Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and her friends across the country offer poems in praise of the magic of reading.
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In Off the Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has commissioned a selection of the UK's most loved and lauded poets to each write a poem in celebration of books and bookshops - the worlds they hold, the freedoms they promise, and the memories they evoke. From a basement of forgotten books to the shelves of a cramped Welsh arcade, from the poetry corner of the local bookstore to the last bookshop standing...
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and her friends across the country offer poems in praise of the magic of reading.
In Off the Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has commissioned a selection of the UK's most loved and lauded poets to each write a poem in celebration of books and bookshops - the worlds they hold, the freedoms they promise, and the memories they evoke. From a basement of forgotten books to the shelves of a cramped Welsh arcade, from the poetry corner of the local bookstore to the last bookshop standing in a post-apocalyptic world, these are poems that pay tribute to all the places that house the stories we treasure.
With poems from Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish Makar Jackie Kay, National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke, as well as Clive James, Michael Longley, Don Paterson, Patience Agbabi and many more, this beautiful anthology is a heart-warming reminder of how books nourish us, save us, and inspire us.
- ISBN10 1509897089
- ISBN13 9781509897087
- Publish Date 6 September 2018 (first published 8 September 2016)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 April 2024
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Picador
- Format Paperback
- Pages 80
- Language English