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(3.5) | 4 | 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.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 4 mentions » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Duffy, Carol Ann | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Agbabi, Patience | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bell, Jo | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Boast, Rachael | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Borodale, Sean | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bryce, Colette | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Clarke, Gillian | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Davidson, Peter | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Dharker, Imtiaz | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Doegar, Edward | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Dooley, Maura | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Duhig, Ian | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Feaver, Vicki | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Henry, Paul | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | James, Clive | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Jenkins, Alan | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kay, Jackie | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kinaratnam, Neetha | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kunial, Zaffar | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lefroy, Liz | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lochhead, Liz | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Longley, Michael | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Mort, Helen | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Nagra, Daljit | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Pajak, Mark | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Paterson, Don | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Roberts, Michael Symmons | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sprackland, Jean | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sutherland-Smith, James | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wright, Kit | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions 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. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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