Frieda Hughes – Frieda Hughes

Frieda Hughes

Frieda Hughes
Artist and Poet
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Artworks

(All paintings are oil on canvas unless otherwise specified.)

ALTERNATIVE VALUES

A gift for any occasion: my illustrated poetry collection contains poems for love, marriage, life and death and addresses some of my childhood experiences as the daughter of the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Published by Bloodaxe Books Ltd Paperback £12.00 ISBN: 9781780372662 E-book £10.95 ISBN: 9781780372679

OUT OF THE ASHES

Published by Bloodaxe Books. OUT OF THE ASHES contains a wealth of my favourite poems from my first four Bloodaxe collections, spanning ten years: Wooroloo, Stonepicker, Waxworks, and The Book of Mirrors. (Forty-five and Alternative Values poems are not included.)

ISBN: 978-1-78037-403-1 Paperback: £12

Gift Ideas

2023 George: A Magpie Memoir,” published by Profile Books UK

There are scraps of poems heaped and left
Lying all over the house

Australian Outback

“2023 George: A Magpie Memoir,” published by Profile Books UK

1986: Getting Rid of Edna (6 short stories for children) published in the U.K. by Heinemann Published in paperback in 1988 in the U.K. by Pan Books Ltd. (Young Piper edition). Re-illustrated by Scoular Anderson.

1998: Wooroloo was published in the U.S. by Harper Flamingo. In 1999 by Fremantle Arts Center Press in Australia and by Bloodaxe in the U.K., with an author-illustrated cover. Wooroloo received a special commendation from the Poetry Book Society.

2001: Stonepicker was published in 2001 by Bloodaxe in the U.K. and Fremantle Press in Australia. The author illustrated the cover. Harper Flamingo in the U.S. to publish in 2005

2002: Waxworks was published by Bloodaxe in the U.K., Harper Collins in the U.S., and Fremantle Press in Australia in February 2003. The author illustrated the cover.

2006: Forty-five published by Harper Collins in the US in December.

2009: Stonepicker and The Book of Mirrors were published by Harper Collins in the US in May. The author illustrated the cover. (This double book includes Stonepicker, which was not previously published in the US.)

2009: The Book of Mirrors was published by Bloodaxe Books in the UK in October. The author illustrated the cover.

1986: Getting Rid of Aunt Edna, published by Harper & Row in the U.S. Illustrated by Ed Levine

“2023 George: A Magpie Memoir,” published by Profile Books US

1989: The Meal A Mile Long (picture book for very young children, author and illustrator) published by Simon & Schuster in the U.S., Australia, and the U.K.

1990: Waldorf and the Sleeping Granny (a novel for 10–12-yyear-olds, author and illustrator) published by Simon & Schuster in the U.K.

1992: The Thing in the Sink (7-9 year olds) published by Simon and Schuster in the U.K. Illustrated by Chris Riddell 2003: Re-issued by Hodder Children’s Books.

1994: Rent-a-Friend (7-9 year olds) published by Simon and Schuster in the U.K. Illustrated by Chris Riddell 2003: Re-issued by Hodder Children’s Books.

1997: The Tall Story (7-9 year olds), published by Macdonald Young Books in the U.K. Illustrated by Chris Riddell 2003: Re-issued by Hodder Children’s Books.

2001: Three Scary Stories (three stories for older children, illustrated by Chris Riddell), published by Harper Collins UK.

ALTERNATIVE VALUES: A Gift for Any Occasion: My illustrated poetry collection contains poems for love, marriage, life, and death and addresses some of my childhood experiences as the daughter of the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.