The Way the Water Held Me by Catherine Redford poetryintranslation combining an artisanal virtuosity with

combining an artisanal virtuosity with passion

attentive to the world around us and to how we impact upon it: ‘when does holding out your hand / become a question’

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The Way the Water Held Me by Catherine Redford poetryintranslation combining an artisanal virtuosity withShortlisted for The Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection 2026 While newly married, with the couple expecting their first child, Catherine Redford's wife was tragically diagnosed with a terminal illness. The Way the Water Held Me is a mesmeric plunge into the caring, grief, loss and love experienced by a young widow. Across poems of heartbreak and honesty, memory and mourning and through unlikely companionship with a widowed Mary Shelley Catherine