Hold Your Own

Author: Kae Tempest

Poetry by individual poets

Published on 10 September 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series.

Paperback | 112 pages
196 x 131 x 10 | 108g

Hold Your Own, Kae Tempest's first full-length poetry collection for Picador is an ambitious, multi-voiced work based around the mythical figure of Tiresias.

This four-part work follows him through his transformations from child, man and woman to blind prophet; through this structure, Tempest holds up a mirror to contemporary life in a direct and provocative way rarely associated with poetry.

'Dazzling' – Metro'Mesmerising' – The Observer'A game-changer' – The IndependentPart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.