Kenilworth author Susan Anderson's poem-a-day book of reflections on life, family, faith and more will "lead you gently through" the run-up to Christmas.

December Musings – Advent + 1 is a collection of 25 poems, one for every day in December in the run up to Christmas with a final poem for 6 January, marking the Christian festival of Epiphany and the traditional end of the main Christmas season, also known as 12th night.

This, Susan's second poetry collection, covers a range of subjects from the Christmas story to Strictly Come Dancing and from the crispness of a frosty morning to dogs in antlers.

Susan says: "It was great to hold my first poetry anthology, Musings, in my hands in 2021 and I had hoped to have this advent anthology ready for December 2022 but events overtook me.

"When I revisited the poems this year I discovered so much had changed – the memories of covid times are already beginning to fade, for example – so I had to revisit the selection.

"The poem-a-day format is designed to give readers space to stop and spend a moment of quiet in the frantic preparations for Christmas.

"Once you've eaten the chocolates in a traditional Advent calendar it's finished, but I hope December Musings could be a new Advent calendar tradition for poetry lovers."

December Musings – Advent + 1 is available to buy securely online here.

It is also currently in stock at Kenilworth Books in Talisman Square, Kenilworth.