Nursing is an art, said Florence Nightingale – and today it is also a science. Nightingale’s birthday on May 12 is celebrated annually as International Nurses Day. To mark the occasion this year, Kingston University and St George’s, University of London, are proud to present the winning entries in our poetry festival.

The entrants, mostly nursing students, rose magnificently to the task of writing a haiku, or short poem, inspired by the word ‘resilience’. This was chosen to reflect the theme of International Nurses Day 2016, chosen by the International Council of Nurses – Nurses: A Force for Change: improving health systems’ resilience.

We are grateful to our distinguished panel of judges who generously gave their time to the challenge of selecting 28 winners from 58 excellent entries. These brief but intense poems
reflect the joy, pain, humour and complexity of caring, in ways that celebrate all that is great in the art and the science of nursing.

Karen Norman,
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George’s, University of London

Panel of judges:
Alison Baverstock, Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University
Carmel Blackie, Principal Lecturer, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George’s, University of London
Jagdev Gurlal, Student Nurse
Genevieve Hawks, KU Events
Jane Salvage, Visiting Professor and Writer-in-Residence, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George’s, University of London
Charlie Osbourn, Student Nurse
Samantha Perry, Student Nurse

Resilience: 28 Poems for International Nurses Day
Various Authors
Illustrated by Alban Low
Published May 2016
ISBN  978-1-910578-32-2
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 14
SLB041
Price – £2
BUY Resilience (£2 + £1.20 P&P to UK Address)

If the traditional definition of Alchemy is the magical transmutation of base metal into gold then gambling and punting on horse races must be the modern version of this art.

This chapbook contains 10 horse races in the form of abstract artworks. Use your intuition to pick the winner. Check the results on the back pages to see if you have a special gift for making money through gambling.

Alban Low has been using systems in his artwork since receiving a copy of Value Betting by Mark Coton for his 21st Birthday. Read more
This chapbook was first published for the Threshold 6 festival in Liverpool and exhibited at The Gallery from 1-3 April 2016. http://www.thresholdfestival.co.uk

BUY The Gift (£2 + £1.20 P&P to UK Address)
Alban Low
Published March 2016
ISBN  978-1-910578-30-8
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 13
SLB039
Price – £2

 Wayne Sleeth (born 1966) is a British contemporary artist living and working in France . In 1987 he visited Claude Monet’s estate at Giverny. In 2015 he embarked on a new, and on-running, series of paintings inspired by a profound appreciation of Monet’s work, in particular his ‘Nymphéas’ paintings.

To coincide with his appearance at Art3f, the Salon International d’Art Contemporain in Metz, France, and his simultaneous participation in the ’20 in 15’ project and exhibition at Mine Gallery in London in March 2016, the artist reveals a thematic part of his more recent production, physically in both Metz and London, and here in a richly-illustrated chapbook mirroring his own words and those of one of his ‘mentors’ in painting, Claude Monet.
www.waynesleeth.com

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Wayne Sleeth
Published February 2016
ISBN  978-1-910578-27-8
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 10
SLB036
Price – £2