Days Like These
An Alternative Guide to the Year in 366 Poems
$22.94
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2024
Summary
A brilliant way to brighten each day.
In this playful, innovative collection, Brian Bilston writes a poem to accompany every day of the year. Each poem is inspired by a significant – often curious – event associated with that day: from Open an Umbrella Indoors Day to the day on which New York banned public flirting; from the launch of the Rubik’s Cube to the first appearance of the phrase, ‘the best thing since sliced bread’.
Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with friends,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035001668 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035001667 |
| Author: | Brian Bilston |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 131mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Brian Bilston is a laureate for our fractured times – Ian McMillan
Bilston is a magician with words * The Guardian *
Part John Cooper Clarke, part Frank Sidebottom … brilliant * Esquire *
Brian Bilston
Brian Bilston has been described as Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate. With over 250,000 followers on social media, Brian has become truly beloved by the online community. He has published two collections of poetry, You Took the Last Bus Home and Alexa, what is there to know about love?, and his novel Diary of a Somebody was shortlisted for the Costa first novel award. He has also published a collection of football poetry, 50 Ways to Score a Goal, and his acclaimed poem Refugees has been made into an illustrated book for children.
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