Out 29 OctoberBooks New poetry collection · 2026
hungry waters
by Precious Chiebonam Nnebedum
Four years after birthmarks, her second collection. Out on 29 October, after a premiere at black print in Innsbruck.
Out 29 October from Haymon Verlag, Amazon and bookshops · €22.90
- Format
- Poetry collection, 216 pages, hardcover
- Languages
- English and German, translated by Daphne Nechyba
- Publisher
- Haymon Verlag
- Published
- 29 October 2026
- Premiere
- black print, Innsbruck
- Launch readings
- Innsbruck · London · Graz
About the book
hungry waters is Precious Chiebonam Nnebedum’s second poetry collection, following birthmarks (Haymon Verlag, 2022).
It reaches readers first through live readings, the way her poems have always travelled: from the stage to the page and back. It premieres with a reading and performance at black print in Innsbruck, is published on 29 October, and is followed by a UK launch at Lesnes Abbey Lodge in London on 14 November and a reading at Literaturhaus Graz on 9 December.
Reviews
Reviews will appear here after the book is out on 29 October.
Launch readings
Hear the poems first, read by Precious. Free entry, limited seats.
14Nov
Lesnes Abbey Lodge
Lesnes Abbey Lodge, Lesnes Abbey, New Rd, London SE2 0AX. An evening of poetry, live music, conversation and gathering.
Doors 6:30 pm · starts 7 pm
09Dec
Get ticketsLiteraturhaus Graz
Literaturhaus Graz, Elisabethstraße 30, 8010 Graz. Readings from hungry waters and Dörte Lyssewski’s Exit Pan, in conversation with Andreas Unterweger.
7 pm · €10, reduced €8
The author
Precious Chiebonam Nnebedum is a Nigerian-Austrian poet, author and performer based in London. Raised between Nigeria and Austria, she writes and performs in English, German and D-English about memory, faith, family, migration and home. Her work has received the Exil Literary Award, the Elisabeth Seidl Award and the Josef Krainer Award for Performance Art.
Her story →Also by Precious
Bring birthmarks home.