My guest this week is Jan Brierton, a mam, a fashion
stylist, and a poet.
Her first collection What Day Is It? Who
Gives a F*ck was published in 2021
after Jan’s first ever poem went viral
during lockdown.
Everybody Is a Poem: Midlife in Rhymes is
Jan’s second collection published by New Island.
In this pocket-sized book Jan riffs on
menopause, midlife, the mental load, friendships,
relationships, loss, and self-acceptance.
On its release, Jan’s second collection
made the top 10 paperback non-fiction book charts.
Plain-speaking and completely relatable,
each of these 52 poems are served with Jan’s signature combination of humour,
wit, and poignancy.
This is poetry for everybody.
Since the publication of her debut book,
Jan has appeared on RTE Nationwide, TV3’s Six O Clock show, RTE Radio 1’s
Brendan O Connor Show, Ray Darcy Show, 2Fm, 98FM, The Irish Times Women’s
podcast and Mamia & Me with Amy Huberman. Jan’s poems have been shared on
social media by Jo Whiley and Emma Barnett (BBC Women’s Hour) with over 30K
views. Jan is the resident poet on the Ray Darcy Show on RTE Radio 1.
With her passion for keeping poetry
accessible, Jan’s poems come to life with her engaging live performances. In
May 2024 Jan opened with her hero Dr John Cooper Clark in Dublin’s 3Olympia
Theatre, where she debuted her homage to his world famous ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ with her modern love poem ‘You’ll Always Be For
Me’
She has read her poems on The Word and
Manifesto stages at Electric Picnic, The London Irish Centre, The Mutiny
Theatre, St Annes Park Rose Festival, Five Lamps Arts Festival, Drogheda Arts
Festival, Dublin City Libraries and the Liberties Festival.
Jan’s poems ‘But’ and ‘Sound Body’ have
featured in both of Aoibhin Garrihy’s poetry anthologies.
Jan brought her live show Wild Words to
Dublin’s Ambassador Theatre in November 2024, celebrating the power of poetry
and prose with Donna Ashworth, PJ Gallagher and Emmet Kirwan.
2025
will see Jan open for John Cooper Clark in The London Palladium, The Nottingham
Royal Concert Hall and the Manchester Co-Op Arena.
Jan continues to write and perform
alongside her mam duties and her career as a creative director and fashion
stylist.
Instagram
: @jbgoodtome
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