She Must Be Mad

‘Brave and beautiful.’ Stylist Magazine

‘Social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy’ Sunday Times STYLE

‘Divine.’ Cecelia Ahern

She Must be Mad explores coming-of-age: the pain and beauty of love, the relief and the agony of turning from girl to woman, the isolation of an untethered mind and the power and subjugation of the body.

Charly captures the formative experiences of today’s young women from the poignant to the prosaic in writing that is at once witty, wry and heartfelt. Wayward nights out that don’t go as planned; the righteous anger at those men with no talent or skill or smarts who occupy the most powerful positions in the world; the strange banality of madness and, of course, the hurt and indecision of unrequited love.

For every woman surviving and thriving in today’s world, for every girl who feels too much; this is a call for communion, and you are not alone.

• Charly was named by ELLE magazine’s as one of the 20 power players to watch out for in 2018

• For readers of No.1 bestselling Rupi Kaur, Ted Hughes Award winner Hollie McNish and No.1 bestselling Kate Tempest, Charly Cox is unique voice poised for a new generation of women.

•With a 28k-strong following for her poetry on Instagram, Charly is already a rising star on the poetry scene.

• Charly is also a well-connected freelance producer who’s worked with Russell Brand, JacksGap, Caspar Lee, Burberry and developed a digital strategy with Richard Curtis for his UN initiative, Global Goals.

• She Must Be Mad touches on topical themes of love, the mind (having suffered from manic depression most of her adult life – Charly has Bipolar II Disorder), the body, and becoming an adult woman – answering the klaxon call for writing about the female experience, mental health and growing up in the world of Trump, unending connectivity, ‘always-on’ culture, ubiquitous social media, Brexit, disposable relationships and global warming

• Charly has already collected a bevy of influential fans since she started sharing her poetry on her Instagram account in January of this year: 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. rupi kaur hollie mcnish kate tempest george the poet maya angelou lily allen