Böcker av Rebecca Hawkes

In this dazzling first collection, acclaimed Wellington poet and Canterbury farm-girl Rebecca Hawkes takes a generous bite from the excesses of earthly flesh – first ‘Meat', then ‘Lovers'. ‘Meat' is a coming of age in which pony clubs, orphaned lambs and dairy-shed delirium are infused with playful menace and queer longings. Between bottle-fed care and killing-shed floors, the farm is a heady setting for love and death.In ‘Lovers', the poet casts a wry eye over romance, from youthful sapphic infatuation to seething beastliness. Sentimental intensity is anchored by an introspective comic streak, in which ‘the stars are watching us / and boy howdy are they judgemental'.This collection of queasy hungers offers a feast of explosive mince & cheese pies, accusatory crackling, lab-grown meat and beetroot tempeh burger patties, all washed down with bloody milk or apple-mush moonshine. It teems with sensuous life, from domesticated beasts to the undulating mysteries of eels, as Hawkes explores uneasy relationships with our animals and with each other. Tender and brutal, seductive and repulsive, Meat Lovers introduces a compelling new mode of hardcore pastoral.

A Beginner's Guide to Mindset Work: How to work on your mindset to promote happiness, reduce anxiety and increase overall wellbeing. A Beginner's Guide to Mindset Work is a workbook that teaches you how to work on your mindset on a daily basis using simple activities that'll not only make you feel more relaxed and relieve stress but also help to increase your confidence and belief in yourself. Mindset work is crucial not just for entrepreneurs but for each and every one of us. Learn about the importance of mindset work as well as different mindset techniques such as journaling, visualisation and practicing gratitude that you can incorporate into your daily life. This workbook also includes prompts, space for you to complete the exercises and resources such as books to read and podcasts to listen to to help with your mindset practice. The activities in this workbook are ones that the author, Rebecca Hawkes uses on a regular basis to reduce her anxiety and increase her confidence.