Where Do Wishes Go?

Debra Bertulis has been writing all her life. She is a staged playwright, story writer and poet. Though it is poetry which has been a constant companion and her greatest passion. Her poems have been widely anthologised by some of the UK’s best-known poets, performed at Festivals worldwide and included on the LAMDA examination syllabus. She has ‘the best job in the world’ visiting schools and libraries enabling children of all abilities to engage with poetry and to become poets themselves. She lives in Herefordshire with her family.Jess Mason studied illustration at the University of Worcester and graduated with a First in 2018. She is drawn to stories and poems containing adventure, humour and fantasy. Jess takes inspiration from folk art, medieval manuscripts, Renaissance maps and film to create illustrations that are characterful and atmospheric, using a combination of hand-rendered and digital processes. She lives in Worcester.

"Fine debut celebrating the reach of poetry in crystalline language. Concern for Granddad in heaven, caring for a parent, flying homework and elusive blackberries. Absent friend, the extent of clouds and Mount Everest mysteries. Iridescent cover. Congrats @DBertulis"