Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear
Publication Country
GB
Spine
8mm
Regional Cuisine
British
Pagination
112
Audience
Children
Author Biography
Poet, performer, anthologist, John Agard was born in Guyana and came to Britain in 1977. He won the Casa de las Americas Prize in 1982, and a Paul Hamlyn Award in 1997. He was writer-in-residence with the BBC in 1998, working with the Windrush Project, and writer-in-residence at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich in 2007. His books include six collections from Bloodaxe, From the Devil's Pulpit (1997), Weblines (2000), We Brits (2006), Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems (2009), Clever Backbone (2009), and Travel Light Travel Dark (2013). His anthology Hello New (2000), published by Orchard Books, was chosen by the Poetry Society as its Children's Poetry Bookshelf Best Anthology. We Brits was shortlisted for the 2007 Decibel Writer of the Year Award. He won the CLPE Poetry Award 2009 for The Young Inferno (Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2008). He lives in Lewes, East Sussex.
Subject 2
Contemporary
Recommended Age Range
0-12 months
Topic
Metaphysical,Cricket,Poetry,Meditation,Society,Books,Music,History, Meditation,Books,Society,History,Cricket,Metaphysical,Music,Poetry, Political
Date of Publication
27/06/2013
Dimensions
216 x 138 x 8
Imprint
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Poetry Texts & Poetry Anthologies
release date
27/06/2013