National Poetry Day is a chance for everyone everywhere to read, share and enjoy poetry. This special anthology features poems by the National Poetry Day Ambassadors, a top team of fantastic poets who bring poetry alive all year round.

Includes new poems by Deborah Alma, Joseph Coelho, Sally Crabtree, Jan Dean, Marjorie Lotfi Gill, Chrissie Gittins, Matt Goodfellow, Sophie Herxheimer, Michaela Morgan, Brian Moses, Abigail Parry, Rachel Piercey, Rachel Rooney, Joshua Siegal and Kate Wakeling (winner of the CLiPPA, 2017).

And each poet has chosen a favourite poem to share, so look out for classics by Chistina Rossetti, WB Yeats, Shakespeare and Keats among others.

Take a look, and be part of the celebration!

About the Author

National Poetry Day is a mass participation campaign that inspires people in the UK and beyond to enjoy, discover and share poems. Everyone is invited to join in, whether by organising events, displays, competitions or by simply posting favourite lines of poetry on social media using #nationalpoetryday.

Thousands of schools take the opportunity to celebrate with events, special activities and poetry reading and writing. Over half a million children in the UK took part in National Poetry Day in 2017, and it is expected that even more young people will be involved in 2018.

National Poetry Day was founded in 1994 by the charity Forward Arts Foundation, whose mission is to celebrate excellence in poetry and increase its audience. The Day enjoys the support of the BBC, Arts Council England, the Royal Mail and leading literary and cultural organisations, alongside booksellers, publishers, libraries and schools.

National Poetry Day has its own team of Ambassadors, inspiring poets who bring poetry to new and young audiences - in schools, in bookshops, in libraries, in public squares. From well-established favourites such as Brian Moses, Michaela Morgan and Roger Stevens, to rising stars Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Remi Graves, they are busy not just on National Poetry Day but all year round.

Reviews

"Packed with an exciting variety of poems for children by a top team of fantastic poets."

* Book Trust *

"The theme of change threads through the 43 poems in this charmingly illustrated little book. Each of its contributors presents one of their own poems, alongside one of their favourite classic poems. You can flip from a Yeats (He mourns for the Change that has come upon him and his Beloved and longs for the End of the World) to Abigail Parry's Instructions for Not Becoming a Werewolf. Irresistible, for all ages."

* Guardian - Top 10 Poetry Anthologies *

"Poetry for a Change is a skilfully edited anthology that mixes emerging new poets with immortals such as Shakespeare and Yeats."

-- Emily Bearn * The Oldie Review of Books *

"This special anthology features poems by the National Poetry Day Ambassadors, a top team of fantastic poets who bring poetry alive all year round. It includes new poems by these poets and in addition, each poet has chosen a favourite poem to share. It's a great way to include a wide variety of poetry, by including contemporary poets along with classics. Each poet writes about themselves, what inspires their poetry, and why they chose their classic poem. This makes for fascinating reading and gives an excellent insight into what lies behind the poems we enjoy and their writers."

* Parents in Touch *

"A collection of many and varied voices: so much packed in to such a slim volume."

* Reading Zone 5 star review *

"A superb anthology of contemporary and classic poems. This special anthology features poems by the National Poetry Day 2Ambassadors, a top team of fantastic poets who bring poetry alive all year round.

* Read it, Daddy! Book of the Week *



Book Information
ISBN 9781910959503
Author Chie Hosaka
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Otter-Barry Books Ltd
Publisher Otter-Barry Books Ltd