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Indulge your love of poetry and wordplay with bestselling poet and novelist Brian Bilston as he joins us to celebrate his latest collection Days Like These.

Days Like These contains a poem for every day of the year, each one inspired by an event associated with that day – from the invention of television to World Bee Day; from Ada Lovelace Day to the founding of the NHS; from the death of Agatha Christie to the beheading of Charles I. The collection includes poems that will take the blues out of Monday, flatten the Wednesday hump and amplify that Friday feeling, from January through to December!

Brian Bilston has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate; with over 200,000 followers on social media, he has become truly beloved by the online community. Brian’s work has gained acclaim both online and off, with poetry collections including, You Took the Last Bus Home, Diary of a Somebody(which was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the McKitterick Prize), Alexa, What Is There To Know About Love? and Fifty Ways to Score a Goal, a collection of poems for children. Brian’s novel Diary of a Somebody was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.

Join Brian for an evening of his trademark humour, poetry & chat. The event will include a chance to purchase a copy of Days Like These, signed by the author.

www.brianbilston.com

*Seats will be allocated on arrival