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Poetry Please

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Full Title:

Poetry Please

Contributors:

By (Author) Various Poets
Foreword by Roger McGough

ISBN:

9780571303298

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publication Date:

22nd October 2014

UK Publication Date:

18th September 2014

Edition:

Main

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

821.008

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

656

Dimensions:

Width 126mm, Height 198mm, Spine 39mm

Weight:

522g

Description

BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of the country's best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.

The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast pieces ever: it is those poems that this anthology brings together here. A showcase, in effect, for the nation's favourite verse, Poetry Please is a treasure trove for our most requested and most listened to poems of all time. It is a compelling invitation for readers of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate the verse that we care so much about: from new readers to old, from schools to reading groups, this a book for giving, a book for cherishing.

Author Bio

Roger McGough is an award-winning poet and broadcaster. He writes poetry for both adults and children, and presents Radio 4's Poetry Please. He was awarded an OBE for services to poetry in 1997 and a CBE in 2004. He was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001.

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