poyums

From Len Pennie, the performance poet sensation, comes an electric debut collection about loving, learning, surviving, growing and giving - an instant Sunday Times bestseller

Len Pennie is a poet who writes in both Scots and English. She writes passionately about the promotion of minoritised languages, survivors of domestic abuse and the destigmatisation of mental illness. Her debut poetry collection poyums was an instant Sunday Times bestseller, won Scots Book of the Year in 2024 and was the winner of the British Book Awards Discover Book of the Year in 2025. Instagram and TikTok @misspunnypennie Twitter/X @Lenniesaurus