All Points North

A joy. Celebrates the real world and revels in its mad glory – Sue Townsend * Sunday Times *
I was irresistibly reminded of Alan Bennett - there is the same wry humour, wonderfully telling selection of detail or remark … a fine balance of humour and poignancy * The Times *
The salty prose of an original poetic voice – Melvyn Bragg * Observer *
A thoughtful, witty combination of travel writing, autobiography and Alan Bennett-style diary – John-Paul Flintoff * Daily Telegraph *
Laugh-out-loud funny … has all the resonant precision of a poet’s ear and eye * Independent *
An original and talented writer … highly entertaining and there are flashes of wit and moments of tenderness and brilliantly accurate observation – Vernon Scannell * Sunday Telegraph *
The best book I have read in a long time on what he insists is the true North of England – Geoffrey Moorhouse * Daily Telegraph *
I was irresistibly reminded of Alan Bennett - there is the same wry humour, wonderfully telling selection of detail or remark… a fine balance of humour and poignancy * The Times *
The salty prose of an original poetic voice – Melvyn Bragg * Observer *
Laugh-out-loud funny… has all the resonant precision of a poet’s ear and eye * Independent *

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963. In 1992 he won one of the first Forward Prizes for poetry, and a year later was the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. His Selected Poems appeared in 2001, and in 2007 he published a highly praised translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. He received an Ivor Novello Award for his song lyrics in the BAFTA-winning film Feltham Sings. Simon Armitage works as a freelance writer, broadcaster and playwright, and has written extensively for radio and television. He was made Poet Laureate in 2019.

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