It’s not often Bert gets to design a book cover. Hence, I was honoured to be asked by poet Naomi Jaffa to create the cover for her first full collection of poetry titled, Flying Change.

It is based on a truly wonderful painting Requiem by Naomi’s great-aunt, Hannah Gluckstein (better known as ‘Gluck’). It pictures a young sparrow which is so full of life even in death.

It also perfectly captures the book’s title – a term in dressage where a horse changes its leading legs in mid-air.

Thus it was a delight to hear these poems performed live during the book’s launch at The Cut in Halesworth.

‘Gorgeous cover, isn’t it?’
Christina Patterson, Sky News & Sunday Times

‘A beautifully made book and one I’m taking care not to leave around for fear of ‘borrowers’.’
Jane Routh, The Friday Poem

Printed by Leiston Press