately, however, it is the work of a poet who believes that we must also turn our gaze skywards to make sense of who we are. Rachael Boast was born in Suffolk in 1975. She currently divides her time between Scotland and the West Country.
