The Plucking Shed is an accomplished collection from a poet alive to the requirements of the spoken word as well as the word on the page. Her first full collection after the pamphlets A Sampler and Uncertain Days, these pieces are remarkably honed, turning the raw material of life, loss and nature into gems.

“Gill McEvoy’s poetry has an eerie focus on natural phenomena.”
W.N. Herbert

“These poems are like jewels. Incalculable pressures underpin their creation. Luminous and compelling (but by no means reassuring) they offer themselves to the light.”
Helena Nelson

“McEvoy’s writing is English in the best sense of the word.”
Parameter Magazine

Gill McEvoy is a poet, performer and poetry events organiser living in Chester. As a young mother she faced the illness and early death of her husband. In 1999 she overcame ovarian cancer, the disease that killed her mother, and went on to live long beyond the prognosis. She is currently Artistic Director for Chester Oyez! - the performance section of the Shell Chester Literature Festival - and runs three regular poetry events in the city.