https://sampsonlow.co/2025/10/16/a-zed-two-os-an-anthology-of-poems-on-the-animals-of-shaldon-zoo/
Published 2025. ISBN 978-1-915505-54-5. A6 Size
28 printed pages. Colour. BUY a zed & two o’s (£3.99 + £1.20 P&P)
My residency at the amazing Shaldon Zoo throws up another highlight!
Shaldon Wildlife Trust is a zoo like no other. Nestled on a hill, a stone’s throw from the sea, in a beautiful corner of South Devon. It is a residence to binturongs, loris’, armadillos and poets. In 2024 and 2025, SJ Fowler, as part of his residency in the zoo, organised a series of walking tour events, inviting poets from across the UK, to read to an audience of various animals. This pocket-sized anthology brings together the best of those new poems, each written for and read to an animal of Shaldon. The anthology also includes an introduction by Zoo director Zak Showell.
Featuring SJ Fowler, Colin Herd, Danica Ignacio, Will Rene, Matt Sokulsky, David Spittle, Vilde Bjerke Torset, Cameron Wade, Eleanor Wilders and Ellen Wiles.
The anthology was launched in London at the Small Publishers Fair in Conway Hall library on October 25th 2025, with readings below. Another launch will take place on November 8th at the Zoo itself