Red Lipstick & Revelations

Red Lipstick & Revelations includes international prize-winning and commended poetry. The poems take you on an unexpected and winding journey: from the African night air to Montreal, the road to Strathclyde or the Stranraer ferry, shipwrecked, silver surfing or dressed to kill, we encounter love, loss, lamentation, laughter - and lipstick.

Published by Indigo Dreams Publishing (Most Innovative Publisher/Saboteur Awards 2017).

The book (£7.99) and audiobook (£5.59) are available from Amazon. The book is also available from Jan.

AMAZON AUDIBLE NUMBER 1 IN LOSS AND GRIEF POETRY AND LOVE POETRY in September 2023

'My advice is to both listen to and read these well-crafted and varied poems, now available on Audible. It's no surprise that the narrator is a professional actress when you listen to her voice make poetry so intricate and sometimes complex on the page come alive and vibrant giving the work a new perspective. There have been many tributes to the variety of subject matter here, from the enlightening South African poems, to the pages of her mother's bible, memories of lost lovers triggered by a glove abandoned in a car on the road to Scotland and an image on the internet and never forgetting one of my favourites, that navy crepe de Chine dress - she "did more than she should in it." Here she has done more than enough to entertain and move us.' Patricia

'Your voice is dynamic and the words match this skill with perfection. You have certainly enlightened our radio programmes.' Malcolm Parr. Radio Presenter - Marlow FM Radio

'Very, very powerful indeed.' Leo Usay. Radio Presenter. BBC Three Counties Radio

'Jan Moran Neil has written and narrated an amazing package of diverse characters - all with their own stories. Intriguing, thought-provoking and witty.' SRN

On Silver Surfing : 'A lovely poem, with a beautifully confident voice, starting in medias res as Shakespeare sometimes does too, and a vivid, beautifully contemporary take on the universal feeling addressed by Shakespeare's Sonnet 30. Lively, alert, convincing language.' - Ruth Padel

'Jan Moran Neil's poetic narratives are vivid and succinct small slices of other people's lives, conveyed with wit and sympathy.' Jem Poster - Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, Aberystwyth University

'A hugely ambitious collection, encompassing a wide range of themes, narrators and forms. The amount of thought and craft that has gone into this portfolio is admirable.' Dr Sarah Burton - Course Director of Creative Writing MSt, University of Cambridge

'I think you'll enjoy this collection. It's interesting and thought provoking.' Frost Magazine

'A sinuous and stimulating book and formidable collection of word art.' New London Writers

Amazon Reviews:
'A beautifully personal collection of poetry. Fabulous!',   'Clever, funny, poignant... these poems stayed with me long after the book was closed. Great for mind and soul, this is a collection I shall return to often. Definitely recommend.',  'Beautifully crafted and at the same time full of surprises.... ah now I get the title! Clever.'

Jan is available to present her one woman readings and stories behind the stories of Red Lipstick & Revelations. For more information contact Jan.