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She's neither ugly, nor shy, and everyone (including Vogue magazine) is currently quite taken with Laura Dockrill - the funny and passionate poet behind the quirky new book 'Ugly Shy Girl'...

Who got you interested in poetry?

I've always been interested in it - I had an excellent punk teacher that looked liked a mermaid with a nose stud in primary school that encouraged it, but I knew I loved it from an early age. My parents always got me poetry books and writing books to feed my "poetry" hunger... MAAAAARRROOOOWWWWAAAAHHHH! (that was me being a monster eating up some poetry)

Is Ugly Shy Girl someone you know?

No...but I have met her, and I will meet her again.

You’ve had a great review from Vogue – what would you wear if you were going to do a Vogue cover?

I would like to dress like a man. Frida Kahlo liked dressing up like a man. I'd wear a suit and have my hair all back and a tash... probably a cane would finish it off nicely... maybe a nice looking model to go over my arm, a curvy one though - obviously.

How do people react when you tell them you are a poet?

They think I'm poor and offer to buy me drinks - when they find out I'm published they think I'm a millionaire. It's totally unfair.

Where is the best place you have done a spoken word gig?

Why, the Queen Elizabeth Hall of course... you can't imagine how it feels for somebody who writes and performs poetry to be given the stage, room, seating capacity of that size and perform your words - it's loony.

Do you have any advice for ugly shy girls?

You are only Ugly and Shy if you feel ugly and shy...if you don't feel it - then you aren't. You should wake up everyday and feel like Beyonce...

You are a girl because of default - it's not your problem... soon you will be a woman however, and then you will await upgrade - Ugly Shy Woman. Oooh, I think I see a new book in the making.

Ugly Shy Girl by Laura Dockrill
'A twisted tale about the struggle of growing up in a place where you don't belong, surrounded by people you hate... and how delicious getting your own back can be.'

Published by: Harper Collins
RRP: $19.99