Every Poetry Collection I Own! 📚 | Organising 250+ Books! 📚

I do a bookshelf tour, have a clear out, and read six new books.
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MY BOOKS:
THE GIRL AQUARIUM: tinyurl.com/yc...
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT tinyurl.com/ln...
FRANKLIN’S FLYING BOOKSHOP: tinyurl.com/hl...
FRANKLIN AND LUNA GO TO THE MOON tinyurl.com/yb...
FRANKLIN AND LUNA AND THE BOOK OF FAIRY TALES: tinyurl.com/y2...
THE BOOKSHOP BOOK: tinyurl.com/qb...
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Things mentioned:
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Unhistorical by Brittany Cavallaro
Sykkel Saga by Vicki Husband
...and then she ate him by Tom Denbeigh*
The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy
Lessons on Expulsion by Erika L. Sanchez
Reckless Edible Birds by John McCullough
Forward prize: www.forwardart...
Salt collections: www.saltpublis...
Hannah Hodgson: / @hannahhodgson
Stranger, Baby Review: • A Damn Good Book
Short Story video: • Every short story coll...
Kaveh Akbar: • The Best Poetry Books ...
Houses: • You Need These Books i...
Republic of Motherhood: • Dissect a Poem | The R...
Dancing Girl Press: dulcetshop.mys...
YesYes Books: www.yesyesbook...
Hyacinth Girl Press: hyacinthgirlpre...
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WHO I AM
Hello, my name's Jen. I'm an award-winning poet and short story writer. My debut short story collection 'The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night' is published by Two Roads, and my children's books 'Franklin's Flying Bookshop,’ ‘Franklin and Luna Go To The Moon’ and ‘Franklin and Luna and the Book of Fairy Tales’ are published by Thames and Hudson. I'm also the author of the Sunday Times bestselling 'Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops' series, 'The Bookshop Book,' 'The Hungry Ghost Festival’ and ‘The Girl Aquarium.’ I run writing workshops, give talks at universities & book festivals on a variety of topics, judge literary prizes, and take on freelance writing and editing. If you would like to speak with me about the possibility of working together, please get in touch via email: [e-mail] x
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All opinions, as always, are my own.
Books marked with * were sent to me by publishers for an honest review.

[@MatthewSciarappa]

OMG when you addressed me directly my face lit up! 😲🥰 I was like "How does she know I'm watching?!" and then I remembered that I always watch your videos, and of course this one particularly, because poetry ❤️ You are a blessing!

[@jenvcampbell]

Love you 😘

[@abbypage4722]

This gives me nostalgia for reorganising shelves as a bookseller. :) Always so satisfying in the end.

[@aliciacampos5789]

Jen, your hair looks very nice. That bob is adorable on you! I can’t believe you cut it yourself.

[@andrewlabit]

Oh my god. I don't know of the last channel that had a POETRY BOOKSHELF. Subscribed. Liked. Commenting. This is beyond inspiring for me, like you have no idea 🥺🤗

[@EuOrganizado]

grabbing a cup of coffee to sit with you and think about books. your videos are just the best, thank you for them

[@tenboom4341]

Good job.

[@missburn]

Your train story 😄

[@SophieIslington]

Such a lovely video, sitting with a coffee on a Sunday and adding books to my to read list.

[@jenvcampbell]

♥️ I hope you have a lovely Sunday, Sophie x

[@braincabbage]

I kept searching for all of these in my library's catalogue in a different tab and I'm quite surprised by how many of these my library holds. I reckon Edinburgh libraries are doing quite well stock-wise

[@squidyinkydink]

Hi Jen, I thought it was in this video, but maybe I missed it. Which poetry book has the verses you can cut out and place in a hat? Thank you very much in advance!!! 💜

[@squidyinkydink]

I figured it out. Changing by Lily Hoang!

[@ResOwOnance]

Yessss!! Another one! I love these videos as well as your reading vlogs

[@jenvcampbell]

Hurray!

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

Love the green blouse 🥰

[@mikithompson745]

This was amazing. I added so many to my TBR. I’m very interested in the pamphlets and will be researching those.

[@GwendolynKensinger]

Ahhhh I love this video. I am bookmarking it because I need to add so many of these to my wish list! Thanks for sharing your massive poetry collection with us.

[@EdenDai96]

Only just started the video and already two books added two my basket! One for my best friend. Who is training to be a linguist so I know will love “Poems from the edge of extinction” and “Beauty is a verb” and “stairs and whispers” for me :) thanks you I’m sure more will be added as I continue to watch.

[@ameerahalgohary]

That was really lovely. Thanks for your time and effort ❤️

[@hartereads]

The Octopus Museum is so good. And the cover is gorgeous.

[@paulmulryne8405]

Hi, Jen - I’m really enjoying trawling through you channel. It’s taken me a while to find a reviewer who isn’t reviewing YA almost exclusively or stuff I will never read. Good work.

[@mradcaqbdb]

I ordered Poems on the Edge of Extinction when you got to it in the video. I’ve been meaning to order it for a long time. It’s such a beautiful/sad idea. I can’t wait to get it.

[@jenvcampbell]

I hope you enjoy it. x

[@falconette8911]

Poetry! I'm glad all of the ones you read were good or much better. Especially Octopus Museum, I've been eager to read that one for a while. The man you describe in your incident sounds so obnoxious, though hilariously ironic. I feel like as soon as he started arguing about the author I would've just flipped to the title page in the book and turned it to face him and said nothing more. Though something tells me people like that would still somehow find a way to argue around something as definitive as that...

[@Emmie4497]

So excited for this!!

[@jenvcampbell]

♥️

[@Hannnahldrew]

Love this video!!!! Highly recommend Natalie Diaz!! I loved Postcolonial love poems a lot!!! Also you should 100% check out Billy-Ray Belcourt’s poetry if you haven’t already, he’s become one of my favorite poets!!

[@nveletkoslin33771]

that "peasant" dress is so pretty!! don't think i've ever seen a colour quite like it 🧿👄🧿

[@CharlieBrookReads]

This is probably my favourite declutter so far !! I love poetry collections and you always have so many gems .I was pausing taking notes all through watching it, just so so good ❤️Fave recent read is Postcolonial Banter by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan .

[@k-m___]

I saw the title and thumbnail and I was like IM IN

[@fmarginalia]

Lol I’ve also had Rebecca Solnit explained to me by a man on a train.

[@braincabbage]

Have you read any Franny Choi? I recently read Death by Sex Machine and really enjoyed it, and thought it sounded like something you would like in terms of style and subject

[@jenvcampbell]

it's on my TBR, just not one I showed here :)

[@Danja88672]

24:30 I totally remember those. :))

[@serianc9036]

We used to call the paper things fortune tellers?

[@Larissa_KD]

I loved this video! I read Earthlings by Sayaka Murata in one sitting today, and the ending was so disturbing, it really put me off haha. I've also recently read Revenge by Yoko Ogawa, and it really made me think of you and your work! I looked up your review and saw that you liked it too :)

[@Nastya-uj9bg]

so strange to see you in a sweater :) i'm in california and it's 34 C outside :)

[@fruitctrl4255]

Have your heard of Andrea Gibson? youtube her read her books. AMAZING LGBT Poet! seen her 4 times

[@cuppa.books.]

For me, I only keep a collection if there is at least one poem in it I love but to be fair I don't have a massive collection (yet) 😊

[@shirin--]

On books that seem to multiply when not on shelves: It's almost as if we've discovered through out the ages that bookshelves are the most efficient way to store books. Who would have thunk? :)

[@caolila181]

Which book are you reading from at 22:44?

[@jenvcampbell]

Good Morning America, I am Hungry and on Fire by Jamie Mortara x

[@jodydiou]

5:05

[@chatelaine7325]

Audio book co I belong to never has the books you mention...well Nicki french. Love to listen o you write things down and I do try the book club j u s t. Incase♥️🐾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@shannonscott4149]

U should review my book( the rainbows of my clouds ) by Shannon Scott on amazon in the book section hope u like it

[@MaggsMomo]

did you get a haircut? Your hair looks amaze balls

[@jenvcampbell]

I cut it myself, yes. ☺️