Description
For more than thirty years Wendy Cope has been one of the nation's most popular and respected poets. Christmas Poems collects together her best festive poems, including anthology favourites such as 'The Christmas Life', together with new and previously unpublished work. Cope celebrates the joyful aspects of the season but doesn't overlook the problems and sadness it can bring. With lively illustrations to accompany the words, it is a book to enjoy this Christmas and in years to come.
With illustrations by Michael Kirkham.
Gorgeously illustrated gift edition of festive poems by one of our nation's best-loved poets
About the Author
Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986. In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award for poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and Letters Michael Braude Award for light verse. Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006 was published in 2008.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571338580
Author Wendy Cope
Format Hardback
Page Count 48
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 155g
Dimensions(mm) 190mm * 115mm * 12mm
