On the occasion of the release of Sewer Lock, the first in a new series of daring new writing published by the Hydra Book Club, we welcomed the poet Peter Thickett to read and present the work.

We met Peter here on Hydra while he was on an Arts Council grant and writing the origin of what would become Sewer Lock. Friendship remains an anchor for the writers living and working here today, just as it was for those who first came nearly 100 years ago. It is a great pleasure to publish Peter’s work as the first in this new series.

Artworks by Grzegorz Polański enter the text as punctuation, creating visual space to further express Peter’s poetic intention. The book’s design by Anna Piwowar also reflects Peter’s text with an arresting, acidic cover and contrasting sleeve.

Hydra Book Club Editions is the result of our deepening commitment to supporting and preserving the literary culture of the Island.