Validate Me: A life of code-dependency

‘Charly is social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy’ Sunday Times STYLE

[Charly] is turning a new generation on to poetry’ The Telegraph

From the bestselling author of She Must Be Mad comes the second book of poetry and prose from Charly Cox.

What is love? Baby don’t hurt me… but please like my Instagram post.

Hello, my name is Charly and I am code-dependent, so would you please, please just validate me?

From the bestselling author of She Must Be Mad comes Charly Cox’s second collection of poetry and prose.

This is an account of a life lived online. Swiping for approval. Scrolling for gratification. Searching for connection. From the glow of a screen in the middle of the night, to the harsh glare of the hospital waiting room, Validate Me is a raw and honest look at the highs and the lows of a digital life.

The new voice of a generation, Charly’s words have the power to make us all feel less alone.

• Charly’s first book, She Must Be Mad, was the bestselling poetry debut of 2018 and has sold almost 10,000 copies since publication.

• She Must Be Mad was shortlisted for the 2018 Books Are My Bag Poetry Reader’s Award.

•Charly has 38k Instagram followers.

• Charly has already collected a bevy of influential fans: Journalist and podcast co-host Pandora Sykes, Sunday Times Style, Elle UK, broadcaster and cultural commentator Emma Freud and Virgin Radio who asked them to be their poet-in-residence.

Competition: milk sun and honey flowers the emergency poet donald trump poem for every day night my thoughts exactly how to fail normal people everything i know about love. rupi kaur hollie mcnish kate tempest george the poet maya angelou lily allen elizabeth day sally rooney dolly alderton