Interview withDIVA Magazine UK (online), the leading magazine for gay and bisexual women in the UK: Based in the UK, Amy lives in Bath, South West England, and spends her days open-micing and writing new material. Since August 2018 she has performed her poetry at Clifton Literature Festival 2019, The Barbican Theatre in Plymouth and The Wardrobe Theatre in Old Market, Bristol, among other venues and events. Sounds pretty dreamy, doesn’t it? I plan to write at least one further poetry collection after Toy Soldiers, which I would be honoured if Olympia Publishers would publish for me again, but this will be their decision when the time comes. I would like to try my hand at a novel in due course. My writing grows as I grow and I look forward to where it will take me. Thursday 1st October 2020, ‘Amy Tollyfield: “I always write with the aim of creating a poem which is beautiful, rare and precious”‘; link to interview: Despite the title, this collection is full of hope and humour. Why did you decide to call it The Suicide?

In the interests of maximum transparency, please note that at the time of Amy’s interview withDIVA online as above she was not living in Bath and had not lived there for quite some time, contrary to the introduction of the piece You studied Shakespeare, theatre and drama; what impact have they had on your poetry, particularly your rhyming style Bold poetry which speaks to the heart and to the human condition’– Canon Michael Johnson, Acting Dean of Bristol 2019-2020 For interviews and articles in Bristol24/7 and DIVA (online) that relate to Amy and her published works please see below If it felt authentic and it felt right and you put your soul into it then you have created something beautiful of which you should be proud.Work hard. I believe hard work and manners will open almost every door. If you are tenacious and polite then you can achieve many things. Perhaps not straight away, but eventually. To view highlights from Amy’s poetry performances so far, please visit any of the four links below:

As an individual I often struggle to connect with my true, raw feelings. Sometimes my feelings are so intense that they frighten me a little. I hope the reader can identify within Toy Soldiers the need to connect with their own deepest self and the cathartic release that comes with that process and that pain. Amy Tollyfield’s poetry collection, The Suicide , is out now. For more information, visit olympiapublishers.com/books/the-suicide Tollyfield writes this elegant novella with intricate detail and grace … This perceptive and deeply human account of Chris’s emotional journey will keep readers engrossed’ – Publishers Weekly Visit http://www.brixtonnights.com/book-launch now to view the photos and videos from the official launch event for Brixton Nights by Amy Tollyfield at Waterstones Putney in Putney, London on Friday 26th August 2022 Tollyfield writes this elegant novella with intricate detail and grace… This perceptive and deeply human account of Chris’s emotional journey will keep readers engrossed’– Publishers WeeklyAmy will be performing work from the collection at Waterstones, Clifton on November 9 at 7pm. For more information, visit www.waterstones.com/events/an-eveing-with-amy-tollyfield/bristol-clifton