CLOCK STAR ROSE SPINE is an Elgin Award nominee

Fran Wilde’s full-color illustrated poetry collection Clock Star Rose Spine is a nominee for the 2023 Elgin Award in the Book category.

Award-winning fantasy author Fran Wilde returns to her roots in Clock Star Rose Spine, which brings together poems previously published in Uncanny Magazine, Fireside Magazine, and more with a selection of work never before published. In this collection illuminated with whimsical fountain pen illustrations, Wilde explores family histories, feminism, visual art, disability, mythology, and of course the sea with tangible yearning and keen insight.

The Elgin Awards, named for SFPA founder Suzette Haden Elgin, are presented annually by SFPA for books published in the preceding two years in two categories: Chapbook and Book. Voting for the Elgin Awards will take place between July 1 and September 15.

Clock Star Rose Spine is available now wherever you buy books. Order a copy now via Main Point Books, your nearest independent bookstore, or through Bookshop.org.