Available to pre-order, the book will be dispatched close to publication date, 9th October 2025

ISBN: 978-1-916760-28-8

eISBN: 978-1-916760-29-5

Price: £11.99

Publication date: 9^th October 2025

Format: Paperback / eBook

Territories: World

Extent: 72pp

DCF: Poetry Collections

Cover artwork: ‘Fishers of Men’ Elizabeth Morris etching

A deep-sea trawler, dementia destroys all life in its path: friendships, the symbiosis of family and ultimately the self. In Bycatch, a new collection by the Ted Hughes Prize shortlisted-poet Caroline Smith, these poems ask where personhood is when memory and language are gone. They chart the faltering years of a life gradually scraped bare by dementia yet find amongst the isolation and sadness moments of epiphany and joy.

About the author:

Caroline Smith trained as a sculptor at Goldsmiths College. She now lives in Wembley where she works with refugees. The Immigration Handbook was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and translated into Italian. Smith is widely published in journals and anthologies. Her work has won prizes and awards. She has given readings at festivals and in universities around the world.