"In Red Devon, Hilary Menos confirms her reputation as one of the strongest emerging voices in British poetry. All the qualities of her previous work are evident in these new poems – notably her wit and formal dexterity – but this book takes them further. These are local poems in the best sense, rooted in a particular ground and community, but the poems of Red Devon deserve – and will find – a much wider readership." — Michael Symmons Roberts

"These rural poems of irresistably coarse vitality comprise a collection that is dark, taut, crafty and entirely compelling ... heralding an unmistakeable voice in contemporary poetry."  — New Welsh Review

"A finely observant poet." — Stride Magazine

"... crackles with formal skill, with extraordinary, vibrant language ... and with great style." — Carol Ann Duffy

"She has the rare ability to uncover the wide range of implications of the world we live in, be they emotional, spiritual or literary. Here is a new poet with a full locker of accomplishments. She is sure to make an immediate impact." — John Stammers

Winner of the Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection 2010.

"For Hilary Menos, farming life is a natural seam. The poems flow like wealth from an unstoppable source: brutal, beautiful, brilliant." — Helena Nelson

Wheelbarrow Farm was one of four winning submissions in the 2010 Templar Pamphlet & Collection Awards.

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'Elegant, witty, poignant, polished. This is poetry that makes me gasp.' — John Latham

'She observes her personal life and transmutes it into poetry with skill and purpose.' —  Gerard Benson

Extra Maths was a first stage winner of the Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition 2004.